Seizing The Means Of Production

 From AND Magazine:

Zohran Mamdani is the Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York City. He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). In 2021, he was the keynote speaker at a Young DSA conference. In the course of his remarks, he stated that it was the “end goal” of DSA to seize “the means of production”.... The “means of production” is a Communist phrase straight out of Marx and Engels. It refers to all of the resources used to produce goods and services in an economy. That means land, labor, capital, machinery, and physical structures such as shops, factories, etc. Everything that goes into creating anything, whether a physical object or a service, is part of the “means of production”.

When Mamdani and the DSA talk about seizing the “means of production,” they are talking about the end of capitalism and free enterprise. You will work for the government no matter what you do, because the government will now own and control - Everything.

“We fight for the abolition of capitalism and the creation of a democratically run economy that provides for people’s needs.”

DSA Political Platform

The DSA is not simply a Communist organization. It is also an expressly anti-American entity, which works in concert with America’s enemies around the world. It does not just want to turn the United States into a Communist state. It wants to destroy America and see its opponents ascendant.

“DSA operates in the heart of a global capitalist empire that has wrought untold suffering on billions of people and the environment. Solidarity with comrades around the globe is essential to begin undoing the bloody effects of endless wars, austerity, colonial exploitation, environmental destruction, stolen land, and other atrocities that make up the legacy of US actions in service of capital…” (Read more.)