"America Has a Long and Storied Socialist Tradition. DSA Is Reviving It."

[Trial_By_Fire]

94. Wrong.

You are forgetting the 'Democratic' part of Democratic Socialist.

Our Constitution basically describes a social democracy.

The Preamble:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

And

Article I, Section. 8.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

Nowhere in the Constitution does it mention a 'market', 'market economy', or even a 'free market'. Except:

Also in Article I Section 8
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

In my opinion, a Democratic Socialist believes in a Social Democracy. A Social Democracy establishes "...Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity'.

Also, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

In summary, our Constitution, a Social Democracy is primarily to see to the needs of the People first. Everything else stems from this.