LETTER: In defense of the warmth of collectivism

The Review Journal is attacking Social Democrats, saying they want to “destroy America” (Friday editorial). That a paper owned by billionaires is opposed to Democratic Socialists who want to raise taxes on billionaires is no surprise.

Democratic Socialists made Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland the four countries with the happiest citizens in the world. Democratic Socialists in those countries enacted universal healthcare, universal childcare, free college, weeks of parental leave following the birth of a child, weeks of paid vacation and universal pre-school. That hardly sounds like it would “destroy America.”

What Democratic Socialists would do is reduce income inequality. Reducing economic inequality in America would make our economy stronger and reduce the political corruption that results from accumulated wealth. When you hear rich people raging against Democratic Socialists, you know it is to protect their wealth, power and privilege.