Millennials support socialism because they don’t know what it is Emily Ekins, research fellow at the Cato Institute, discovered that the recent rise of Bernie Sanders was the result of a misunderstanding of what socialism and its detrimental effects are amongst young people. She proves this using statistics that show near equal support for socialism and capitalism, a disfavoring of a government controlled economy, and various misinterpretations of socialism stated by young voters, amongst others.
