Many speculate that this win is a message to the Democratic Establishment that the base of the party is moving decidedly more towards "Democratic socialism." The only problem is that it seems nobody can get any specific answers on what this new "Democratic Socialism" actually is and how it differs from plain, run of the mill, failed socialism.
"There's a huge difference between socialism and democratic socialism. Democratic socialism, and really what that boils down to me, is the basic belief that I believe in a moral and wealthy America and in a moral and modern America no person should be to poor to live in this country...That's what I believe," Ocasio-Cortez opined to Meghan McCain and the other hosts onABCs's "The View.".
Again, McCain inquired if she believes that the Democratic Socialists are the future of the party.
Less than 48 hours after that exchange happened, Ocasio-Cotez's comrades from the New York Democratic Socialists of America provided some answers to what exactly they believe.
Plus, it is worth noting that Sen. Bernie Sanders, a supposed leader of the new Democratic party, actually strongly opposes the abolition of borders and of ICE. "I think that what we need is to create policies which deal with immigration in a rational way," Sanders said earlier this week.
It is telling that Ocasio-Cortez's organization which she started her career from, New York DSA, says point blank they are fighting for a little more than "The working class." In particular, the "Abolish profit" statement is taken nearly verbatim from the 1912 Socialist Party of America platform.
Some might say that the Democratic Socialist's "Abolish profit" plank is simply in reference to for-profit government prisons and detention centers.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/06/30/meet-the-new-democratic-socialists-same-as-the-old-democratic-socialists-n2496171
"There's a huge difference between socialism and democratic socialism. Democratic socialism, and really what that boils down to me, is the basic belief that I believe in a moral and wealthy America and in a moral and modern America no person should be to poor to live in this country...That's what I believe," Ocasio-Cortez opined to Meghan McCain and the other hosts onABCs's "The View.".
Again, McCain inquired if she believes that the Democratic Socialists are the future of the party.
Less than 48 hours after that exchange happened, Ocasio-Cotez's comrades from the New York Democratic Socialists of America provided some answers to what exactly they believe.
Plus, it is worth noting that Sen. Bernie Sanders, a supposed leader of the new Democratic party, actually strongly opposes the abolition of borders and of ICE. "I think that what we need is to create policies which deal with immigration in a rational way," Sanders said earlier this week.
It is telling that Ocasio-Cortez's organization which she started her career from, New York DSA, says point blank they are fighting for a little more than "The working class." In particular, the "Abolish profit" statement is taken nearly verbatim from the 1912 Socialist Party of America platform.
Some might say that the Democratic Socialist's "Abolish profit" plank is simply in reference to for-profit government prisons and detention centers.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/06/30/meet-the-new-democratic-socialists-same-as-the-old-democratic-socialists-n2496171
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