Hoping to balance the one-sided propaganda about socialism coming from the media and candidates running for offices as socialists, Fox News has conducted interviews with people who once lived under these systems. The testimonies are a powerful rebuke to those who believe socialism is the answer to every problem. Medvin: “They say that the purpose of democratic socialism is to bring equality … but what equality does it bring? The democratic socialists, notes Hoff, claim their brand of socialism differs from the totalitarian regimes because “workers” would govern institutions and not unelected bureaucrats. Socialism will lead to our destruction and once destroyed it will be nearly impossible to bring back our constitutional republic.