The fight against the ideology of the Democratic Socialists of America and its current “Workers Deserve More” program is waged by people with the same principles and morality as those who fought in favor of slavery in the United States. This becomes unmistakable once the arguments used to justify the DSA platform are placed side-by-side with the arguments once used to justify slavery.
Although the two platforms are positioned from different perspectives, both arguments are morally and ethically the same:
Argument 1: These elements of society are “rights”
The DSA platform repeatedly frames healthcare, housing, education, and other goods and services as human rights that must be guaranteed at no cost to the individual. Housing is explicitly called a “human right.” Universal healthcare is to be provided with no premiums, co-pays, or deductibles. College is to be free. A 32-hour workweek is demanded with no reduction in pay or benefits. Basic needs are to be guaranteed, and the largest corporations are to be placed under public ownership and therefore under political control. Read more
















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