In the latest edition of democratic socialists say the dumbest things, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), while on the “It’s Open” podcast, told the world: “You can’t earn a billion dollars… you have to create a myth of earning it.”

Instead of mocking AOC’s latest ludicrous statement, I think Americans would be wise to take it very seriously. What’s more, it would behoove the American people to take the threat of democratic socialism in the United States much more seriously.

AOC’s goofy remark echoes the democratic socialist fallacy that the economy is a zero-sum game.

It reveals their disdain for success, hard work, entrepreneurship, meritocracy, free-market economics, etc. It also displays their preconceived notion that wealth is not gained by providing goods and services that consumers desire, but rather by some sort of deception or illusion.

Democratic socialism plays on humanity’s worst........

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