Are you overwhelmed by all those big words and phrases? Are some long-lettered phrases indicative of American liberty?
An expert says that you could be making a serious mistake.
Yahoo! Finance published a recently completed interview with Alexandria OcasioCortez, Democrat Representative. The Lawmaker made the laws on the systems of government.
It turns out that you shouldn’t be so sensational.
“I believe that in a broad sense, because when we toss out these big words — capitalism, socialism — they get sensationalized.”
Amazingly, she then went on to say something that was painfully obvious and clearly true.
“[P]eople translate them into meaning things that perhaps they don’t mean.”
Bullseye.
As far as I know, most who back the congresswoman fall within this group.
Millennials embrace socialism but can’t define it https://t.co/6OWjRDmuGt pic.twitter.com/XbqUjjK5gk
— The Christian Post (@ChristianPost) August 6, 2021
It seems that a large number of people on the left side believe in socialism as personal ownership.
As the idea goes, under Hitler’s preferred economic system, if you work at Starbucks and we switch to socialism, you suddenly own the company.
It may be worth pointing out that that isn’t in any way correct.
AOC, however, is the owner of Starbucks when socialism takes effect.
It’s a notable coincidence for the socialism-promoting legislator, but nonetheless true.
Rather than socialism making you a corporation’s big cheese whereas you were previously on janitorial staff, socialism is a system in which the government owns all products and means of production.
Political figures have the majority of power and control.
This is why you can’t own your business.
AOC went on to define capitalism…to her:
“[T]o me, capitalism, at its core — what we’re talking about when we talk about that — is the absolute pursuit of profit at all human, environmental, and social cost. That is what we’re really discussing.”
Fortunately, we don’t have to rely on what it means to each individual, as the word has an actual definition. Capitalism refers to a system that is built on free market economics in which individuals can own their own businesses.
There are two choices: You can either own the business or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Her vote: her.
An increasing number of peoples’ vote: her.
via @RedState: https://t.co/BuYvk9RGbk: Great News! Millennials Like Socialism! https://t.co/uOaEPJf15e pic.twitter.com/wGekGQ6fvj
— The Irishman 🍊 (@commonpatriot) June 30, 2018
It is strange that the internet lacks critics of capitalism, while acknowledging its true nature. However, the internet seems to be lacking in those who support socialism but don’t agree with its true definition.
However, AOC states that capitalism is only for the stupid:
“And what we’re also discussing is the ability for a very small group of actual capitalists — and that is people who have so much money that their money makes money, and they don’t have to work. They have the ability to control industry. They can control our energy sources.”
Speaking of energy, she’s fighting the power:
“They can control our labor. They control huge markets, can dictate policies and capture governments. They can effectively have control over many. And to me, that is not a redeemable system for us to be able to participate in for the prosperity and peace for the vast majority of people.”
“I think at the end of the day,” the representative posed, “it is about who has control over the very core assets of production and society.”
She isn’t wrong.
“If it ultimately comes down to a billionaire or the Koch brothers or the Koch family having control over the vast majority or large plurality of our oil assets in the United States, if it’s a handful of very wealthy families having control over — you know, private families having control over means of production, that is essentially the capitalist system that we live in. It is a small group that is of privatized control over what we eat and how we fuel our society.”
Capitalism is open to many investors; socialism, on the other hand caters only to one big company known as government. Or perhaps I’m entirely misinformed.
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, if so Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is available to assist.
She’s asserting markets can still be free without the freest economic system to have ever thrived:
“Free markets are not the same thing as capitalism. You can also have markets in which businesses, trade, and selling of goods is controlled. People get a fair shake. Union jobs, unionized workplaces, all of these are different steps and levels that we’re talking about in a more just economy.”
Socialism will, naturally, allow her to control the affairs of her fellow members.
Does that truly reflect what Americans desire?
We may never know — unless we can figure out the meaning of those big ol’ words.
-ALEX
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