Ocasio-Cortez spent at least $4.2 million on Facebook ads in 2019-2020. Almost all these ads simply solicit further donations in a kind of fundraising ouroboros. Her criticism of Facebook could carry more moral weight (at no cost to her!) if she didn't give them so much money.https://twitter.com/JohnHendel/status/1349369497145241605 …
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Facebook is a monopoly, there's no escaping it. Just like you can't live life today without some reliance on fossil fuels -- even if you're campaigning to reduce their usage. Not communicating on Facebook would in fact impose a huge handicap on
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You should tell that to the Democrats in her neighboring districts who spent nothing on Facebook ads.
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Obviously, none of those neighbors were being incessantly and incendiarily targeted by a whole political party and the president, trying to define her before she has a chance—the way it happens to so many talented politicians, especially if they are women.
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Okay, so let's compare with talented, targeted women who are in the same situation—other members of the Squad. Pramila Jaypal is similarly targeted, and gave $438 to Facebook. Ilhan Omar spent $5348. Ayanna Pressley appears to have spent nothing.
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What I don't understand is the connection between this hypothetical conservative voter and the cycle of Facebook fundraising that gets spent on Facebook fundraising in a closed loop.
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