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this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2026
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Notice a pattern?...
Greed is a drug. The stock market is gambling. And Inflation is caused by an infinite money glitch only the uber rich can use. I think I know EXACTLY what needs to be done and you do too, even if you don't like it.
I guess OP asked a stupid question.
Anyway, she's also kind of an ass about things and she's attractive so most people want to do sex with her.
I'm not saying she's an ass in a bad way. She's a mocking dick to asshole morons, and that's beautiful.
I never really thought about it, but yes, I probably have sex with her over any woman in the world.
To answer your final question. Yes. American politics has gone so far off the rails that AOC speaking common sense is something that is no longer normal.
For example: "We should feed children too poor to buy school lunches!"
"Nooooo that's SoCiAlIsM!"
Meanwhile bailing out a bank because their friend's stock gamble didn't pay off is just the American way
American politics: Socialism for the elite, capitalism for everyone else.
This is the BASIC bullshit that AOC and people like her call out and she's labeled an extremist for it.
I hate it here.
yes
It's a very low bar, and yet she is one of the few politicians who can clear it.
The US Congress certainly has gone that far.
People will post questions like this and ignore how many politicians are straight up corrupt from any country you can think of
The right is so incompetent, destructive, and dangerous that anything on the other side seems reasonable. But the democrats need to remember that part of the DSA (which AOC is a member of) playbook is open borders and public control of large corporations. The majority of Americans are absolutely not going to go for that. Maybe the democrats will take back the House and/or the Senate in the midterms as a response to the shit show happening now, but they have to come up with something else if they plan on having a Democrat as president in 2028. The democrats are as equally incompetent as the republicans so I don't have much hope.
There is a saying in my country, one eyed man is the king amongst the blind.
AOC is not the only one who speaks common sense and calls out absurdity; she's one of the very short list that does it, no matter who's watching. She appears not to be owned by AIPAC and other ventures. It's also why they'll keep her out at all costs.
If you do it yourself that's called thinking for yourself and having an opinion and you know how that goes these days 🙄
She's a big deal because fox news made her one. She's the new target after Hillary stepped out of politics.
Pretty much. She's currently in their crossfires.
Which honestly, is good. AoC is tough. Shes been doing this for a few years now, picking up the torch that Bernie Sanders lit three decades ago.
And behind her are hundreds of politicians who are empowered by people like her to rise up. AoC (and Bernie) walked so these new folks can run.
Young, female, Latina, everything MAGA hates.
Don't forget smart and assertive
Don't forget she was a bartender in college, which they hate.
Meanwhile boebert was very literally an escort, which is how she got into politics. Yet nobody cares
Chalking it up to racism etc. doesn't give her the credit she deserves - typical superficial social media thinking.
If you think that avenge MAGA thinking rises above this then you haven't been paying attention.
If you only define AOC in MAGA's terms then neither have you. How MAGA leaders think vs how they convince their flock to think are distinctly different.
Republicans are in an echo chamber and fixated on like 3 incorrect things she's said
They're terrible, stupid people
Most of the other Congresspersons are too beholden to the donor class to speak up for the rest of us.
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