Revisiting Bernie’s ‘Democratic Socialism’ speech, ten years later

Revisiting Bernie’s ‘Democratic Socialism’ speech, ten years later

Before 2015, the term “democratic socialism” was foreign to the American political lexicon. It was certainly not cool among the chattering class, to say nothing of the politically powerless. Then, something happened that thrust democratic socialism into the national limelight, where it has remained ever since. Bernie Sanders, the septuagenarian independent U.S. senator from Vermont,…