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“The CIA couldn’t do a better job of discrediting the American left,” writes Matt Taibbi about the apparent succession of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to the role played to the hilt by that consummate actor and radical left American socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
Sandershasalwaystouchedsomethingdeepandneedyamongleft-wingradicals.Hehasalwaysbeenunapologeticabouthisbeliefintheabsolutecorrectnessofhiscause.Thatcertaintyiswhatthelefthasalwayscraved,especiallytoday,asDemocratswandertoandfrointhewilderness,lookingforthepathtopower.
ButSandersis82andreadyforretirement.HisnationalspeakingtourwithOcasio-CortezisaclearsignofwhohewantstosucceedhiminbeingAmerica’smostridiculousleftist.
America’schildrenhadbeentrendingleftinthelastfewdecadesuntilrecently.Therealitiesofbeingagrown-upoftendisabusetheyoungoftheirsilly,unrealisticpretensionsaboutsocialism.
Meanwhile,therestofthecountryhaslurchedtotheright.That’sthevotingpartofthecountry,soDonaldTrumpwonin2024.
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