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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what people fail to see is that being in favor of a living wage, medicare for all, etc, is not the same as taking a vow of poverty and living in the worst neighborhood you can.  AOC wants systematic reform  - which is NOT achieved by living in the worst neighborhood you can find (particularly when that choice might compromise your ability to work the long hours you need to work).  She NEVER said "everyone should deny themselves because other people are poor."  She says "we have enough to go around to give everyone a decent standard of living."  Guaranteeing her staff a living wage is actually the big thing she did here - that's where she's definitely putting her money where her mouth is.  [/quote]

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Theres a vast difference between working towards a decent standard of living for EVERYONE one day, and preaching it now while living in a luxury flat. Simply sharing some of her wealth today, would help someone have a better standard of living today. A humble abode would also indicate solidarity. Do socialists not believe in that?[/quote]

No, again, you've confused religious workers exercising the "preferential option for the poor," with activists seeking to make systematic change.  AOC doesn't think everyone should be poor; she thinks everyone should have enough!  Also FWIW, those are not "luxury" apartments. Luxury are the $8000 2 bedrooms at Eastern Market.  She's probably renting a 2-bedroom in Navy Yard for around $3000 and splitting the rent with her BF.  That's an entirely normal amount of rent to pay in DC.  [/quote]

Are you trafficking in facts or probably ? And are you saying that AOC defines "enough" as everyone gets (at minimum) a luxury Navy Yard flat or its equivalent? What is her plan to rev up the economy to support that? How will she extend that globally so that not just Americans get "enough"? Has she thought of other ways for people to have their "enough needs met, like communal housing? How does "enough" project over a lifetime? Do you start out and stay in the Navy yard flat or as your experience income and possibly family grow is there a new definition of "enough" (maybe penthouse, single family homes, the suburbs?). Simply put she is currently living not a little better but MUCH better than those whose interests she claims to represent, so if her life is the exemplar of what she wants for us I'd like that expanded upon.  Thnx.[/quote]

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