A staff writer at "The Atlantic" has produced an excellent, unbiased look at the challenge to the Democratic Party posed by the radical positions of some self-proclaimed socialists:

 There’s Nothing Democratic About These Socialists

 The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) was formed in opposition to the very thing it has become.

By Jonathan Chait

(Excerpts)

• The general idea that Democratic Party loyalists seem to have about members of the Democratic Socialists of America is that they’re a lot like Democrats, but perhaps a bit more passionate.
• But the DSA’s version of democratic socialism goes far beyond routine public functions such as garbage collection and Social
• The DSA, in fact, seems to despise the Democratic Party. Its feelings about Democrats encompass not only the party’s leadership but also the philosophical commitments that have guided it since the New Deal.
• Darializa Avila Chevalier, the favorite candidate of New York Mayor and self-proclaimed socialist, Zohran Mamdani, has called Joe Biden a “rapist” and wrote “Fuck Kamala Harris” on social media.
• She proceeded to be nominated for a House race in New York by Democratic voters who presumably do not all share those feelings
• Chevalier has called for seizing land and the means of production and has repeatedly praised communism.
• Some DSA activists are alarmed that the organization is in danger of surrendering its commitment to democratic principles.
• In 2021, eight founding DSA members had warned that far-left, authoritarian-minded  factions were attempting to gain control of the group.

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