The Democratic Socialists of America has unveiled a national platform titled “Workers Deserve More,” which proposes sweeping changes to the American constitutional structure.
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, Americans have rightly reflected on the enduring genius of the Constitution. For two and a half centuries, separated powers, federalism, and institutional checks have protected liberty against the concentration of power.
That system has survived civil war, depressions, and foreign totalitarian threats. Yet as the nation marks this milestone, a radical faction at home has published a manifesto aimed at dismantling the constitutional framework that made those achievements possible.
The platform calls for “public ownership and democratic control” over major corporations, energy grids, and transportation infrastructure. It begins with demands to abolish the United States Senate, replacing the bicameral Congress with a single legislative chamber that would concentrate federal lawmaking power in an expanded House of Representatives.
This is not a conventional progressive wish list. It represents a blueprint for remaking the American republic and weakening the constitutional limits that stand between citizens and concentrated political power.
