The Fantasy of ‘Democratic Socialism’ - WSJ

The Fantasy of ‘Democratic Socialism’ - WSJ:

Doctors speak about good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. Some people say there’s a good kind of socialism, democratic socialism, that is different from the bad kind, the Marxist-Leninist variety. There’s an obvious problem with this claim: There never has been a socialist country that has been democratic. The Democratic Socialists of America admit it: “No country has fully instituted democratic socialism,” the organization says on its website.
Democratic socialism is not only an unrealized dream. It is a contradiction in terms.