Leader of the Democratic Socialists Envisions a ‘Transformed Society’ Run by ‘Working Peop

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We believe that we should all live a life of dignity and comfort and that in the richest country in the history of the world, it’s possible. We know that working people are the ones that make this economy work and make this society work. But the current economic system and the political system that we have in place…aren’t working for the 99 percent. So we believe we need a society that we run democratically to meet human needs, not private profit. And it’s our belief there is an elite, tiny minority of people who have rigged the economy and therefore rigged the political system for their own benefit. And so we need to work together, as working and poor people to take back our economy and take back our politics and create a transformed society. And we’re an organization with chapters in all 50 states working towards that with everything from direct action to legislative work to electing Democratic-Socialist candidates and more. Svart told C-SPAN she is the product of a union family, and she learned she was a socialist when she went to a "socialist feminism" event in college. "I had a moment when I heard there is an economic system that is structured deliberately by people that currently have power to keep their power and that was when I had an epiphany and realized that I was a socialist myself."

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