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To make matter worse, democratic socialists view anarchists as authoritarian because our form of democracy does not fit within their framework voting to put people in charge over others. So you quickly realize they're impossible to work with anywayPermalink On twitter.com
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Second reason I don't like them is, and this is arguably the bigger problem, demsoc strategy is all about winning capitalist elections. They frame all of their actions around what is acceptable in the current political landscape, which greatly narrows the work they do.On twitter.com
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They only support union campaigns if it can drive people to their party. Things like mutual aid or direct action are distractions at best and risk election chances at worse. Commitments to things like defund the police or BDS come second to electoral prioritiesPermalink On twitter.com
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In this way democratic socialists are some of the most right-wing, authoritarian socialists you can find, aside from openly bigoted tendencies like patriotic socialism. They mask their right-wing politics in "pragmatism" and their authoritarianism in "democratic process"Permalink On twitter.com