Throughout school, I was taught to revere our Constitution and that the United States is an exceptional nation. The Constitution’s preamble alone was revolutionary for the 18th century and established the U.S. as the torchbearer of the free world. But somewhere along the way, tens of thousands failed their civics classes and came to despise the U.S.
Plagued by an anti-American sentiment and corrupt ideas, they now believe the best course of action is to overthrow the Constitution in the name of their self-righteous hubris. Rightfully, these socialists and other extremists were formerly persona non grata in political circles, but now that socialism has rooted its pathogenic ideas into enough of the public’s mind, prominent voices are calling for the destruction of the Constitution.
The Democratic Socialists of America’s extremist-ridden 2026 platform outlines a plan to institute a “Working-class democracy,” but nothing about its political scheme is democratic. The DSA explicitly calls to “Abolish the Electoral College. Replace the president and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress.” Abolishing the Electoral College and subordinating the executive and judicial branches to the legislative branch is a horrendous decision that would set into motion the destruction of hundreds of years of a stable constitutional republic. In place of the stable American Republic, their deranged concept of a working-class democracy would be an insane, unimpeded sham republic, with the sole purpose of their new “democracy” being to upend the Constitution and the nation it built.
Abolishing the Electoral College slaughters a linchpin of federalism. It reduces the importance of addressing the varied needs of the many states and regions of America to a mere popularity contest. The wants of New York City and Los Angeles would quickly supersede the needs of states, while whoever had the looser voting laws would win. Important issues such as the rural healthcare crisis, opioid epidemic, and the hollowing out of domestic industry would fade out of the political discussion.
Subordinating the executive and judicial branches to the legislative branch is a decision that will destroy our nation and effectively light a match to the Constitution. So-called “democratic socialists” fail to understand that their plan inevitably leads to a growth in radicalism and a despotic regime. A new government with an unchecked legislative body that elects the executive body would eerily resemble the First French Republic, which dragged France through the aptly named Reign of Terror. The French Republic was marred by extremism. The ironically named Committee of Public Safety was elected by the National Convention with the goal of saving the nation from its many threats, including those from people with beliefs opposing the blood-stained government. As history repeats itself, radicals such as those in the DSA could gain power and rule with an iron fist, free from our current constitutional checks and balances. Its institutional abuses of power would soon plunge America into a sea of chaos.
Ominously, the DSA platform continues, stating, “We are workers fighting to transform society: to win the battle for democracy, draft a new constitution, and create a democratic socialist republic,” and “Some of these demands may be won under our current system, but we know complete victory will require building a new society from the ground up.” The exposed lust for a societal transformation is nothing more than an acknowledgment of harboring anti-American sentiments. The DSA’s anti-Constitutional beliefs, in conjunction with statements like “building a new society from the ground up,” resonate similarly to another blood-stained revolutionary movement: Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, which saw the destruction of Chinese history and culture and the death of millions.
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An anti-American ideology crying for the destruction of federalism and checks and balances has already been warned about. Like a fortune teller, James Madison addressed the future issue by writing in Federalist Paper No. 10, “Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”
To preserve the union, the Constitution must be protected at all costs and stand proudly as a bulwark of Western civilization against the plans of the DSA. Looking at history, we see that the DSA’s “Working-class Democracy” mirrors institutions of discord, chaos, and bloodshed. To the socialists’ chagrin, the Constitution is the ideal government for the working class.
Grayson Ryland is a regional field manager at the Leadership Institute.