AOC is a Socialist and her crew of Progressives have not impressed me at all. The only thing they seem to be good at is guaranteeing election defeat on a national level.
HomerJS,
I'm a Democrat. I don't care at all for Right Wing Republicans. I am quite aware of their agenda.
It appears the Far Left seems ready and willing to aid Republicans by undermining Dems once again by refusing to compromise and unite. I have no allusions what this means for Black people as Republicans vault into total control.
I really do not like phonies. One of my heroes never faked being handcuffed.
Please produce any evidence AOC wants to nationalize the means of production rather than simply have well regulated capitalist means of production with strong European style social programs.
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In the REST of the first world, AOC is MODERATE RIGHT.
Only in the US is she considered "far left."
Here is her stance, no where is the nationalization of business mentioned:
Unions stand with people and the workers who are the backbone of our economy. The labor movement of the turn of the 20th Century fought tirelessly for the workplace protections that helped bring power to the working class through greater economic democracy. It was that wealth and labor protections that were directly responsible for the New Deal and also allowed for the Golden Age of the U.S. economy.
Unfortunately, over the last 40 years, far-right and reactionary movements - strengthened under Ronald Reagan, and continued under neoliberal establishment Democrats - have been able to undo many labor protections which were hard-won by workers in the face of brutal oppression.
Alexandria’s campaign team is one of the very few unionized campaigns in the country. She understands that the only way for our country to progress beyond what Martin Luther King, Jr. called “the evils of capitalism,” is movement towards a society where people have democratic rights in their workplace, which means:
- We must secure the union and labor regulations that are commonplace in most countries around the world.
- We need to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act, which limits the power of workers and unions to fight and push for better working conditions.
- It is the responsibility of leaders to talk about general strikes, to expand consciousness about a general strike, and to create the conditions in which working people can generate and really exercise their own power.
- The federal government should not be allowed to do business with companies where workers do not have union protection
- Corporations and greedy business owners who commit union-busting practices should be heavily fined.
- We must create a country where our government values the economic security of everyday people over the whims of the corporate oligarchy.
As for your GQP talking point, Please produce evidence AOC and the rest of the group were not instructed to put their hands behind their back. They ALL did it. Which means it was more likely an instruction by the capitol police rather than an attempt to deceive.
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