These statistics quantitatively express a significant shift in political mood and perspective that has occurred over just the last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the US and the world.
No but expecting them to instantly go from “kid living through years of propaganda in the imperial core, after decades of a decrepit left” to Marxists instantly is dumb as hell.
Yes it is, which is why it's a good thing I never held that expectation
Yes it is, which is why it's a good thing I never held that expectation