What Democratic Socialists Truly Want

In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Robertas Bakula and Onkar Ghate discuss the political platform, moral goals, and philosophical motivations driving the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

Topics include:

Radical goals of the DSADSA versus past communismLack of intellectual argumentMiseducation versus willful ignoranceFantasy world of socialismAyn Rand on producer hatredHypocrisy or true goalsForeign policy and authoritarian regimes

Resources:

Ayn Rand’s title essay in For the New Intellectual

This episode was recorded on August 25, 2026.