A 2013 poll by the Public Religion Research Institute found that while almost two in three Americans over 65 call themselves "Extremely proud to be American," among Americans under 30 it is fewer than two in five. According to a 2011 Pew poll, young Americans were 14 points more likely than older Americans to say that the wealthy in America got there mainly because "They know the right people or were born into wealthy families" rather than because of their "Hard work, ambition, and education." And as young Americans internalize America's lack of economic mobility, they are developing the very class consciousness the United States is supposed to lack. A 2011 Pew study found that while Americans over 30 favored capitalism over socialism by 27 points, Americans under 30 narrowly favored socialism. Perhaps young Americans, having in their formative years watched Bush's epic post-9/11 vision breed lies, brutality, and state collapse, and America's celebrated capitalist system descend into financial crisis, have gained their own appreciation of American fallibility.
Source: THE ATLANTIC
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