Views of capitalism have gone from 30 points positive in 2019 (57% favorable to 27% unfavorable among registered voters) to just four points positive today (50%-46%).

The poll also shows 65% of voters agree that “the system is rigged to favor the wealthy.” That’s up from 56% in Trump’s first term.

What’s most striking about both data points is that some of the biggest shifts occurred among Republicans.

While 72% of Republicans viewed capitalism favorably back in 2019, that’s down to 61% today. And the percentage of Republican who have a “strongly” positive view of capitalism has gone from 54% to 41%.

I wrote elsewhere

I’m thinking as creatures of habit, when immediate stressors ease, most people revert to their default, which is usually how their childhood caregivers conditioned them. I believe that’s why Southern Reconstruction failed, fascists were readily accepted as “the good ones,” and we settle for concessions, rather than change, then fail* to guard those, so we ended up here in naked fascism, again.

Perhaps I’m too cynical and could lean into a little more faith in people.