A recent Wall Street Journal editorial ‘Who’s Afraid of Socialism?’ laid out the case that much of the US Democratic platform met the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of socialism.
In particular, it compared policies like the Green New Deal promoted by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, to Soviet five-year plans.
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