DSA is pushed right, in part, by being a slacktivist org. Someone who does literally nothing other than voooote on things has just as much voting power as people that spend hundreds of hours organizing every year. The slackers are the people most to the right. This translates to the national level as well, as chapters full of slacktivists elect other slacktivists to go there. Add to this the people who only care about electoralism and it's easy to see why that group has more voting power.
Also DSA is disorganized and the people in it largely incompetent. I'm not surprised some folks misled you. If you had learned they did that earlier and pointed it out, there's like a 50% chance they would've filed a grievance against you rather than accept any blame.
The IC is the only good part of DSA and I think it's starting to slip, too.
Highly recommend joining a more serious org that has people in it experienced in praxis, particularly labor and direct action.
Someone who does literally nothing other than voooote on things has just as much voting power as people that spend hundreds of hours organizing every year. The slackers are the people most to the right.
I can attest to the accuracy of this statement. I've mainly seen them drive themselves out when asked to do something as minor as keeping time or taking meeting notes. Even being asked to attend a monthly meeting via zoom at a designated time known about a month in advance is can be a struggle of titanic proportions.
I don't really blame them, much, because we're born in a political society that emphasizes the only viable and required action to perform political actions is simply scribbling on a piece of paper once every four years
DSA is pushed right, in part, by being a slacktivist org. Someone who does literally nothing other than voooote on things has just as much voting power as people that spend hundreds of hours organizing every year. The slackers are the people most to the right. This translates to the national level as well, as chapters full of slacktivists elect other slacktivists to go there. Add to this the people who only care about electoralism and it's easy to see why that group has more voting power.
Also DSA is disorganized and the people in it largely incompetent. I'm not surprised some folks misled you. If you had learned they did that earlier and pointed it out, there's like a 50% chance they would've filed a grievance against you rather than accept any blame.
The IC is the only good part of DSA and I think it's starting to slip, too.
Highly recommend joining a more serious org that has people in it experienced in praxis, particularly labor and direct action.
I can attest to the accuracy of this statement. I've mainly seen them drive themselves out when asked to do something as minor as keeping time or taking meeting notes. Even being asked to attend a monthly meeting via zoom at a designated time known about a month in advance is can be a struggle of titanic proportions.
I don't really blame them, much, because we're born in a political society that emphasizes the only viable and required action to perform political actions is simply scribbling on a piece of paper once every four years
was looking until my health deteriorated. need to sort that out first, before I lose the ability to work.
Of course, no pressure at all. The "put your own oxygen mask before helping others" rule also applies to organizing.