Why are Democrats afraid to applaud capitalism?

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Sorry, capitalism. Democrats just aren’t that into you.

At the Feb. 7 Democratic debate in New Hampshire, centrist Sen. Amy Klobuchar was the only one onstage to raise her hand and say she’d be worried by a democratic socialist winning the Democratic nomination. Note that supposed moderates such as Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden were also standing with her. Only Klobuchar, however, was ready to say openly that it would be a political liability for the Democratic Party to nominate a socialist.

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