Thanks to Edgar Allen Beem for writing about socialism in a positive manner (“The Universal Notebook: Socialism, you know you want it”). Politicians and the press have made it a dirty word for years in this country. Ironically, it’s taken the despicable Donald Trump’s actions and his railing against it to make folks consider it in a new light. Bernie Sanders also gets credit for using the word in a positive way.

My husband has a short and simple way to remember the difference between capitalism and socialism: “Capitalism is about more; socialism is about enough.” To paraphrase Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, let’s put people before profits.

Barbara Doughty
Portland


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