as the democratic party shifts from stealth mode to in-your-face socialism, ask the folks in places like Cuba and Venezuela how that socialism thing has worked out for them. The fallacy that centralized control of everything via government will protect us from evil big-business overlooks two critical elements. First, human nature is human nature. Electing someone to a political position does nothing to perfect the moral fallibility of men and women. People who are corrupted by power will be corrupt, whether in private industry or government. Second (real shocker here...), the government IS BIG BUSINESS. It is in fact the biggest of businesses. Let that sink in. So for those who are terrified that "Big Business" cannot be trusted, that it will act in its own interests first and will sacrifice principle for profit- all those things are also true for government when corrupt, power-mongering individuals are at the helm. But we will vote better people in, won't we?? Well then, explain how we voted in Obama or Trump or Pelosi, et al. I feel safer pitting the avarice of businesses in the free market (tempered by some minimal regulation from government) against one another to deliver most of the goods/services needed by the public.