THE MANIFESTO

We live in a time of collapsing order. Trumpism thrives not because it is wise, but because it is animated—fueled by grievance, decline, and the promise of dominance. It spreads through the vacuum left by a leadership that has lost its capacity to inspire or deliver.

The leadership of the Democratic Party—many of whom have served for decades—has failed to meet the challenges of our era. Their mindset that has calcified. Obsessed with process, risk-averse by design, and entrenched in obsolete habits, they have mistaken incumbency for legitimacy and continuity for progress.

Meanwhile, an entire generation watches as opportunity is rationed, climate solutions are delayed, and economic mobility is denied. We do not have the luxury of incrementalism or nostalgia. We must act—and we must act within the system we have.

This is not a call for a new party. Third parties are structurally dead in America. This is a call to seize the machinery that already exists—the ballot access, the infrastructure, the credibility—and repurpose it for a new generation with new answers.

THE AGENDA

We are not afraid to borrow what works. The future is not socialist or capitalist. The future is abundant.

We believe:

• That one or two universal programs do not make us a socialist nation. They make us a civilized one.
• That prosperity is meant to be shared, not hoarded.
• That public goods are the foundation of private flourishing.
• That wealth creation, entrepreneurship, technological innovation, and union labor are not in conflict.
• That patriotism is not the property of any party. It means holding America to its highest ideals—liberty, equality, excellence, and justice.
• That loving your country means refusing to settle for its decline. We reclaim the flag and its promise.

We reject the scarcity mindset. We reject austerity disguised as pragmatism. We reject the cynical idea that government cannot deliver. Government built the Hoover Dam, the interstate highway system, the internet, and the moon landing. We believe it can build again.

We believe the same is true of the private sector. Innovation has been throttled by consolidation, rent-seeking, and by public systems too paralyzed to support productive risk. We will unshackle our collective capacity—from both procedural gridlock and monopoly stagnation—to build what this moment demands.

We recall the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who warned that “a government that is incapable of action is a government that invites defeat.” FDR understood that delivering real results was the best protection for democracy. We take up that mantle for a new era.

We embrace the Abundance Agenda:

• Build more homes, faster.
• Electrify and decarbonize the economy.
• Break monopolies that stifle dynamism.
• Reconstruct public health, public transit, and public trust.
• Unshackle state capacity—and productive private capacity—from procedural paralysis.

We align with those like Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, and Saikat Chakrabarti, who call for a mission-driven government that delivers results. We support leaders like Zohran Mamdani, Jasmine Crockett, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who show that boldness is electable.

THE STRATEGY

SEIZE THE DNC is a movement of infiltration and replacement.

• Run for your local Democratic county committee.
• Win delegate slates.
• Rewrite the party platform.
• Control the internal rules.
• Run for office
• Elect leaders who will fight, not manage decline.

THE MESSAGE

We are not afraid to be called names. We will be called radicals, socialists, communists, traitors. But we do not care what they call us. We care about outcomes. We care about competence and the pursuit of happiness. We care about our future and the futures of those whom we will never meet.

We are the new common sense.

We are done waiting.

SEIZE THE DNC. BUILD THE FUTURE.