Socialism’s Comeback: A Sign of History Forgotten
THE ISSUE: The left’s embrace of Alexandria OcasioCortez, a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist.
The problem with socialism is not only that “you eventually run out of other people’s money,” as the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher put it (“A Warning for the Socialist Left,” Editorial, June 28).
Big-government socialism also breeds corruption and dictorships, as the German people found out when they elected Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party. Jack Coughin Deer Park
The defeat of 10-term Rep. Joe Crowley by a 28year-old upstart socialist candidate in what was viewed as a pretty safe seat for the incumbent has shocked Democratic leaders, as it should have.
She’s a product of the identity politics that the Democratic Party has adopted in recent elections.
Alexandria OcasioCortez’s primary victory shows how far to the left the Democrats have been pushed.
Today, it would be impossible for a Tip O’Neill Jr. or Bobby Kennedy to survive a primary challenger. Sal Giarrantani Boston, Mass.
Listing Venezuela as evidence of the overall failure of socialism is like of- fering Brazil as an example of the failure of capitalism.
To have an honest and complete discussion of socialism, we could more accurately include Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Austria — countries with crazy “socialist” programs like free health care, free university and strong welfare support. Lorraine Wright Redmond, Wa.
The left loves using the Nazi analogy for the right, but it should really take a look in the mirror.
Both Nazism and fascism were rooted in socialism, and it was that absolute power of government that enabled authoritarian rule.
As our founding fathers recognized, citizens must be protected from government, which the left is fighting to expand. Rich Codey Manhattan
What do Democrats find so appealing about socialism? They talk about every service being free and so much better for all, but socialism allows the government to control everything.
It does not work so well in the countries that have it. I don’t think people understand socialism. Karen Crisson Sayville
The Democratic leaders are sort of like Dr. Frankenstein: They have created a monster that is overpowering them, and they’re losing control. Ocasio-Cortez and those like her express contempt for this counrty. Her idea to go after Wall Street is dumb. It’s like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Catherine Adago Manhattan