To the editor: As columnist LZ Granderson aptly posits, the financial prospects of most Individuals would enhance below a extra socialistic governance (“Voters want what the Democrats’ left wing offers,” July 17). However in recent times, Democrats have been reluctant to tout transitioning to socialism.
The issue is that an enormous swath of the voting lots might be reliably manipulated to spurn the S-word. Particularly those who purchase into the amorphous slogan “Make America Nice Once more,” on which no GOP politician dares expound.
Republicans after all know what merely spouting “MAGA” will recall to mind all through the low-information lots. To wit: gauzy recollections of the mid-Twentieth century, when comparatively unfettered capitalism labored its magic, spurred by a post-war inhabitants growth that fueled the continually increasing market on which capitalism famously thrives.
Plus, the voting lots are inclined to the GOP’s incessant conflation of socialism with communism.
Wise because the Democrats’ socialistic proposals could also be, they face overpowering headwinds.
Roberta Helms, Santa Barbara
