Democrats Just Released Horrendous New Plan…See more

This is not a fringe document. This is the official platform of the organization whose candidates just won Democratic primaries in New York and Colorado — whose ideology now drives the progressive caucus that holds the balance of power in the House — whose worldview is shared by the mayor of New York City and an increasing number of Democratic members of Congress.

The DSA’s faith rests on a near-religious belief in the incorruptible virtue of direct democracy — the idea that if you simply subordinate everything to the unfiltered will of the majority, virtuous outcomes are guaranteed. It sounds appealing until you understand why the Founders explicitly rejected it.

James Madison understood something that democratic socialists refuse to accept: tyranny doesn’t require a king. It can be imposed just as brutally by a simple majority that controls everything and faces no institutional check. That’s exactly why the Founders built what they built — successive layers of insulation between raw democratic will and the exercise of governmental power. The House closest to the people. The Senate one step removed. The presidency further still. The Supreme Court furthest of all.

Notice precisely what the DSA wants to eliminate. Not the House — the institution closest to direct democratic control. Not the parts of government most responsive to majority will. They want to destroy the Senate, subordinate the presidency, and neuter the Supreme Court — the exact institutions designed to stand between a temporary majority and the permanent rights of the minority.

This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the entire point.