Hi there, gentlemen, can an American chime in here about the American political scene? The problem with “once you start gaining real power people start getting a lot more pragmatic” is that it doesn't reflect the way things work on our side of the Atlantic. Maybe it works that way in a multi-party Nordic parliamentarian system where multiple parties often have to work within coalition governments. Our system is more binary / winner take all. So if the DSA actually managed to capture control of the Democratic Party apparatus, and then capture control of the White House and Congress, you wouldn't necessarily expect them to moderate after getting power, anymore than having power has moderated MAGA Republicans. Of course, the far more likely scenario is that the DSA ends up pushing the broader Democratic Party so far to the left that they cannot win, which in turn helps prolong MAGA rule in the US, and all that that entails. Either way, David is actually correct: the mainstream Dems had better put down this DSA’er revolt right quick.