Some of My Best Friends Are Socialists

What’s in a name? Frequently not very much, not even in the name of a political party.

In the United States, for example, the Republican party does not reject the political system of democracy, at least not in theory even if frequently in practice; and the Democratic party accepts the republican form of government, however it may be interpreted. The adjective “liberal” is generally (but by no means unanimously) well received in the United States but I shall never forg...