Hot Air,
by
David Strom
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7/3/2026 2:31:20 AM
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There was a time, back when I was young and virile, and the girls flocked to be seen with me, when the DSA went to great lengths to distinguish themselves from and even keep out the communists.
Their vision was more akin to implementing 1970s Nordic social democracy, with a mixed economy, a generous-to-a-fault welfare state, and strict limits on income inequality. It was a very flawed vision, but it was distinguishable from communism. "The DSA’s posture toward terrorism, which ranged from equivocation to outright support, drove away many of the organization’s remaining advocates of liberal democracy.
Two dozen prominent old-line members announced their resignation the next month,