This is why I left DSA. It was full of MLs and anarchists who hated demsocialism. Members of a demsocialist organization who hate demsocialism. Why? The only reason I could think of was sabotage. They didn't want DSA, or demosocialism as an ideology, to succeed. Well, I'd say mission accomplished. Demsocialism is pretty much dead. There are still people who call themselves demsocialists, but most of them are just New Deal social democrats (I know a lot of people think this is just semantic pedantry, but demsocialism and social democracy are distinct ideologies).
I think you missed the point of the meme. It's saying that Democratic Socialism is inherently pro capital and the DSA serves to tamper the revolutionary spirit of would be leftists.
No, I get that. I understand that a lot of leftists think demosocialism is just a liberal pysyop, or whatever, which is why I couldn't understand why those people had joined the Democratic Socialists of America. I couldn't understand why there were so many people in a Democratic Socialist organization who were critical of, or outright hostile to, Democratic Socialism. It's like crashing someone else's party and then telling them they're not welcome and have to leave, which is such an ML thing to do, too.
The role of DSA is not to succeed, but to keep disenfranchised liberals rounded up in the party and back towards electoralism, which keeps the DNC and the entire oligarchy in power.
This is why I left DSA. It was full of MLs and anarchists who hated demsocialism. Members of a demsocialist organization who hate demsocialism. Why? The only reason I could think of was sabotage. They didn't want DSA, or demosocialism as an ideology, to succeed. Well, I'd say mission accomplished. Demsocialism is pretty much dead. There are still people who call themselves demsocialists, but most of them are just New Deal social democrats (I know a lot of people think this is just semantic pedantry, but demsocialism and social democracy are distinct ideologies).
I think you missed the point of the meme. It's saying that Democratic Socialism is inherently pro capital and the DSA serves to tamper the revolutionary spirit of would be leftists.
No, I get that. I understand that a lot of leftists think demosocialism is just a liberal pysyop, or whatever, which is why I couldn't understand why those people had joined the Democratic Socialists of America. I couldn't understand why there were so many people in a Democratic Socialist organization who were critical of, or outright hostile to, Democratic Socialism. It's like crashing someone else's party and then telling them they're not welcome and have to leave, which is such an ML thing to do, too.
The role of DSA is not to succeed, but to keep disenfranchised liberals rounded up in the party and back towards electoralism, which keeps the DNC and the entire oligarchy in power.