The DSA's Credo for Democracy

In defending their position, many contemporary socialists equivocate with respect to the meaning of democracy. The notion of socialism that results from such equivocation is internally contradictory and proves to be an obstacle to the development of a coherent socialist program. In asserting that, quote, working people should run both the economy and society democratically, the word "democratically" cannot mean what it means for liberal democratic theory," writes Jacobin.