Posted on 01/27/2019 2:32:29 PM PST by Libloather
(CNN) - Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has quickly become one of Washington's most prolific social media users, but this weekend the New York freshman said Silicon Valley companies had too much power and that "the current monopoly trend is societally and economically unsustainable."
Ocasio-Cortez's comments came in the aftermath of layoffs at a number of number of news organizations, including BuzzFeed and HuffPost.
"The biggest threats to journalism right now are tech monopolies & concentration of ownership," she tweeted on Saturday, adding: "The fact of the matter is the current monopoly trend is societally & economically unsustainable. We can't simply accept the cliché that 'journalism is dying.' Journalism will only die if we choose not to fight for it - and if journalism dies, our democracy will, too."
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It was socialism by default......a small band in a New World had escaped the evils of a monarchy. For them, it was survival.....
......not a rejection of a capitalistic system that did not exist at that time in our fledgling history.
She might declare that if you ice in your ice water, Glaciers will melt...so she’ll give you a glass of warm water...
It’s “Washington is Hollywood for ugly people.”
It was first used by Paul Begala in the 1980s.
Perfect example of a girl to damn dumb to fornicate!
She was Bernie’s economic advisor - so I would venture to guess either her or one of her ilk is also advising at least AoC, if not other Democrats.
Oh - and killing capitalism may be the goal....
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