Sadly, many Democratic voters don’t understand how dangerous their leadership has become, getting their news exclusively from left-leaning sources — The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NPR, MSNBC, social media, etc. — and interacting only with liberal friends and co-workers, they live in a self-affirming information bubble that distorts reality to enforce a narrative that Democrats are good and Republicans are evil.

The free market is a beautiful, vital, self-correcting system that helps ensure that our limited resources are used efficiently and effectively. It’s the major driver of prosperity and health for a large portion of the world. The principles of free markets were first laid out by Adam Smith in “The Wealth of Nations,” published in 1776. The most quoted phrase from his book is that every individual, acting in his own self-interest, is “led by an invisible hand” to promote the public interest. But Democrats see it as an evil, exploiting force that only benefits the rich. They see greed instead of self-interest.

The U. S. Constitution is a brilliant political document designed to limit government, safeguard individual liberty, and protect the rights of the minority. Despite being written more than 200 years ago, it gives a clear, sound direction while providing enough flexibility to adapt to today’s world. However, Democrats don’t understand or agree with the thinking behind it and often try to subvert it to their own ends.

Propaganda is an intentional and systemic effort to use language to achieve a defined set of goals. It is dogmatic, the opposite of an open exchange of ideas. It promotes lies and distorts the truth through omission and distortion. Democrats are experts at this. They are deceptive about their proposed policies, the reasons for their proposed policies, the results of their past policies, and the ideas and character of their opponents.

A major initiative of the Democratic Party was stacking universities with left-leaning professors. In the 1960s, many bright and affluent students in elite universities avoided the Vietnam era draft by staying in school to earn post-graduate degrees. They tended to be anti-war Democrats. Many chose university teaching careers to influence the next generation of students and ultimately controlled which faculty members were hired and who would receive tenure. Today, university professors are overwhelmingly Democrats who advocate for extreme liberal philosophies and policies and actively disparage and suppress conservative ideas.

Once established at the university level, Democrats were positioned to influence ensuing generations of K-12 public- school teachers who then passionately advocated for liberal ideas and social policies. Today, class curriculums are peppered with liberal propaganda, our public schools are controlled by Democrats and will be for decades. With control of public schools, they influence and indoctrinate children. Given the political leanings of its members who overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, the major teacher unions are megaphones for the Democratic party. The Democrats they elect return the favor with lucrative salaries, benefits, and pensions for their members…

DISCLOSURE: While I agree with everything you’ve just read, these aren’t my words. They’re a sampling condensed from a new book by Drew Baker, “Why Democrats are Dangerous.” Drew earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at Dartmouth and an MBA from the University of Chicago. After a successful banking career, he moved to North Carolina where he taught economics and business in college.

I knew Drew when he was growing up and I became his brother-in-law. In 1970, when he was 15, I bought him a subscription to National Review magazine, Willam F. Buckley’s conservative flagship, and introduced him to the works of Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand. I, too, changed course from my business career to join the war of ideas as a rare conservative in the liberal media. A great source of gratification is to have mentored young people to join that cause. I couldn’t be prouder of Drew.

In about 100 concise pages, his book packs loads of wisdom and factual examples of Democrat duplicity in plain talk that makes it a great primer for young people and a reaffirmation for all who want to restore America. You can get it at AuthorHouse.com or at your favorite online bookstore.

In about 100 concise pages, his book packs loads of wisdom and factual examples of Democrat duplicity in plain talk that makes it a great primer for young people and a reaffirmation for all who want to restore America.