@MarkBresson@DWard95000513@ruthbenghiat@thejackhopkins The US is, and has always been a democracy. It’s a representative democracy and a constitutional republic.
Only dictatorships don’t call themselves democracies, but maybe that’s what you want?
@Bowen_Thaylin@Jmax528@Greatish8 I don’t think you understood my what I wrote. The current DSA platform distinguishes itself from communist models. So, you need to provide evidence that this is the opinion and goal of the entire DSA leadership and not just one or two individuals.
@Bowen_Thaylin@Jmax528@Greatish8 The DSA is a big tent party which includes groups from many different forms of socialist ideologies. If it’s the opinion of the “leadership” rather than the entire party, then it’s irrelevant. You’ll have to provide some evidence.
@Bowen_Thaylin@Jmax528@Greatish8 Your argument would be correct if Marxism was the only considered ideology, unfortunately that isn’t the case.
In modern political science, most socialist ideologies do not see themselves as the first step to communism. This includes democratic socialism which Mamdani ascribes to
@independentJimb@GavinNewsom Actually JimP, the US is a democracy, a representative democracy. In fact, it’s both a democracy and a republic, as those two are not mutually exclusive. Most western countries are both. Look it up if you need to.
@Trampa_James@GavinNewsom Accusing someone of failing civics classes while claiming that the US is a republic not a democracy is ironic.
Those two are not mutually exclusive. The US is both.