February 24, 2020
The Democrats Are Running on Socialism and Plutocracy
By Veronika Kyrylenko
A savvy political observer knows perfectly well how the Democratic Party and all of its "very best" candidates got closer to socialism. Strict gun control, economic regulations, open borders, "free" college education and housing, and Medicare for all (including illegal aliens), to name a few, represent a set of classic socialist ideas that has sadly become commonplace for the Democrats. Sure, there are lone voices raising concerns, one of which belongs to the Democratic strategist James Carville, who made news recently when he said, "We're losing our damn minds!" Then there is MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who rips Bernie Sanders as a potential nominee: "I've seen what socialism is like; I don't like it."
Maybe Matthews and his colleagues in the fake news factory have been so busy trying to smear and remove Donald Trump from office that they haven't noticed that their party has been on a socialist track for decades now — and that socialism, indeed, is not pretty. Wherever it is established, it brings economic decline, poverty, restriction of freedom, and wars.
This trend collides with another one: a strengthening of the plutocratic influence on the Democratic Party. It is believed that the rich formerly protected themselves by aligning with Republicans, who would protect their property from high taxes and their businesses from regulation. Some still do — notably the endeavors of the Koch brothers — but this breed of right-winger is gradually losing out to more progressive-tilted fat cats. Between 1980 and 2019, support for Democrats from the top 0.1 percent has tripled, and donors in the nation's wealthiest ZIP codes overall now give more to Democrats than Republicans.
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