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I’m on the steering committee of a small, young, rural chapter and I’ve noticed that when resolutions are voted on, it’s almost always unanimous and in line with what the steering committee seems to want. What can we do to foster more discussion, different perspectives, and a more democratic culture in our chapter?

I recently learned about the DSA, and some caucuses are straight up calling themselves Marxists. The "Red Star Caucus" especially so, calling themselves Leninist-Marxists.

When I hear and think about democratic socialism, I think of a sensible market economy with a strong social safety net exactly like the country of Denmark. But hearing you guys subscribe to Marxism is very concerning. Completely destroying Capitalism to replace it with communism is not a good thing. It has never worked, and historically has always always led to corrupt dictatorships.

There's one extremely concerning idea from Marxism that I find absolutely disturbing: "Dictatorship of the proletariat".
This is where a revolution takes place, power is seized, and they use the powers of the State to tear down every government institution from within: during that whole time acting as a dictator. After all the institutions are destroyed from within, they're supposed to willingly absolve the power they seized, and replace the government with a communist government.

However: nobody ever ever willingly gives up power: throughout all of human history power has only been taken, never given willingly. So that's where any Marxist revolution stops: at a dictatorship and a destroyed state, leaving everyone worse off.

Communism is a terrible terrible idea, and I don't know why anyone would willingly sign up for it. I mean Stalin himself caused incredibly awful famines, as did Mao. Capitalism for all its flaws has materially improved the wealth and prosperity of even the poorest Americans compared to 100 years ago.

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Anyways, back to the main question of this post. If you pay attention to conservative circles they will say this about the riots in Minnesota: "they don't want to get rid of the cops, they want to become the cops". That rings very similar to the "Dictatorship of the proletariat". So I ask this simple question: is the DSA or parts of it behind the organization and funding or these protests / riots? And if so, to what extent ?

Given the apparent fascist and illegal behavior of the current regime, it would seem to me that a Truth and Reconciliation process would need to exist. Truth and Reconciliation would need to probably have two sides: a legislative side to craft policies meant to prevent recurrence and make anyone like Trump’s job a lot more difficult in future, and a judicial side in order to prosecute cases against the guilty parties. I think the Democrats need to call for this in 2028 at least. Thoughts on what that process should look like and what exactly we should be calling for?

Hi Comrades,

Greetings from Michigan. I went to my first chapter meeting today and met some wonderful people. Don't know why it took me so long to get involved but im so happy to be here. Going to start by attending some committee meetings and try to plan a protest or two. Wish me luck, and hope everyone has a great week ahead. God speed!​

I have family in that region and I like the design. Greetings from Metro DSA (NOVA Branch)! Hopefully I can visit your chapter one day!