Prof. Richard Wolf on the rise of socialism in the USA: "You have to remember when you talk about the USA, that for the last 70-75 years, we lived under a regime. It is a regime that has demonized everything and anything related to the Soviet Union, the sworn enemy, the communists, the socialists, the anarchists. Most of my students, who are otherwise intelligent, hardworking, very good young men and women, but when asked about these subjects, they talk as if socialism, communism, marxism, anarchism and many other things are synonyms. They have no idea about them beyond that they are bad, they are foreign, they are negative. Therefore, even if there is serious socialism in this country, which exists now, it is an amazing achievement. The whole country owes Bernie Sanders because he broke the taboo by saying, "No, I'm not going to run away from being labeled a socialist." But we're in the early stages now, so it's really too early to answer your question other than that it's very impressive how fast it's grown. The latest Gallup polls in our country show that if you ask people under the age of 34, the majority now say they prefer socialism to capitalism. Watch the full interview.

Prof. Richard Wolf on the rise of socialism in the USA: "You have to remember when you talk about the USA, that for the last 70-75 years, we lived under a regime. It is a regime that has demonized everything and anything related to the Soviet Union, the sworn enemy, the communists, the socialists, the anarchists. Most of my students, who are otherwise intelligent, hardworking, very good young men and women, but when asked about these subjects, they talk as if socialism, communism, marxism, anarchism and many other things are synonyms. They have no idea about them beyond that they are bad, they are foreign, they are negative. Therefore, even if there is serious socialism in this country, which exists now, it is an amazing achievement. The whole country owes Bernie Sanders because he broke the taboo by saying, "No, I'm not going to run away from being labeled a socialist." But we're in the early stages now, so it's really too early to answer your question other than that it's very impressive how fast it's grown. The latest Gallup polls in our country show that if you ask people under the age of 34, the majority now say they prefer socialism to capitalism. Watch the full interview.