Socialism Is Growing In America Because Everybody’s Rich Thanks To Capitalism

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the flavor of the month among members of the media. She’s the new, fresh face of democratic socialism, the harbinger of the new wave of Leftism among Democrats. She proposes Medicare for all (Bernie Sanders’ last proposed plan along these lines cost an additional $1.4 trillion per year), a federal jobs guarantee, tuition free college for everyone, repealing the First Amendment, abolishing ICE, and government spending to end an oil-based economy. She’s a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, a group so radical that their New York branch proposes abolishing profits.

Yet like virtually all American socialists, Ocasio-Cortez has reaped the benefits of capitalism. Her father ran his own construction business; American capitalism allowed him to move her out of a tenement in the Bronx when she was five and into a three-bedroom house in Westchester County. The median annual income in the area is $116,000 per household. She’s worked as a bartender, with the National Hispanic Institute, and created her own publishing house for children; she also worked as an organizer for Bernie Sanders. She was capitalistic enough to apparently grab the lion’s share of tips on Cinco De Mayo 2017, according to The New York Post. And her fans aren’t socialistic enough to forego her lipstick brand, apparently.