# Black Humans vs. Gay Socialists: The DNC Civil War

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Podcast: [Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm Collins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-camp-simone-malcolm-collins-6378161)
Published: 2026-08-06T12:01:39+00:00
Episode link: https://basedcamppodcast.substack.com/p/black-humans-vs-gay-socialists-the
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## Resource

In this episode of Based Camp, Simone and Malcolm Collins unpack the Democratic Party’s multi-layered civil war and institutional mess. The DNC just fought an open racial and ideological battle over which state goes first in the 2028 presidential primary—South Carolina (Black voters) vs. Nevada (Latino voters)—while the party sits millions in debt, faces donor flight, phone-throwing drama from Chair Ken Martin, and a delayed, incomplete 2024 election autopsy that buried a chapter blaming Biden’s refusal to step aside. They cover: * Why the first primary state matters so much (and how it historically blocked Bernie and could block AOC-style candidates) * Open racial primacy sniping between Black and Latino Democratic factions * Establishment/moderate Black voters as a firewall against the DSA/progressive left * DNC financial collapse versus the RNC’s cash pile * Gen Z’s extreme salary expectations and accelerating demand for socialism * Younger Democrats’ sharp leftward shift on capitalism, policing, and institutions * Whether the party can hold or is heading toward collapse/replacement by something more radical * Speculations on 2028 candidates (including the Hunter Biden “banished prince” theory) Plus the usual Based Camp mix of data, personal political experience, and unfiltered analysis of identity politics, donor incentives, and what comes next. Show Notes Intra-Democratic Fight * The conflict was triggered by DNC’s choice of which state goes first in the 2028 presidential primary The Dispute * Black voters make up a large share of South Carolina’s Democrats and have long been the party’s most loyal national base * Nevada is a diverse battleground with a substantial Latino population. * Black leaders treated keeping South Carolina first as a non-negotiable recognit…

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