AOC has risen to the level of her incompetence. She was a decent enough bartender from all accounts, but she’s way out of her league now.
And this is nothing against bartenders. I used to be one myself back in the day.
Joseph Goebbels graduated from Heidelberg University in 1922 with a doctorate in German philology and pursued literary, dramatic, and journalistic efforts in the 1920s. Although not yet involved in politics, Goebbels was imbued with a nationalistic fervor made more intense by the frustrating outcome of WW I. During his university days, a friend introduced him to socialist and communist ideas.
I could go on and on about tyrants who started off as ordinary people but managed to acquire power and eventually destroy civilizations.
AOC and the Squad are definitely "imbued with a fervor."
You might enjoy reading Left or Right: Who Wants It More? in yesterday's American Thinker (November 10, 2020) by James Lopez. We largely want to be left alone. They largely want to conquer and rule the world. Who should you be afraid of?