Democratic Socialists of America National Co-Chair Megan Romer went on FOX® to feed into their latest red scare campaign and communist hysteria. Of course, anything this foolish woman said would be used to attack the Democratic Party as “fellow communists”, as our fascist Criminal President does regularly.
I have long favored democratic socialism in the Bernie Sanders vein. In a world of shifting ideology and world views, it would seem the label would now be "social democrat" that reflects European Social Democracy.
Now that the DSA has lost it’s common sense and grounding in reality I would call on AOC, Rashida Tlaib, and Zohran Mamdani to disavow their ties to that party. The Democratic Party needs to embrace progressive policies that actually help Americans maintain their inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
We don’t need wackos who welcome communists into their party giving Republicans their excuse to revive McCarthyism and to smear every opponent as a communist. This is exacerbating their hate and fascism, not opposing it.
Yes, I agree with the DSA when they advocate public health and public education, as exemplified in Western Europe. I support higher income and wealth taxes on the ultra-rich. I agree the Electoral College should be eliminated. I support dismantling the criminal and unaccountable rogue ICE agency. They were established 23 years ago with the Department of Homeland Security in reaction to 9-11. We survived over 220 years without them and can do just fine without them.
But come on, when Megan Romer blathered on about having “no borders”, who the hell does she think would go along with that?
Other absurd tenets of the party are delusional and deal breakers for all but the most extreme Left. (I’m not one of them. But I know fascist MAGA dupes will refuse to understand this.)
I’ll mention a few of the DSA policies that only alienate the vast majority of Americans.
“You work as much as you are able and no more than needed.”
That’s Marxism, as in, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need". I may be ABLE to work 80 hours a week, but I sure as hell don’t want to, and glad I don’t have to.
“Food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation aren’t for-profit businesses; they are common goods and utilities.”
If this means I can’t go out to my favorite restaurants, forget it! Yes to public education and medicine, but energy and transportation need to be addressed rationally with serious budget considerations.
“Demilitarize police departments, disempower police unions, and redirect funding to public services as steps towards fully abolishing the police and prison system which protects the rich and jails the poor. Treat drug addiction and mental illness as health issues, not crimes. End qualified immunity and empower civilian oversight bodies with real authority over the police.”
They had me at demilitarize police departments, disempower police unions, redirect funding to public services, and ending qualified immunity for rogue ICE agents and violent cops, but sorry, we need public safety and a way to remove violent thugs from society. Look at how Trump praised, pardoned, and wants to PAY his J6 thugs for terrorizing Congress and beating cops bloody in his insurrection. Ironically, Trump is more communist than any Democrat in his freeing and rewarding criminals, and his state acquisition and control of corporations and media.
“For the working class to govern, we need a new political system. End political corruption and legalized bribery: get rid of lobbyists, dark money, and Citizens United, and publicly finance all elections. Abolish the Electoral College. Replace the President and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress.”
Lofty ideals. How to get there would be the problem. I’m with them up to the last sentence. I still support the founders’ idea of three coequal branches of government for checks and balances. Yeah, that’s totally a fiction now, but salvageable if we bury MAGA and get sane people in office.
Anyway, the bottom line is the DSA is essentially a destabilizing movement in so many ways. All we need is for the Democratic Party to embrace its progressive ideals of civil rights, voter rights, and an economy that benefits working class and poor Americans.
Again,
I return to my embrace of the socialist ideals in our Constitution. We need our
fair representation, rights, and civil liberties, along with the taxes,
regulation of commerce, and provision for the general welfare in our foundation
of law.
Who
has a problem with that?
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