Do Millennials Like Captialism?

🗽 Featuring Edafe Okporo, NYC Council Candidate (District 7)

Podcast Description:
Capitalism gave us Netflix, Amazon, and five-dollar delivery fees for five-dollar tacos. But for Millennials? It’s also given economic trauma, $100k in student debt, and an endless hustle culture wrapped in inspirational quotes.

In this episode of We Vote Too, we ask: Is it capitalism we hate—or just the broken version we inherited? Host Leise Winny breaks it all down with the help of Edafe Okporo, a human rights advocate and candidate for New York City Council District 7.

We talk generational disillusionment, overpriced degrees, and why GoFundMe shouldn’t be our national healthcare plan. From the housing crisis to political engagement, we explore what it means to fight for a system that works for everyone—and why Millennials aren’t anti-capitalist… we’re just pro-receipts.

⏱️ Episode TimelineBecause We the People? We Vote Too.

• 00:00 – Disclosure

• 00:32 – Intro music

• 00:48 – Capitalism background: Millennials vs. the system

• 03:22 – Interview starts: Edafe Okporo joins the conversation

• 04:17 – District 7: What it is and why it matters

• 05:18 – Edafe’s background as an advocate and immigrant

• 08:18 – Do Millennials hate capitalism?

• 11:32 – The cost of education and who it’s leaving behind

• 13:33 – How capitalism is choking higher education

• 17:22 – Rethinking capitalism: Is there a better model?

• 20:41 – Housing: The millennial affordability crisis

• 25:25 – What is socialism… and why is it taboo in U.S. politics?

• 29:02 – Can we get money out of politics?

• 35:13 – Political engagement without performative pressure

• 38:35 – Capitalism vs. Oligarchy: Is this what democracy looks like?

• 42:56 – Breaking the “Instagram grindset” myth

• 47:17 – Edafe’s NYC campaign and the policies he’s fighting for

• 52:00 – Outro: Fix the system or ditch the hustle?