Disgrace of the “Democratic Left”: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Does not Want to “Offend the Neocons”
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An interesting interview with AOC gives us important insights into the US Left. See this.
It shows that AOC is hollow – she wants to do career in the Democrat party – not offend the Neocons and the élite in the party (which she is not) and still sound progressive while being nothing.
AOC and the Left don’t have a program how to move USA forward – no social model, if you like. The US Left hasn’t got the faintest idea about how to make the US work for everybody. How should the economy work? How should the state (which they admire) make life better for people? Only with hand-outs? Or in some other way as well? And how is that supposed to work economically and practically? AOC has not idea. And not to embarrass her, her sympathetic interviewer also doesn’t talk about it either.
AOC and the Left also don’t have a stance on US military spending and US military engagements either – a trillion dollars for military and Ukraine and Taiwan all doesn’t exist in AOCs world.
Trillions for military and billions on Ukraine are no issue, this money isn’t taken from social purposes, because just print some more. War used to be a top-theme for the Left. Not anymore. A war with Russia and the edging war with China and the resulting devastation is no issue for AOC to even hint at in a side-remark. For G*d’s sake, don’t offend the Neocon élite running her party – that might detract from her career prospects. She saw how she and the Left were bashed by the real party-leaders with a hammer the first and last time they even tried to hint at talks about Ukraine.
All AOC can muster is a little hiccup about medicine and some whisper that the climate-agenda should have been more vigorous but that its still more than nothing.
This is symptomatic – instead of engaging in real politics and issues, which she cannot, AOC diverts the attention and anger of her base to something purely symbolic like a judge who happens to be conservative.
AOC is becoming a disgrace.
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Karsten Riise is a Master of Science (Econ) from Copenhagen Business School and has a university degree in Spanish Culture and Languages from Copenhagen University. He is the former Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Mercedes-Benz in Denmark and Sweden.
He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
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