{"id":49797,"date":"2026-08-20T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49797"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:36:12","slug":"democratic-socialism-myth-vs-fact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/democratic-socialism-myth-vs-fact\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EXP_Democratic_Socialism_G_PH.jpg?w=1600\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Published: August 19, 2026 (TheOnion.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates from the left\u2019s Democratic Socialists of America party have been gaining momentum around the country in primaries leading up to the midterms.&nbsp;<em>The Onion<\/em>&nbsp;examines the common myths and facts surrounding the DSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MYTH: Socialist ideas have never worked in the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FACT: No political theory has ever worked in real life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MYTH: The Soviet Union had democratic socialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FACT: The Soviet Union had a dog who went to space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FACT: You are the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MYTH: The workers of the world must unite and seize the means of production from the ruling class by force if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FACT: The workers of the world should politely ask if they can have Labor Day off this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MYTH: DSA policies like universal healthcare would help millions of Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FACT: Israel has the right to defend itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published: August 19, 2026 (TheOnion.com) Candidates from the left\u2019s Democratic Socialists of America party have been gaining momentum around the country in primaries leading up to the midterms.&nbsp;The Onion&nbsp;examines the common myths and facts surrounding the DSA. MYTH: Socialist ideas have never worked in the real world. FACT: No political&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/democratic-socialism-myth-vs-fact\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2405],"tags":[387,598,1894],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49798,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49797\/revisions\/49798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}