Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by William L Anderson
“I wrote of what I call the ‘Keeper of the Secret’ syndrome in 1999 in which I point out that throughout the 20th century, socialists have believed that if the ‘right’ leader were in place, socialism would be tenable …. both AOC and Sanders believe that the modern capitalist economy is based upon theft in which wealthy people take wealth from everyone else …. Both Sanders and AOC seem to assume that goods just appear on store shelves or, if they were produced by someone, the production process really was a form of slavery in which all of the workers were forced to work in substandard conditions and not paid just wages. Either way, all that is needed is for socialists to take over production, pay higher wages, increase tax rates, and make sure that billionaires no longer have an income.” (06/19/25)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-bernie-sanders-and-aoc-new-keepers-secret