Instead of conservative politicians scaring people that socialism means the government is going to take over their business, “we should be scared right now because corporations have taken over our government,” she said.

„It‘s just that now we‘ve strayed so far away from what has really made us powerful, and just, and good, and equitable, and productive, and so I think all of these things sound radical compared to where we are but where we are is not a good thing,“ Ocasio-Cortez continued. „And this idea of like 10% better from garbage, is, shouldn‘t be what we settle for, it‘s like this like it feels like moderate is not a stance it‘s just an attitude toward life of like hmmm.“