Larry David Skewers DSA With 12 Satirical Proposals at 79
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 19
Larry David Skewers DSA With 12 Satirical Proposals at 79
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 19
Summary
Air Mail published a new Larry David essay that offers 12 “modest proposals” mocking the Democratic Socialists of America, especially its politics around Israel.
The 79-year-old comedian frames the piece in the style of Jonathan Swift, parodying core left-wing positions including abolishing prisons and easing immigration restrictions.
One proposal imagines a “Socialist America” so spiritually and financially fulfilled that police would be cut back to handling only domestic disputes.
The essay lands as DSA ideas and guiding principles face wider scrutiny after several candidates aligned with the organization won primaries this year.