In fact, several corporate fat cats have managed to get their tentacles on NPR. I think it is still mostly a viable news source, though

Sigh.

Bhaskara Sunkara’s ideas about what democratic socialism means appear somewhat different from those of the two professors in the other article. You fail to understand that political science is a philosophical discipline and all about opinions.

For that matter, there would be nothing wrong with it winding up in the hands of the government, if the people could retain control of the government at all times.

Actually, democratic socialists today are more like social democrats than communists. They don’t want the means of production to end up in the hands of the government, and believe that we should have a thriving market.

Once more, any number of poli-sci professors will have differing opinions on what socialism actually is. Case in point are the two professors mentioned in the article.

You do realize that any number of poli-sci professors will have differing opinions on what socialism actually is, don’t you. Case in point are the two professors mentioned in the article.

Neither has any country established a true free market, as Right-Libertarians are so fond of telling us. That hasn’t stopped them from idealizing the ‘magic of the market place’.

You seem to be a well educated person, so you should realize that the meanings of words and terms change. Democratic Socialism doesn’t mean the same thing now that it did 40 years ago.

You can understand what Democratic Socialists believe if you read it in their own words.