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Feild
@feild.work

There's nothing to "join" in the Democratic Party. It's a brand with products I spend my vote on once a year at the democracy store. Most people's experience of it is an endless stream of texts that read like scams, their reward for donating or signing a petition. No wonder DSA is growing

Omar Wasow@owasow.bsky.social

Why has DSA grown? One argument from this research: not just ideology, but organization. Strong membership plus ongoing and continuous participation in social movements creates credibility, committed volunteers, political skills, and durable electoral capacity. www.niskanencenter.org/inside-the-d...

niskanencenter.orgInside the Democratic Socialist uprising - Niskanen CenterCandidates affiliated with (or sympathetic to) the Democratic Socialists of America (the DSA) have recently won several Democratic primaries.
Feild
@feild.work

Oh, you actually typed democrats.org into your browser like a sicko? Here's a lil pop up for you as a treat. You're sittin' at the 25$ tables partner...

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Her name is Bee
@bee-dani.com

Checked and this is not on the main page. Instead there is a summary of thier beliefs. The issue is not with asking donations but the fact that it is entirely what the dems ask of you.

tmbhmltn.bsky.social
@tmbhmltn.bsky.social

Really all the dems ask of you is to vote for them. There are plenty of opportunities to do more but I really doubt people would be happier if they got regular texts asking them to phone bank for the democrats

🐻Matt
@mattdoes.art

They can waive the dues if you can't afford it. Also a lot of the more general meetings and events are free to attend

nanhouston1.bsky.social
@nanhouston1.bsky.social

So are the meetings of your local Democratic Party Legislative District. Really!!! Small yearly fee to join ($20-$25) which can also be waived if you can’t afford it. There are lots of meetings. They are boring. But there is no shortage of meetings and free events to attend.

LibrarianWriterGeek
@sctadsen.bsky.social

You know we can see the "Income Based Dues" option, right? And we can see the URL of the website? And going to said URL and selecting that option allows for paying as little as "1% of monthly income?" That's a hell of a lot lower than *anything* I get asked to donate to Democrats 15+ times a day.

Geoff A.
@pseudonymice.bsky.social

When you go to a website to find information and instead you get hit with a big splash page seeking your money, that appears as a paywall. It is a known factor of web design that many people will simply leave the page rather than figure out how to get past the splash intro.