The Cato 2019 Welfare, Work, and Wealth Nationwide Survey finds that Individuals underneath 30 stand out from their mother and father and grandparents’ of their attitudes towards socialism, capitalism, and resentment towards the wealthy. These outcomes could assist clarify the hanging success of self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders in capturing the help of the younger. Younger Individuals really feel extra resentment towards the wealthy. Emily Ekins writes on Cato Institute: 

Younger Individuals are the one cohort through which a majority consider the rich didn’t earn their wealth. A slim majority (52%) of Individuals underneath 30 say that “most” wealthy folks in america acquired wealthy “by making the most of different folks.” In distinction, a robust majority (72%) of seniors (65+) say that the majority rich folks in America “earned their wealth” with out exploiting folks.

Throughout the board, youthful persons are extra seemingly than older folks to carry unfavourable attitudes towards the wealthy. Individuals underneath 30 are about 20–35 factors extra seemingly than Individuals age 65 and older to really feel “indignant” once they learn or hear about wealthy folks (44% vs. 11%), to really feel extra “resentment” than “admiration” of wealthy folks (39% vs. 16%), to consider it’s “immoral” for society to permit folks to change into billionaires (39% vs. 13%), and to consider that residents taking violent motion towards the wealthy is typically justified (35% vs. 10%). Younger persons are additionally about 10–25 factors extra seemingly than older folks to consider billionaires are a menace to democracy (51% vs. 26%), to disagree that billionaires earned their wealth by creating worth for others (39% vs. 26%), and to disagree that wealthy folks make society higher off by investing in new companies that create jobs and invent know-how (38% vs. 21%).