Yeah I get that.
But it’s true that the DNC isn’t advancing the DSA’s interests right? Like almost none.
So why wouldn’t they act in a way that they thinks promotes their interests?
I’m not really with them but I do think what they are threatening is logical.
Right? One would think "not being put up against the wall by brownshirt gangs" would be a core goal of any self-respecting socialist! By all means let the DNC protect you!
Okay wait I just actually read all through this and I realize that the OP is honestly just using "DNC" to refer to the Democratic National Convention, not to, you know the actual DNC. So a standard Know-Nothing Politics Blowhard move and we've already thought too much about it!
They really are just thinking of grainy footage of 1968 and thinking it looks like a dream of vigorous youth activism and incipient revolution, rather than what it was -- an abject disaster for both liberals AND the American left such as it was.
It’s an issue between treating a DNC apparatus that isn’t progressive enough for you as an obstacle to be overcome instead of a stepping stone to your goals.
I’d say it’s pretty natural for some to think things are not changing for the better fast enough and thus a more radical approach is required. Yes there is a fair bit of naivate in that view but at the same time it’s understandable.
