Life will be so much better under socialism, they say. You’d have no student loan debt, healthcare would be paid for, and employers will pay you a working wage. Perhaps with everything in life taken care of, you can now finally be happy because you won’t be broke and anxious all the time, struggling to make a living under the “injustice of capitalism”.
Sounds great! Sign me up!
But wait, if you look closely, there is a problem with that sales pitch. You’ll realize how this is a sales pitch, one that preys on people who are bad at making good choices in life. Socialism is sold by convincing the people who’ve been making bad decisions in their lives that their hardship is due to external factors. “It’s not your fault and you just can’t help it – it’s the capitalist system that’s keeping you down!”