The article presents a reasoned, rational evaluation of AOC’s proposal. It will not persuade any adherent of the idea because the idea is not about reducing the need for “fossil” fuel. It is about control of every aspect of American lives. It is a tenant of the Left’s religion. Religion is not about logic or reason. It is about belief.
Up until now the Left has taken an incremental approach to implementing its regime of total control. But having elected Obama and seen Newsweek declare, “We are all socialists now,” the Left has decided that all the changes need to be implemented right this instant! After all, why wait for utopia? Part of the Left’s violent response is because Trump’s election represents a clear step back. We are only taking that step back because Obama was a departure from incrementalism and his election was supposed to signal the start of utopia. The Left is in panic mode trying to stop the sudden theological reversal.