Something very troubling to me, is the silence from the Republican side, to refute Sanders’ socialism stands, and support market capitalism as the superior economic systems.
I've been worried about this as well. I suspect that at some point in the near future--post-nominations--the subject of socialism will come up in a debate. Or, it will suddenly be the topic du jour in the MSM. The MSM of course, will water it down with articles sympathetic to its cause. They'll try to re-define it, insisting that "we're partly socialist today," and "...public works, education, fire and police departments, the FDA, etc. are ALL socialist!"
At this point...hopefully sooner..the emerging Republican candidate will need to clearly articulate what true socialism is, and they'll need to tell the American people why it's a bad thing.
Someone like Donald Trump can't go out and give a Gordon Gekko speech. He can't just say, "Capitalism is great because...Capitalism!"
In my opinion, only Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio can make a passionate defense of capitalism, one in which they can not only point out socialism's ills, but also tell people of why capitalism is the best economic system, the one most-aligned with American freedom and exceptionalism.
You can’t be surprised by that are you?