In a democracy, when all viable options on the ballot offer nothing but variations of government-directed control, there’s little choice to be had. In the United States, Democrats openly embrace the idea of a command economy directed from Washington, D.C. Likewise, U.S. President Donald Trump’s new scheme for prescription drug price controls makes clear that he also wants to push aside market mechanisms in favour of state dictates. Forget freedom, the big American political parties now offer different flavours of socialism.