I was sobered to see some of the details of the revised DSA platform.

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21. You write of "the Democrats" and "the DSA" as if they are two entirely separate

parties instead of different wings of the same party.

If people who identify as DSA are a separate party, why are they using the Democratic Party's structure and identify in campaigns and elections? Is highjacking another party's ID and structure the same as cultural appropriation, claiming to be or to represent another ethnicity/culture that someone is not a part of?

I support many views and policies that come from socialists, so I am not trying to discredit socialism. But I am noticing that, among voters and candidates who identify as socialist, there are some widely varying views on what socialism is and what the general policies and programs are. So how does the voting population know what or whom they are voting for if they want to choose socialism?

I know that there are differing views within any party, but there are usually some identifying characteristics or a consensus of a party platform that people can look at. The DSA seems to lack agreement on a platform. Is that because, instead of launching themselves as a separate party, the DSA is using the Democratic Party's structure as a springboard or as a party to take control of and transform into their own image?

I realize that there are some people wealthy enough to not look at price tags before making a purchase. That is not me. I feel the same way about voting. I want to see and hear what I am choosing, but the DSA appears to be split among themselves about what a socialist is.

You have posted a platform, but there are candidates who identify as socialist and promote different policies than the platform you posted. In Buffalo, a socialist candidate for mayor on the Dem ballot was defeated by a write in vote because she promoted abolishment of police and had no political experience in governance.

Your post says that there is nothing radical in the socialist platform. But I can see some radical views in it. I also know that the views among socialists vary considerably regarding Palestine. I fully support the right of Pakestinians to their own state and government. But for many Palestinian supporters, the goal of a Palestinian state means dissolving Israel as a nation and establishing a Palestinian country through the entire former British Mandate. That is just as bad as Israel denying Palestinians a state and I would never support that.

There are a few other items in the platform that appear radical to me, but that's for another post. This one is long enough already.