The ISO's and DSA's goals full stop are an altogether ending of capitalism and markets.
Maoism is notably anti-democratic, and Lenin-Stalinism is notably totalitarian.
AOC is the biggest DSA member and she said she isn't trying to end capitalism...and her ideal scenario is people not being hungry and people having homes and shyt...
The problem with the DSA and Democratic Socialists is the that they are a big umbrella with all types of people in it...
Some people just want a Nordic Model...
Some people want to end capitalism but not by violence...
Some people are on that oppression olympics identity politics shyt but are anti-capitalist
Some people are super class reductionist...and ignore the plight of minorities...
I am sure if the DSA was seriously about ending capitalism at all costs...they wouldn't be as big...
The problem with Democratic Socialism is that that nobody ever actually outlined the process to get there and implemented it...probably because nobody is as serious about what it means...
Like how are you democratically take power from capitalists...
How are you gonna defend a socialist state or organization without violence...
I mean if your socialism ends with a national healthcare system and a big welfare state...then...that's not socialism...
Marxism in practice is anti-democratic and demands that the workers take control of the state...if workers do not have control of government...you can't take power from capitalists and implement socialism and eventually communism....