Communists belong in DSA (redstarcaucus.org)

submitted 3 months ago by ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think democracy is important for non-ego reasons- scientific socialism works better within an internal democracy, democratic consultation and deliberation create institutional knowledge in a way bureaucracies don't.

I don't see any reasonable benefit to PSL not being democratic at this stage of the struggle- if they don't have the educational capacity to onboard new members they should create probation membership status (less ideal but those membership dues though) or stagger cohorts.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

You're not wrong. I do think provisional membership or something would be better than just allowing as many people in as possible and not letting it actually be democratic, but I also think there may be conditions where what PSL is doing would be right.