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The Democratic Socialists of America went from 5,000 people to 25,000 people in a year.
by BrainInAJar 9y ago
The Democratic Socialists of America went from 5,000 people to 25,000 people in a year.
- noobermin 9y agoTo be fair, that may more be a function of Trump more than Bernie.
- evincarofautumn 9y agoOn a small scale, this election seemed to make a significant fraction of people more able to identify with what they actually believe, rather than in terms of what they oppose. And I think that will have a lot of value, long term, for political discourse. Now, I can say with some confidence that I’m a left-wing libertarian. Before this shitshow, I don’t think I was really politically aware enough to be able to identify as anything but “anti-Republican”.
- gozur88 9y agoYes, and the National Socialists had similar growth in response. I'm not sure that was a good bargain.
- RobertoG 9y agoThat was not a bargain because one event don't cause the other but both events have a common cause. The common cause is that people is tired of the establishment. When this happen, some go one way and others the other way. It's not new, it's a historical pattern.