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Why do Republicans insist on making DSA sound so fucking cool?
this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2026
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I came into the comments to see if this was satire. That's a fucking great ad for DSA.
"The children these days are still afraid of the communism, yeah? Just paint them as commies, that'll solve 'em."
The majority of people are afraid of things they are told to be afraid of. Education dispels the fear. That's why the GOP loves the poorly educated.
Saw an attack ad against Abdul here in MI yesterday, that honestly made me want to vote even more for him by pointing out how 'dangerous' he is to establishment.
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Don't threaten me with a good time.
Even for people that think that they are against democratic socialism, there's no way they read this and think that's a bad thing. This reads like something that's used to promote DSA rather than fear monger. It's out of character for Republicans to slander something so softly without any sort of hate rhetoric or other blasphemy.
Really, who can read this and say, yea, I want the power to stay with the wealthy and not be with the people other than wealthy people? I would have guessed this were satire if I just saw it in passing.
Maybe they're actually trying to boost it because they think it will create a civil war among democrats? The same way dems boosted Trump over previous conservatives.
Oh man, I hope they do the hell out of this.
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The DSA dosent even know what it wants? They’re literally campaigning and endorse capitalist who owns rental rental properties, but won’t endorse actual socialist.
It’s pretty clear that they, whom ever that might be, is already trying to split the democratic vote. Stay focused my people.
Tineye only reveals a couple of hits on imagur. This isn't an official image coming from the Republican party, but a mock-up done privately.
Anyone thinking this is real (“dOnt TheaTeN mE wiTh a gOOd tIMe”, “They’re trying to scaremonger”) is a fucking moron. Republicans are evil and often stupid, but not stupid enough to word an ad like that. They’re well aware that “corporations and wealthy owners” has a negative connotation and “workers and the public” has a positive one. Please be more skeptical.
You heard Mike Johnson campaigning for the DSA in front of the whole country, right? Using scary Boogeyman language to describe perfectly reasonable and honorable things?
No, I didn’t hear that. Did he try to spin it in his favor with his word choice? Because that would be the opposite of what this post is doing.
No, he literally spelled out their platform, eXcEpT HE juSt pREtenDeD iT sOUnDEd sPpPpooOoOooOOky!
The details are academic unless we can get them in power. One step at a time. We all need to pull together.
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Yes
Yes! Yes! A million times yes!
I know a lot of conservatives because I work at a national company and have to deal with these cucks. But this message would absolutely align with them and make them pro Democratic socialists.
They aren't friends with billionaires. They're complaining about gas prices and food prices like all of us. They are sick of our taxes going to war.
"...replace capitalism with democratic socialism..."
Don't threaten me with a good time.
Yes, but message is too stuffy. Just say,
"Billionaires, who are predators, stole the world. They made life terrible for everyone without a private jet and now we want to take it back for all of you, because we are also you."
You threatening me with a good time?
Why is there a republican logo on this?
Theyre trying to fearmonger. Badly but theyre trying to.
Well, here's my take: I don't know for 100% sure exactly what the US looks like if all the DSA goals are met. But I know what it looks like now, and I know that at least MOST of what they're proposing sounds pretty damned useful.
If DSA can win, I suspect some of the more fringe stuff might not make it as-is. But the things most people actually support - wealth equality, social safety nets, universal healthcare, livable wages and mayve even universal income..... we can agree on enough basics that I feel confident we can work out the rest.
If this is real, then its the best advertisement the DSA could have
Yes. This is what I want.
I may get downvoted to hell for this, but I don't think it's a good idea for candidates to keep identifying as Democratic Socialists. Why not focus on the actual issues you support rather than this label?
As far as issues are concerned, I'd be interested to see how, for example, James Talarico stands up next to someone identifying as DSA. Talarico's positions seem right in line, but he's not directly associating himself at all with the term socialism. As much as I don't want it to be the case, the word socialism has been poisoned for a large segment of American society after decades of propaganda
DSA can exist in the form it does because there are no qualifications to be a Democrat, Trump can call himself a Democrat and run in the primary if he wants. Democrats are full of people who "support issues" and then won't do shit if you vote for them.
That's not how DSA works, you can't just identify as DSA, it's an organization with actual discipline and membership criteria. Zohran Mamdani had to do job interviews with a DSA committee to see if he'd be a good mayor before he could be a DSA candidate. And if he starts sucking the DSA can and has kicked politicians out. So for example Graham Planter: positions maybe seemed right, not DSA, wouldn't have gotten through the DSA process. It's a quality control label that's actually backed up by something.
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libs and liberals are slurs for the same demographics that communism and socialism are.
They already believe if you fail to vote R, you're effeminate and a traitor to the US.
And every day FOX News pumps them full of fear and hate and teaches them crime is not what you did, but who you are and what you think.
So how the heck do you think we're going to reach them by shifting to left-wing dog whistles?
poisoned for a large segment of American society after decades of propaganda
yeah but its not working anymore. that was back in the days when information access was fully controlled by state. now with internet and thousands of talking heads its not possible to control it like that
It's changing for certain, but there is still a trained negative response in many Americans.
From my perspective, its not as strong, especially among younger people, but it's still there.
The Internet was a tool for the democratization of information. But with the centralization of platforms, targeted media, and billionaires taking over social media, the Internet is quickly becoming the problem. Propaganda is now personalized and refined to be as effective as possible for each individual.
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