Just want to point out that they only showed up in support of the current labor movement after immense pressure was put on them after failing to support the historic Amazon JFK8 union drive. AOC and politicians like her still have to pushed, sometimes hard, to do the right thing.

The greatest threat to conservatives is other conservatives. Unfortunately, they’re just too stupid to understand why.

Did you read the article?

The article makes an argument exactly against this mentality.

America’s “left” is pretty middle of the road if you compare the US to other first world nations.

Things like free affordable / free university education, universal healthcare, consumer protection, and decent unemployment insurance are not controversial elsewhere. But in the US the right wing claims these boring ass ideas, that the rest of the modern world has embraced, are radical.

If left wing idea were hot sauces, the GOP would think mayo was the Last Dab on Hot Ones.

You can still respect and admire a figurehead without worshipping them. The difference is whether you bend definitions and rules to make exceptions of them when they deviate from expectations.

subservience breeds subjugation

I like that phrasing, goes well with 'civility breeds cowardice'.

It’s not the generation, it’s capitalism.

They are the ultra minority. I imagine the report points to that.

Populist:

a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. "he ran as a populist on an anticorruption platform"

I one hundred percent agree that AOC is a politician who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.

The critical difference between AOC and all of the right wing populists, is that she is concerned about people, and the preservation and expansion of human rights.

Right wing populists fire up their base by singling out minorities, and others that wield little to no social or political currency, and picking on them. Besides being morally repugnant at face value, the rhetoric and actual right wing policy never deliver tangible quality of life improvements to their base.

oh my god this is rhe dumbest thought ever. i hear this from "libertarian"(see:morons) side of America all the time and i just have to ask.. how the fuck do you come to this conclusion??

because she works to get voters? her policy goals and platform are clear, she represents extremely vocal voting blocks of liberals.

how is any of that a populist?? because she's trying to get voters? you don't know what a populist is