i'm often told we're caught in a war of semantics — the left isn't arguing for 'real' socialism, they just want healthcare and free education. while this is true broadly, ocasio agrees with the standard definition of capitalism, and explicitly seeks to dismantle it.
read through, not convinced FDR was interested in saving capitalism. saving america, maybe.
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yeah, i saw that. but he didn’t self-identify as a conservative. he’s speaking to his ideological opponents here. this is just rhetoric. i try to measure these people by their policies.
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