The past election cycles including in the 2016 general election, the 2018 midterm elections, and the start of the 2020 campaign were all highlighted by an ever-increasing trend toward so-called “Democratic” socialism within the Democratic Party. Starting off with the likes of Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and following through with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) as well as most contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, the push farther left has become quite popular.
However, this trend has also caused many in the mainstream of American politics to voice their concerns with this societal flirtation with socialism. The co-founder of Home Depot, Bernie Marcus, is a philanthropist who champions the free market and warns against this alarming trend in a new video published on April 23. It was issued through the Job Creators Network, a nonpartisan organization he founded to be “the voice of Main Street” and promote economic freedom in the United States.
