• trojanbark@lemmy.world
      411·
      8 hours ago

      The figure on the right side represents democratic socialism. The artist appears to be saying that the American Democrat party won a lot this election due to the assistance of democratic socialists. The Democrat Party is probably not happy because they typically claim to be left-leaning in order to attract leftist voters, but once in power usually act in the interests of centrists and corporations.

      • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        1 hour ago

        Yup, and Corey Booker was giving all the credit to Chuck Schumer, whose handpicked candidates often lost their primaries to more leftist candidates (who went on to win).

        Plus, the DNC decideded to abandon Angie Nixon, a DSAer, and she lost by only a few points.

      • KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz
        25·
        2 hours ago

        I looked into it. While it’s intended to represent the DSA, the symbolism used is the Fist and Rose, a symbol for leftist ideology in general. The DSA’s actual symbol is apparently a black hand and a white hand clasped together with a rose held between them, symbolizing the need for interracial cooperation against the common scapegoats used by the capitalist oligarchs of America.

        There’s nothing wrong here, I just found this all interesting and wanted to share.

        EDIT: As was pointed out, this symbol is on the shirt and I need to get my eyes checked.

        • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
          10·
          4 hours ago

          Looking at the shirt, I do see a black and white hand shaking hands with a rose in between them- am I going nuts here or is it just a little unclear?

            • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 hours ago

              Still a super interesting rabbit hole. I learned that the DSA split from SI in 2017, because SI was too centrist. I would not have expected DSA to be further left than SI, but it’s nice to hear.

        • zloubida@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          5 hours ago

          In France, where this symbol was designed in the 70s, the fist and rose became associated with left-leaning centrism (it’s a symbol of the Socialist Party, which rejected socialism decades ago but kept the name). It’s always strange for me seeing the DSA using it.