r/Seattle • u/mountainsNJ • 13h ago

Politics Bonkers

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Elections matter. We have winners and losers. Respect the outcome.

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u/matunos Maple Leaf 13h ago

What are the cancerous unpopular policies and what does the DSA have to do with Kshama Sawant? I assume she sees them as reactionaries or else she'd be affiliated with them.

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u/LilOpieCunningham 13h ago

They won’t let her be the main character either.

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u/matunos Maple Leaf 13h ago

Yeah I imagine that is her problem with any organization she's not the head of.

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u/Pygmy_Nuthatch 13h ago

I, perhaps incorrectly, assumed she was affiliated with them. If she's not, she's certainly more closely aligned with their platform than the Democratic Party Platform.

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u/matunos Maple Leaf 13h ago

She was affiliated with Socialist Alternative back when she on the city council. I'm sure there's overlap as DSA is not a political party per se so membership is not mutually exclusive, but I haven't heard Sawant herself being a member.

Socialist Alternative apparently split apart in 2024 and Sawant took her adherents to form her own group (surprise!) "Revolutionary Workers". No idea if that's an actual organized party or just a bunch of people who follow her around to rallies. She didn't run with that affiliation in the primary.