LOL @ AOC

The more socialist you claim to be in words, the more capitalistic you are in actions.

Hypocrite! Give them out for free!

As it turns out, shirts tend to be expensive when they're made by unionized workers in the US instead of by wage slaves in underdeveloped countries.

If the AOC camp wasn't profiting off those sales then you'd be correct. However, they gouge the prices since these are campaign contribution items. If she wanted to walk her talk she'd sell them at a net neutral price to do nothing but raise awareness for her cause.

Greed however, is a powerful tool.

AOC didn't gouge jackshit. Again, it's merch made by unionized workers domestically in the US instead of by wage slaves in underdeveloped countries. Gouging would imply that the price tag charging unnecessarily high prices. You read my response and chose to willingly ignore everything it said. And it's free for volunteers.

Dude, it says on her website that they are campaign contributions. That means her campaign is profiting off them, which means they're NOT selling them at the break-even point even after factoring in the higher cost of unionized labor.

People with low income jobs, the folks she's proclaiming to champion, can't afford those sweatshirts.
$58 buys a lot of food if you're frugal. Nor does everyone has the time to volunteer. The AOC campaign has made these unnecessarily expensive, because someone with her attitude about economics should not utilize blatantly capitalistic measures to rake in cash for a venture.

I'm not even knocking her policy here, just observing that she's being very hypocritical.

Making a profit is not price gouging. Again, price gouging implies unnecessarily high prices. God forbid a famous congresswoman tries to collect grassroots money to fund campaigns instead of using corporate PAC money. Oh the horror! Participating in society?!?!?!?!

Plus, this notion that she's hypocritical is patently absurd. She's helping the working class way the f**k more than any other person by utilizing American, union labor. If you can't afford the price tag, which is totally fine, then DON'T BUY IT. She's not forcing you to.

This obsession with trying to do cheap, petty gotcha's to AOC is extremely f**king annoying. Conservatives like you will literally take anything, grasp at any straw, and make mountains out of mole hills just to try and attack AOC. Like I don't mind criticism of her policies, but just don't make such trivial, snide remarks on literal nothingburgers.

So far as I can recall (check my comments if you wish to confirm, but my word is solid), this is the first or second time I've actually called AOC out for something specific. I'm also not saying it's a big deal. It's quite literally just me poking fun at someone I dislike. Unlike most people here I don't need to take every opportunity to carp on those I oppose.

Now, I understand everything you're saying loud and clear. All I'm pointing out is that she's utilizing "grassroots" capitalist strategies to fund a platform that claims to be socialist, which by definition disavows private property and markets.

I mean, you're basically criticizing her for participating in society. This would be like criticizing a "small-government" Republican for being in Congress, a big government institution. It's a very shallow, bad-faith critique. Plus, socialism isn't inherently anti-market (market socialism).

Hey BobbathianTheCarpenter, you buying her 58$ sweatshirt?

Umm...no? And? Is this supposed to be some sort of gotcha question?

I think it could be argued that those two examples are not equivalent, but at the same time I know we won't reach common ground on this and I don't want to waste your time.

I can respect that.

Way to miss my point entirely.

Thats not the point.

That is exactly what she is doing.

Haven't you ever heard of Market Socialism? The means of production (how shit's made) are run publicly or socially in a co-op within a market.

Not all forms of Anti-Capitalism are anti-market.

Based

Only the stupid rich can afford her shirts.
You can get one for free if you volunteer with the program.
They are made in the USA.
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Trump's merchandise is made in China and still overly priced, and you cannot get a free one.

Hm...so they exclude those who can't afford or earn them (think the dregs of society).

They give out free shirts to the elite who directly support them (think the ruling class in society).

They fund this by heavily taxing [charging $58] those who can't volunteer [rule] (think the average worker in society).

Sounds like the model which most socialist governments have adopted.

Reply to myself: The funny thing is I'm not even saying you're wrong, I just wanted to elucidate on the funny inferences you drew/

You can only afford those shirts if you are rich, OAC is doing that to know who to tax :D

HAHA! Like I am going to take advice from Schiff!

He is not offering advise. Only truth.

I'm having a hard time figuring what at all this has to do with AOC's hypocrisy

Don’t expect too much from toenail, he’s is still suffering from TDS. I’m afraid in his case it will be a permanent condition.

If you want to do something less hopeless than trying to make sense of hismomstoenail's ramblings, I suggest squaring the circle, writing down PI to the last decimal, or make Liberal politics work in practice. ;-)

This literally has nothing to do with the meme that I just saw on this page.

Looks like you need these

And that has to do with AOC because? #whataboutism

Is Hunter Biden in some way related to Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez? Or is this another attempt at diversion?

I still fail to see the relevance to AOC ... you know, the topic of this thread.

The more you yell and scream, the funnier this gets.

BTW....tRUMPf lost by 7 million votes.

The election is over, he no longer needs you.

I don't get it.

I can't fault you for trying to evade AOC. She is an infuriating topic.

So the one who is triggered is the one trying to change the subject? Why...because YOU say so?
You're the one who keeps coming at ME. I'd say you are the triggered one. And so very salty too. LMAO.

Hey...you wanna argue all day about who is triggered. that is ok fine with me. Besides, that is all you got left. Your guy lost the election about 20 times already. What a loser.

44 more days until I am off this site.
And BTW....tomorrow is Safe Harbor Deadline.
Can you feel the excitement?
Can you feel the electricity?
GO JOE!!!!!!!

Triggered yet?

Your the one who's triggered. You keep questioning and attacking me. Then you send me an angry ranting meme. Yep..You triggered.
Why so salty? Is it because your gut got his ass stomped in the election?