John, Tony, et al, might it be that your expectations are unrealistic? The DSA is not a democratic centralist organization, and even democratic centralist organizations, despite the theory, do not have a steller historical record of membership control over the central leadership. As in unions and very likely any organization, disgruntled factions invariably reproduce the anti-democratic impulses of the leaders they replace.
Perhaps under socialism, if and when there is no longer a scramble for wealth, status, and power, these deformations will disappear. Meanwhile don't read my comment as meaning there is no need to keep educating the membership about how a democratic organization should function, as I also tried to do - admittedly not always or even mostly without frustration since even agreement doesn't generally translate to committment. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43124): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43124 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120853362/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
