Why's Socialism So Popular?

At one time, being “exposed” as a socialist was a “death knell” for a politician. Now they openly TOUT their not only approval of socialism, they scream it from the rooftops. And nobody bats an eye. Especially the “young folks.” Why is that? Why has the “stigma” of socialism gone away? First of all, the “young folks” are too ignorant of the facts regarding socialism, and all forms of collectivism not having been taught the truth about it, and are operating under that ignorance, listening to the “swan song” of socialism that tells them they can get “goodies” for free. Nobody tells them that SOMEBODY has to pay for those “freebies.” And if they become workers and producers of new wealth, that somebody will be them. Socialism is a system based on theft. Money taken from the producers of new wealth, and given to those unable, or unwilling to work for a living. It’s like one or two people pushing a wagon full f people unwilling to help. It creates NO WEALTH, and it STEALS part of that created by the producer to give to the non-producer. Socialism, everywhere, is doomed to fail eventually. It can last only as long as there is more money to steal from producers. Then it must collapse, as it is now doing in Venezuela, and did in Soviet Russia. And is about to in Cuba, where the average age of cars (except for government officials, of course) the fifties, because they can’t afford better. Evidence of the failure of socialism abound, but its salespeople are good at “explaining it away,” while only presenting the “good things” about it. Among those are the “freebies.” (Just common sense)