Political commentator Lucy Zelic says the rise in democratic socialism is concerning, and voices what it means if it were to take over Australia. “The thing that’s the most concerning to me … this rise of the democratic socialist,” Ms Zelic told News24 host Danica De Giorgio. “Do you know who else declared themselves as a democratic socialist in 1996? The Prime Minister of our country Anthony Albanese. “History has been the greatest teacher of why we should be wary of anyone that either labels themselves as a democratic socialist or a socialist. “It’s a bus stop away from communism.”