The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · 2026-10-05 · 27 min · 4,713 words

Why Young Americans Are Rejecting Capitalism, and the Money Behind the Obesity Crisis

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Hey Scott, I've seen some Democrats online express concerns over the DSA, Hassan Piker, and recent wins including El Sayet, but then state they will vote straight blue because the Trump administration is the greater threat. Republicans didn't push back on extremists, and now the Republicans are the party of Trump. Do you fear something like this could happen with the Democrats? Okay, for some data. The Democratic Socialist of America says its membership has grown from sixty four hundred in twenty sixteen to one hundred and twenty thousand today. That's an increase of nearly nineteen fold. DSA backed candidates have also won several prominent primaries this year, including victories over established Democratic incumbents. But its reach remains at this point limited. Nationally, only a third or thirty two percent of Democrats and Democratic leaning independents.

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