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Ocasio-Cortez To Billionaires: ‘Give Up Control And Power,’ ‘We Want Your Power’

Ryan Saavedra
Ocasio-Cortez To Billionaires: ‘Give Up Control And Power,’ ‘We Want Your Power’
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Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) demanded during an interview on Monday that billionaires give up control of their companies and give up the power that they have earned if they want to be considered “ethical.”

“If Jeff Bezos wants to be a good person, you turn Amazon into a worker cooperative,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “You know, like, not what do I do with all of this money that I have created with this unjust system and, if, usually you’re a billionaire that means that you control a massive system.”

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