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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HatWearingFool" data-source="post: 9864062" data-attributes="member: 54658">I can't actually find any numbers on how many Americans identify as capitalists; seems most polls just ask if you like capitalism... not surprisingly the number of people especially among the youth that feel capitalism is working out is headed downwards.The only number I could actually find was 1 in 5 aged 18-29 identify as such."So we started by examining a <a href="http://iop.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/content/160423_Harvard%20IOP_Spring%202016_TOPLINE_u.pdf" target="_blank">troubling 2016 Harvard University survey</a> that found that 51 per cent of American youth aged 18 to 29 no longer support capitalism. Only 42 per cent said they back it, while just 19 per cent were willing to call themselves “capitalists.”So I will concede it's probably not the majority, but if it's at 19% amount the disaffected youth, I'd say it has to be significant portion of the population. But I have no idea what that portion is.</blockquote>