I've noticed a lot of fear-mongering and saber-rattling in the letters of some readers, including Tom Day and Mike McConnell. These readers want you to believe if Bernie Sanders is elected president, then we will instantly become a dictatorship and citizens would be enslaved to an evil socialist government. That's a big load of hooey!
Opinion: Socialism isn’t the end of the world
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