LEFTIES KEEP TELLING ME THE RIGHT HAS BEEN GETTING MORE RADICAL BUT I KEEP READING STORIES LIKE THIS ONE: This Group Of Self-Described Socialists Is Growing In Numbers And Pushing Local Democrats To The Left. “Democratic Socialists make up the left flank of the Democratic Party, supporting abolishing prisons, aggressive climate policies, rent controls and radical racial equity policies, according to the Democratic Socialist website. They’ve been aggressively adding to their membership over the past few years, as well as gaining ground in key deep blue cities such as New York City, Los Angeles and Minneapolis, calling for radical policy changes and opposing mainstream Democrats.”