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Jordan Peterson on What Draws Young People to Socialism

• https://fee.org, Genevieve Wood

Jordan Peterson spoke at a Heritage Foundation event in New York City. We discussed the rise of socialism in America, the importance of personal responsibility, and why his message is resonating with so many people. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and author of the book "12 Rules for Life." A lightly edited transcript is below, or you can listen to the interview on The Daily Signal Podcast.

Genevieve Wood: People are interested in what you have to say.

Jordan Peterson: It seems that way, somewhat of a shock.

Wood: Or maybe it's because you aren't a politician, you are a psychologist and you understand more about what's going on in the world than many of our lawmakers actually do.

Historical Illiteracy 

I know we've got so many ways that we could go with this interview tonight. We have questions, thank you to all of you in the audience who sent in your questions. I've got some of them right here, and we're going to get into those. But … let's just start with the socialism piece. Do you think Americans truly understand the history of socialism, and actually what it is?


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