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AOC, Marxists in Her Office, and the Green New Deal
from King of the Restaurant with Ray Kump · #145
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3 minTim and Ray discuss AOC's shift from moderate-sounding interviews to the Green New Deal, blaming hardcore Marxist staffers, and contrast Nordic countries' actual free-market-plus-safety-net model with the American right's oligarchic libertarianism.
- 20:39Tim initially supported AOC but people criticized him for it.
- 20:51AOC presented herself as reasonable and moderate in early interviews, claiming they weren't crazy socialists.
- 21:10Once in office, the Green New Deal revealed itself as Marxist in nature, with proposals like people choosing not to work.
- 21:33AOC is surrounded by hardcore Marxists who believe the profit motive is evil and markets have no place.
- 21:54Progressives cite Nordic countries as models, but those countries aren't Marxist—they're free market economies with social safety nets.
- 22:18Tim argues the right wing response is driven by pro-oligarch plutocracy and radical libertarian ideology.
- 22:43In LA, wealthy people live behind gates while homeless tent cities exist five minutes away, showing the collapse of shared infrastructure.
- 23:01Tim jokes about a private company texting you a code if your wife gets stabbed in the throat.
- 23:16This system—both Marxist overreach and plutocratic collapse—is bullshit, leaving no real alternative.