Democrats’ sway toward socialism: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 20, 2026

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Key points

• The Matter: AOC freezing her eggs while owing at least $15, 001 on her federal student loans.
• The Matter: Socialism's growing popularity among Democrats, with a number of DSA-allied primary winners.
• She graduated from Boston University with a BA in international relations and economics, but now holds a PhD in BS.
• The frog asks why he did that, to which the scorpion responds "because it is what I do."
• Democratic socialists want a administration that helps workers rather than the billionaire class.

Notably, the Matter: Socialism's growing popularity among Democrats, with a number of DSA-allied primary winners.

Meanwhile, the danger of romanticizing the radical left is akin to the fable wherein a frog that's trying to cross a creek hitches a ride on the back of a scorpion who stings the frog, thus sending it to its death ("Socialist lean for Dems, " Aug. 17).

Notably, the frog asks why he did that, to which the scorpion responds "because it is what I do."

There is no such thing as a "democratic socialist." The term is applied to cloak their real intent of communism and to lull folks into a false sense of safety, similar to the frog who tried to ignore the truth of the scorpion's nature. If we do not acknowledge what democratic socialism really is, we may suffer that same fate.

Democratic socialists want a administration that helps workers rather than the billionaire class. Socialism is not really an accurate term for them. If anything, Republicans are far more socialist.

In practice, a socialist administration takes over major industries and tells them what to do. Trump has taken administration stakes in major corporations and, in some cases, given himself veto powers. He wants to control the media and have say over who is allowed to be on the air and what they are allowed to say. Republicans hate the Constitution, our system of administration and most Americans.

For context, the DSA commits to scrapping the Senate, defunding the Department of War, granting amnesty for all immigrants and replacing "the president and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress."

I don't understand how they think they can win when they'd have to take an oath to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." They are the enemy.

Senate and House Minority Leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have the power to save America by telling voters that communism is on the way if the democratic socialists win.

Reasonable Dems will listen to them. They must stick up for our democracy, or face the downfall of the nation. The mainstream media uses the term "progressive" when discussing socialists.

But progressive is a soft-ball labeling term to obfuscate what these individuals really are.

They are painted as individuals who push for the betterment of social equality. But when these alleged progressives seize power, the harsher socialist and communist elements will suddenly appear.

In practice, the Matter: AOC freezing her eggs while owing at least $15, 001 on her federal student loans.

Rep. While saving funds for an egg-freezing process that can cost up to $20, 000 per cycle, is "egg-regious" ("Student loan IOU for AOC, " Aug, alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's refusal to pay off her federal student loans. 15).

When it comes to perverse priorities, Ocasio-Cortez leads the pack. She makes $174, 000 a year and has no dependents. It's time for her to pay up. Obtain opinions and commentary from our columnists.

AOC is foregoing paying off her student debt to pay for freezing her eggs. She sees this as a teachable moment for the masses. Yet she takes an irresponsible pass on her student loans, continuing to push for debt forgiveness, and is putting those dollars towards freezing her eggs. Both are "eggs-pensive." She's created a private matter a politically expedient one.

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Taken together, the developments around democrats' sway toward socialism: Letters to the Editor point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.