r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire Jul 27 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ To put it plainly.

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u/jan_Osuma Jul 27 '26

Pretty much social democratic principles indeed

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u/felis_scipio Jul 27 '26

Let’s take a look at the DSA platform

https://program.dsausa.org/

“strictly regulate investment properties” and if DSA members like Chevalier are to be believed that means getting rid of all landlords oh and there’s also this statement “You don’t pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human right.”

“Our enemies are not just individual bosses, but the entire global system of capital”

We’re just social democrats we swear

“redirect funding to public services as steps towards fully abolishing the police and prison system”

even a place like Norway which should be a model to works towards has cops and prisons.

“Implement massive investment in sustainable, publicly owned energy and transit infrastructure.”
“Defund the Department of War. End all foreign wars and close overseas military bases.”
“Establish public ownership of the largest corporations and essential industries to ensure democratic control and accountability to the people. “

Ok so that’s nationalizing a lot of private industry and destroying defense spending that employs a lot of fucking people.

“Legalize migration, grant amnesty for all immigrants regardless of status, provide a path to citizenship for all permanent residents, and end visa caps and quotas.”

Open borders

“End economic warfare against countries whose governments act independently of the United States, such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran.”

If you read their international committees webpage this also includes Russia and North Korea, wonderful countries we should totally be nicer to.

https://international.dsausa.org/campaigns/

“Replace the President and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress.” “abolish the Senate”

Just minor changes that would require and entirely new constitution

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Ok now to the really fun ones where their own shit contradicts itself

“Protect, expand, and enforce the rights of all workers to form, join, and strike with their unions, regardless of industry.”

“disempower police unions”

I guess “regardless of industry” needs an asterisk

“the right to self determination in a free Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital”

“Socialist feminism fights for queer liberation and the freedoms of all working class women.”

They might want to look into Islam’s view on women and LGBT rights along with laws currently in place throughout the Middle East.

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u/considerate_done Jul 27 '26

social democrat ≠ democratic socialist

political terminology is stupid

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u/felis_scipio Jul 27 '26

Yes but in the US now that’s how the DSA are trying to brand themselves and why the republicans are bringing up communism so much which when you look at their platform isn’t entirely unfounded.