Most in the hard left support and utilize democratic structures. Admittedly, as an anarchist, I have zero faith in democratic centralism being all that democratic and haven’t seen it play out in practice the way it does in theory.
That said, democratic norms do not belong exclusively to any left tendency and the DSA does need some structu…
Most in the hard left support and utilize democratic structures. Admittedly, as an anarchist, I have zero faith in democratic centralism being all that democratic and haven’t seen it play out in practice the way it does in theory.
That said, democratic norms do not belong exclusively to any left tendency and the DSA does need some structural reforms in order to be democratic. Its NPC is too similar to the once indirect election of US Senators, for example.
Hopefully the DSA finds a way to heal a little. Right now it’s a war zone (at least online - less so in person) due to the influence of the Democratic Party.
Most in the hard left support and utilize democratic structures. Admittedly, as an anarchist, I have zero faith in democratic centralism being all that democratic and haven’t seen it play out in practice the way it does in theory.
That said, democratic norms do not belong exclusively to any left tendency and the DSA does need some structural reforms in order to be democratic. Its NPC is too similar to the once indirect election of US Senators, for example.
Hopefully the DSA finds a way to heal a little. Right now it’s a war zone (at least online - less so in person) due to the influence of the Democratic Party.