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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I don't think that AOC's use of FB is prima facie hypocritical, but after a couple of weeks following
@nandoodles I do think there's a fair chance this circular fundraising is to no avail and there IS a moral case for her to audit. The problem is we can't know if she already has -
Are we mad at AOC for participating in society again?
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Every politician I name, there will be a reason you find the comparison unsuitable, because the truth is no one in American politics burns money on Facebook as pointlessly as AOC (or her campaign). Immolating money to no purpose is not a mandatory tool of the public sphere (yet)
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