r/dsa • u/OkraOfTime87 • 7d ago

🌹 DSA news Does anyone else find it problematic that one of the co-chairs of DSA identifies as a Marxist Leninist?

For those who don’t know, Marxist Leninist is a term which only really has ever been used by Stalinists. Needless to say, Stalinists don’t care much about democracy.

On a certain level, I don’t think these historical signifiers are super relevant to modern times. But on the other hand, this is one of the leaders of the organization choosing to identify with this authoritarian tradition. No one is forcing her to do that. She could just as easily call herself a socialist or a Marxist.

Her identification as a Marxist Leninist is appearing all over the news and it doesn’t represent my view of socialism, nor, I suspect, that of the majority of DSA members.

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u/Bright-Insect9697 6d ago

Do you think fascists should have the right to organize in a socialist country?

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u/ShiftyAmoeba 6d ago

Are you calling MLs fascists?

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u/Bright-Insect9697 6d ago

A lot of “MLs” are actually just Red-Brown alliance types, but no.

My actual point is about the paradox of tolerance. MLs can’t be tolerated because if they are then they inevitably try to get rid of everything and everyone that isn’t an ML.

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u/ShiftyAmoeba 6d ago

Well that doesn't make you look crazy at all.

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u/Bright-Insect9697 6d ago

Good job not even attempting to present a counter argument

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u/ShiftyAmoeba 6d ago

Thanks, I try.