I've been watching as a number of new politicians have taken office in New York City, Portland, and elsewhere. Calling themselves Democrat Socialists , they have demonstrated some beliefs that place them more in the Marxist circle. Recently a platform statement came out for this so-called Democratic Socialists of America . Reading through it I truly wonder how anyone espousing those beliefs can legitimately earn sufficient votes to win a major office, much less serve as a street-sweeper in a one-horse town? First off, they want to eliminate the US Senate. Then place the Executive Branch and Supreme Court under the remaining US House of Representatives. So much for independent branches of government as well as checks and balances. You might as well rename the House to the Politburo. The Justice department would prosecute based on political theory, not statute. Court rulings would be subject to the whims of the ruling party. Justice would soon decay to lynch-mobs, ...
Solving the world's problems the old-fashioned way - from my chair out on the porch.