DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM!
These terrifying words must be condemned by any responsible adult seeking political office, a position in corporate America, or an anchor chair on a cable news show.
If this radical ideology takes root in the hearts and minds of the youth, then America will transform into the Soviet Union with gay, atheist, vegan polycules in NYC lined up for miles to sip a tiny ladle of soup poured into their boot by Shaikh Zohran Mamdani.
Democratic Socialism is more terrifying to some Democratic leaders and corporate consultants than actual fascism and white nationalism. Just look at the time spent punching to the left, specifically people like AOC, Bernie Sanders, and Hasan Piker, compared to calling out MAGA’s racism and corruption. Despite the non-stop onslaught, democratic socialism is gaining popularity among young people and future voters.
Why won’t the masses listen to the centrist talking heads and learn to accept their future capitalism overlords?
Bhaskar Sunkara, co-founder of Jacobin and President of The Nation, offers answers in his books, The Socialist Manifesto and The Blueprint, where he champions democratic socialism as a means to uplift and economically empower a majority of Americans who are struggling to stay afloat regardless of how many bootstraps they pull up.
In this revealing conversation, Sunkara traces the economic malpractices of both Republicans and Democrats over the past 50 years, which have led us to our present, where wages remain stagnant, workers work longer and harder, and the rich are getting richer with nothing “trickling down” to the rest of us. He also differentiates democratic socialism from what the world witnessed in the Soviet Union and also defines many terms that are often hijacked to fearmonger and smear “the left.”
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