"If you don’t like President Trump’s economic policies, you might have an even worse choice in upcoming elections: socialism.
As Democrats try to figure out how to counter Trump, they’re lining up behind some Bernie Sanders ideas from 2016, including “Medicare for all” and free college for everybody: Appealing ideas, as long as you don’t consider the cost. Unspeakably expensive, if you do.
Now comes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a charismatic, 28-year-old Latina who upset an old-guard Democrat in a New York House primary on June 26 and will probably be headed to Congress next year. Ocasio-Cortez is a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist who’s even more leftist than Bernie Sanders, and her ascent has triggered hopes among some that the Democrat Party will become a sort of workers collectivist movement."
