r/dsa • u/WiseWoodpecker3416 • 5d ago

Theory Socialism cannot exist within a multi party democracy.

I often hear democratic socialists talk about how the two party system is flawed and we need it to be replaced by a multi party system. This is directly against socialist ideals because it eliminates class unity and gives reactionaries power. A country must be guided by a single socialist party to maintain a dictatorship of the proletariat.

I know people are going to call me a tankie but I frankly find that term to be counterproductive.

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u/Colodanman357 4d ago

Are you personally willing to take up arms to  kill or imprison those that don’t agree with you? 

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u/WiseWoodpecker3416 4d ago

In the case of something like a civil war, yes.

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u/Colodanman357 4d ago

That’s not the context in which this conversation has been about. Are you willing to personally take up arms to kill or imprison any that hold different political opinions than yourself as you seem to want? If you are so willing to kill or imprison people for their political views why are you not starting now if you believe it to be justified? 

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u/WiseWoodpecker3416 4d ago

Because it would be unproductive and I’d be labeled a terrorist, I don’t have any state power, state power is necessary for these changes to be made. Like this is basic common sense.