When asked about Billionaires, she went on an emotional tirade like a scorned college freshman co-ed, claiming "You didn't make those widgets" and then complaining about imaginary slave labor in the US. But the really eye opening admission from her follows:
"If Jeff Bezos wants to be a good person, you turn Amazon into a worker cooperative," she said to cheers. "You know, like what do I do with all this money that I have created with this unjust system?"
"Usually if you're a billionaire, that means you control a massive system," Ocasio-Cortez said. "It means that you own oil supplies. It means you control textiles. It means that you have a massive labor force under your control. And to be ethical if you're a billionaire today, the thing that you need to do is give up control and power.
"So I don't want your money as much as we want your power."
"If Jeff Bezos wants to be a good person, you turn Amazon into a worker cooperative," she said to cheers. "You know, like what do I do with all this money that I have created with this unjust system?"
"Usually if you're a billionaire, that means you control a massive system," Ocasio-Cortez said. "It means that you own oil supplies. It means you control textiles. It means that you have a massive labor force under your control. And to be ethical if you're a billionaire today, the thing that you need to do is give up control and power.
"So I don't want your money as much as we want your power."