• mimichuu_
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    1 year ago

    No, an average person in the DSA believes in wayy more than any regular social democrat. I agree that they’re not radical enough, but they’re an enormous organization of people against the status quo and so many of them genuinely care, so it’s no surprise that a huge part of current radicals are ex-DSA members.

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      1 year ago

      The DSA is not a significant political force, much less the people that radicalize out of the DSA.

      In August 2023, the organization claimed 77,575 members.[1] According to the finance data for the 2021 DSA convention, the organization collected $4.6 million in membership dues in 2020.[157] The DSA allows membership dues waivers for members who “may be experiencing financial problems right now”.[158]

      DSA membership in 2023 declined from 2021, when membership peaked at around 95,000 members

      Even at their peak, 100k people is not a significant political force, nor what I would call an “enormous organization.”

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        1 year ago

        Enormous by socialist standards. The fact that they can have so many members in this day and age is commendable. A few decades ago any socialist thought being given an honest platform at all among the general population was a miracle.

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          1 year ago

          The internet helped lots of uninformed populists radicalize each other, sadly.

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        1 year ago

        For the standards of leftists in the USA, they’re massive.