svg]:overflow-visible">Listen to article • 0:00 minSocial democratsI respectfully disagree with Allan Lichtman’s op-ed regarding socialism in the Democratic Party.Democratic socialism involves a respect for private property tempered by a generous, taxpayer-funded welfare state. By contrast, the current wave of progressive candidates believes in confiscation of wealth, class struggle, and an abiding hatred of “Zionists,” whatever that means. They are in spirit closer to left-wing populists than to social democrats of the Nordic variety.The fear that these candidates will cause permanent damage to the party and the country is rational.Michael A. Livingston, Philadelphia. . .As a lifelong Republican who has become politically...