Bill Maher was on a roll Saturday night, caustically pointing out the obvious flaws of democratic socialism if you take its anti-capitalist rhetoric seriously. … I’ve harped on this general issue before and won’t do so again now. I’d just add that Maher is right when he suggests the real problem with democratic socialism is that its extremism merely empowers extremism on the right. They feed off each other. I guess you can call it a form of dialecticalism. Am I using that word right? I’m trying to remember from my very long-ago history and poli-sci courses

Update — Fareed Zakaria was a guest on Maher’s show last night. Here’s his most recent common-sense advice for Dems, via the Post.