7 Ways DSA Plans To Turn America Into A Third-World Country

The group that dictates the tenor of the Democrat Party has radical plans for America, which include getting rid of the presidency and the Supreme Court. The Democratic Socialists of America is a far-left organization that appeals to the struggle of the working class while pushing far-left candidates. The organization has recently unveiled a new platform that would destroy the American system and radically remake it.

DSA candidates are currently surging in America, winning major elections across the country. Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier — both DSA members — won their Democrat primaries in New York City, making them almost certain to win seats in Congress. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is also a DSA member, and he has pushed far-left policies since taking office in January.

Abolish the Presidency and Supreme Court

According to the DSA’s platform, “we need a new political system.” This new political system involves remaking the American government and electoral system.

“Abolish the Electoral College. Replace the President and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress,” the platform states. This change would help these socialists secure their objective of “creating a real democracy.”

This is part of an effort to give more power to Congress, thereby creating a more “democratic” system. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., showed her disdain for America’s system of government when she introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

Accusing Thomas and Alito of failing to disclose their financial information and declining to recuse themselves from cases they purportedly had a personal interest in, Ocasio-Cortez called on Congress to impeach them from the court. Her justification was that “Congress has a legal, moral, and democratic obligation to impeach,” according to a press release.

Replace the Constitution

In its introduction to the platform, the DSA quietly slipped in one of its most radical proposals: creating a new United States Constitution.

“We are workers fighting to transform society: to win the battle for democracy, draft a new constitution, and create a democratic socialist republic,” the platform’s introduction states. This is not the first time the DSA has attacked the Constitution, either. An earlier statement published on the DSA website reads: “The Constitution establishes a political order explicitly designed to enshrine rule by elites.”

In a recent attempt to recruit members, a DSA caucus called the Marxist Unity Group attacked the Constitution because “it was made by rich landowners who owned slaves, and it was designed to protect their power, not give ordinary people a real vote. Back then, the Founding Fathers were kind of like the billionaires of today.”

Abolish the Police and Prison Systems

The DSA’s new platform also calls to defund, and eventually abolish, the police. The platform calls for “redirect[ing] funding to public services as steps towards fully abolishing the police and prison system.”

Avila Chevalier called for police abolition in a now-deleted post on her Twitter account from 2020. “We’re gonna defund and abolish. You don’t get to water down our movements,” Chevalier said. She later clarified in another post two days later, where she said police abolition means abolishing police “as we know it.”

DSA-backed Wisconsin State Rep. Francesca Hong echoed a similar sentiment, saying she “support[s] defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police,” in a 2020 post.

Slavery Reparations

The platform advocates for reparations for slavery as part of the DSA’s stated goal to “end the legacies of slavery and colonialism.”

DSA-backed candidates have endorsed this policy. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Penn., introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to grant reparations to descendants of slaves in the United States. The resolution called for reparations not only because of slavery, but also because of historic racism in America.

Trans Surgeries for All

The DSA platform endorses “complete access” to abortion and trans surgeries and hormones, without specifying limitations for children.

Several DSA-backed lawmakers backed a “Trans Bill of Rights” in 2022 to help accomplish these goals.

The “Trans Bill of Rights” said that so-called “transgender” people “are parents, siblings, children, chosen family, and friends deserving of human dignity and support.” The bill goes on to say the government must provide these “transgender” people, a group of which it considers children to be a part, “equal access” to so-called genital mutilation surgeries and opposite-sex hormones.

Abolish ICE and Open the Border

Abolishing ICE and opening the border are also stated goals of the DSA in the new platform: “End ICE detention and deportations and punish federal agents’ brutality. Legalize migration, grant amnesty for all immigrants regardless of status, provide a path to citizenship for all permanent residents, and end visa caps and quotas.”

This position has become commonplace among leftist lawmakers. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was one of the first to advocate for the abolition of ICE, an issue she ran on in her 2018 campaign for Congress.

Government-Run Economy

In its introduction to the platform, the DSA envisioned a socialist future for America, calling explicitly for a “classless society.” To achieve this society, the DSA advocates for government control over almost every aspect of the economy.

“Housing is a human right,” the platform states. “Build new, publicly-owned social housing, strictly regulate investment properties, establish universal rent control, and guarantee right to counsel for all tenants.” Mamdani has enacted several of these policies as New York City mayor, but with little success. After he implemented a rent freeze on the city’s rent-stabilized apartments, the rents in New York City jumped to a record high.

The platform also endorses government takeover of privately run businesses, another socialist economic policy. According to the DSA, they seek to “establish public ownership of the largest corporations and essential industries to ensure democratic control and accountability to the people.”

Skye Graham is an intern at The Federalist. She is a senior History major at Hillsdale College and serves as the assistant features editor for the Hillsdale Collegian.