AOC Was Right About One Thing — Exactly One Thing
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AOC told a University of Chicago audience her 'ambition is way bigger' than the presidency or the Senate. She criticized a Washington Post op-ed as a 'veiled threat' from elites trying to keep her in line. Mike's angle: she's right about one thing — the establishment does use access and titles to control politicians. He agrees with exactly that much. Then she pivots to single-payer and living wages, and the agreement ends. Button: when the broken clock is right, you still don't set your watch by it.
Media and institutional callout, with a dry Mike twist — unexpected partial agreement followed by hard landing. Named person, named institution, specific quote. Fresh lane — no recent AOC or progressive figure content in the window.
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I'm not in the habit of agreeing with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But she went to the University of Chicago and said the establishment uses access and titles to keep politicians in line. That a Washington Post op-ed was a "veiled threat" — elites telling her if she steps out of line, the power spigot turns off.
She's right. That's exactly how it works. It's how it's worked for decades on both sides. The donor class doesn't fund politicians out of civic duty. They fund compliance. The ones who play ball get the endorsements, the PAC money, the friendly press. The ones who don't get a Washington Post op-ed. Mike's been saying this about the Republican establishment since 2015. Turns out AOC noticed the same racket from her side of the aisle.
Then she pivots. Single-payer healthcare. Living wages. "Billionaire dollars aren't earned." And that's where the broken clock stops. She diagnosed a real problem — political capture by elites — and landed on solutions that would hand more power to the same federal bureaucracies that are already captured. The disease is institutional rot. Her cure is more institution. When the broken clock is right, you still don't set your watch by it.
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AOC spotted the elite capture problem. Then proposed more government as the cure. Classic. #politics #america #washington #smallbusiness
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