/r/demsocialists
Welcome to the subreddit for the largest socialist organization in the United States -- over 80,000 strong!
Welcome to the subreddit for the largest socialist organization in the United States -- over 80,000 strong!
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What is the DSA?
DSA believes that the fight for democratic socialism is one and the same as the fight for radical democracy, which we understand as the freedom of all people to determine all aspects of their lives to the greatest extent possible. Our vision entails nothing less than the radical democratization of all areas of life, not least of which is the economy.
Under democratic socialism, this authoritarian system would be replaced with economic democracy. This simply means that democracy would be expanded beyond the election of political officials to include the democratic direction of all businesses by the workers who comprise them and by the communities in which they operate.
Economic democracy would be complemented in the political sphere by a new system that combines an overhauled form of representative democracy (our current system) with direct democracy, a system in which individuals participate directly in the making of political decisions that affect them.
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Hello friends,
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The island has been hit by two hurricanes, major earthquakes, and an energy shortage— a climate and humanitarian crisis all compounded by Trump-era sanctions and Cuba's designation on the State Sponsors of Terror list that blocks access to essential resources like trade, remittances, and financial support. Millions are suffering. U.S. sanctions are worsening Cuba’s hardship, cutting off critical resources needed for recovery and resilience. With Trump set to return to office in 2025, there is a limited window for President Biden to act before these policies become even more entrenched.
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My dad (who is ultra right wing and ultra capitalist) constantly brings up Venezuela whenever I bring up Democratic Socialism and modelling ourselves like the nordic nations. I believe what Venezuela has and what the nordic nations have are not the same but I don't know enough to go very in depth bout it. What would be a great breakdown of the similarities and the differences? I'm just sick of him constantly bringing it up.
Do you think extremist(there is a better word but decided to use this maybe polar political perspectives) words are misused like fascist or communist, and do you think these words can cause unnecessary worry or divide in a country growing further apart(USA)?
There is a lot of discussion regarding the rich stealing from the poor. I agree. There is little articulation of how this happens other than suppressed wages and shady tax cuts.
Has anyone inspected the monetary policy (since August 1971) and how that correlates to the wealthy getting more wealthy and the poor becoming poorer? Monetary policy is working under the surface and is contributing, or forcing, those with less to have even less.
The house is tilted, not just the board game.