Young, educated liberals from top colleges can't find good jobs in their fields anymore. Many end up in retail or waiting tables, feeling angry and frustrated because they did everything right but still face low pay and low status. This resentment often makes them more open to socialist ideas.
In all seriousness, part of the Mamdani phenomenon, and the related growth of "socialism" in the circles of young, highly educated Democrats is that the traditional jobs you'd get as a humanities major from fancy liberal arts colleges--publishing, media, paralegal--have disappeared. 1/
You are an under-30 graduate in English, Art History, etc from the likes of Vassar, Smith, Oberlin, and move to NYC to make your fortune like prior generations. You aren't likely to get a job at the Times, or Harper & Collins, or Sullivan & Cromwell. 2/
So you find yourself working retail or waiting tables, and you are seething with resentment. You did everything you were supposed to. You were a star high school student, you checked every box to get into an elite college, you won the social justice essay competition in your freshman writing seminar. 3/
And instead of working at a relatively low-paid but glamorous job (publishing, media), or a relatively high-paid but boring job (paralegal), you are serving finance bros at Starbucks. Or, infinitely worse (at least *they* went to Wharton), 4/
waiting on SUNY Albany grads who majored in Econ and make 6 figures in consulting, or Stony Brook computer science majors doing computer stuff that you don't understand. 5/
It's not just an economic blow, it's a huge status thing. Status things make people resentful, and resentful people are attracted to socialism. /end
In all seriousness, part of the Mamdani phenomenon, and the related growth of "socialism" in the circles of young, highly educated Democrats is that the traditional jobs you'd get as a humanities major from fancy liberal arts colleges--publishing, media, paralegal--have disappeared. 1/You are an under-30 graduate in English, Art History, etc from the likes of Vassar, Smith, Oberlin, and move to NYC to make your fortune like prior generations. You aren't likely to get a job at the Times, or Harper & Collins, or Sullivan & Cromwell. 2/So you find yourself working retail or waiting tables, and you are seething with resentment. You did everything you were supposed to. You were a star high school student, you checked every box to get into an elite college, you won the social justice essay competition in your freshman writing seminar. 3/And instead of working at a relatively low-paid but glamorous job (publishing, media), or a relatively high-paid but boring job (paralegal), you are serving finance bros at Starbucks. Or, infinitely worse (at least *they* went to Wharton), 4/waiting on SUNY Albany grads who majored in Econ and make 6 figures in consulting, or Stony Brook computer science majors doing computer stuff that you don't understand. 5/It's not just an economic blow, it's a huge status thing. Status things make people resentful, and resentful people are attracted to socialism. /end
In all seriousness, part of the Mamdani phenomenon, and the related growth of "socialism" in the circles of young, highly educated Democrats is that the traditional jobs you'd get as a humanities major from fancy liberal arts colleges--publishing, media, paralegal--have disappeared. 1/ ... You are an under-30 graduate in English, Art History, etc from the likes of Vassar, Smith, Oberlin, and move to NYC to make your fortune like prior generations. You aren't likely to get a job at the Times, or Harper & Collins, or Sullivan & Cromwell. 2/ ... So you find yourself working retail or waiting tables, and you are seething with resentment. You did everything you were supposed to. You were a star high school student, you checked every box to get into an elite college, you won the social justice essay competition in your freshman writing seminar. 3/ ... And instead of working at a relatively low-paid but glamorous job (publishing, media), or a relatively high-paid but boring job (paralegal), you are serving finance bros at Starbucks. Or, infinitely worse (at least *they* went to Wharton), 4/ ... waiting on SUNY Albany grads who majored in Econ and make 6 figures in consulting, or Stony Brook computer science majors doing computer stuff that you don't understand. 5/ ... It's not just an economic blow, it's a huge status thing. Status things make people resentful, and resentful people are attracted to socialism. /end
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