Reply To: Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the Labour Theory of Value
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called capitalism “irredeemable.”
“Capitalism is an ideology of capital — the most important thing is the concentration of capital and to seek and maximize profit,” she explained, during an interview. “To me, capitalism is irredeemable,” she added.
Nevertheless, her words still put the fear of death into the right-wing in America.
In the six weeks from February 25 and April 7, her name was mentioned 3,181 times on Fox News and Fox Business; not a day went by that she wasn’t discussed. Hosts and guests smeared and misrepresented Ocasio-Cortez’s agenda, caricaturing it while painting it as radical, dangerous, far-left socialism. They often draw bleak comparisons between her progressive vision and the turmoil in Venezuela, to “bring the kind of socialism that destroyed Venezuela.” to attack her policies. They’ve repeatedly attacked her intelligence, used her age to discredit her, and dismissed her as a “little girl.” They have accused Ocasio-Cortez of using “minority privilege” to criticize Fox personalities and trying to push “Latin American values” on the U.S.A
The irony here is that AOC isn’t really a socialist. She is a progressive neo-New Dealer who calls for the reform of capitalism, not its abolition.
But in the end, it may all come down to good business practice.
Fox presenter Stuart Varney acknowledged, “We have an AOC segment every single day, almost every single hour. She’s good for our ratings”