Two years before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. declared, "We are saying that something is wrong with capitalism … there must be a better distribution of wealth in this country for all of God's children and maybe America must move toward democratic socialism."
Virtually from the day she assumed office, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her avowed democratic socialism have been under attack. Much of the condemnation is from the same crowd that so vigorously insists that America is and always has been a "Christian nation." This is quite ironic, because democratic socialism and the Bible share a strikingly similar vision of what constitutes a fair and just society. Capitalism, however, does not share that vision.
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