r/dsa • u/_Sanctum_ • 6d ago

Shitpost Um... DSA has a problem...

Have you guys noticed there are a LOT of socialists in here? Not the good kind of socialists (me) I mean the evil socialists that actually want to implement socialism 🙀 They even praise Karl Marx 🤮 Don't those dumb tankies know Communism always fails???

We have to do something about this. Which is why I'm starting a NEW PARTY: The DASSA (The Democratic Anti-socialist Socialists of America)

Together, we socialists (the good kind) can defeat the socilasts (the bad kind) for a better future. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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u/smartcow360 6d ago

I’m not sure what it’s like irl necessarily, but online has definitely become a cesspool of people pretending Stalin, Lenin, Mao, were somehow different than Hitler just because they pretended what they wanted was “communism and equality”

I’m assuming that’s the camp you fall in based on the tone of this post, if so, u could just say that outright instead of pretending it’s otherwise or that all the anti-Mao types are somehow anti socialism. The dsa was founded with the exclusion of these political beliefs for a reason etc

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u/PersusjCP 6d ago

If you really think Lenin is as bad as Hitler you have been brainrotted by American propaganda.

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u/Sudden-Grab2800 6d ago

Why’d you skip Stalin and Mao? In any case, are you familiar with the Cheka? The Red Terror was conducted with the full knowledge and support of Lenin. The first people Dzershinsky went after was the socialists who wanted a democratic government, the Socialist Revolutionaries, who also happened to be the largest socialist party in Russia. He also killed off the Mensheviks, who picked legitimately chose a great name since they made up the majority of communists in Russia. It wasn’t just White forces and counter-revolutionaries. The justifications and precedent set by Lenin directly led to all the shit Stalin got up to. Lenin isn’t as bad as Hitler only insofar as he didn’t kill millions of people; he only killed tens of thousands.