Aoc vs Progressive Democrat in 2016

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Aoc has been much more cautious for the democratic party establishment in part because she's not trying to run a national political campaign right now. She needs to draw stronger distinctions and focus her politics on three or four most important issues, says Julian Zelizer. He also argues that bernie should be able to reduce her rhetoric down to a couple key lines and signatures as trump did with his speech.

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(00:00) – Introduction
(13:24) – Socialism
(31:54) – Communism
(58:31) – Class struggle
(1:09:33) – Quality of life
(1:17:29) – Unions
(1:29:57) – Corruption
(1:43:15) – Freedom of speech
(1:51:38) – War
(1:59:24) – Karl Marx
(2:13:03) – Socialist vision
(2:18:28) – AI and socialism
(2:23:26) – Socialist policies
(2:48:45) – Billionaires
(2:54:43) – Bernie Sanders
(3:05:10) – AOC
(3:17:11) – 2024 presidential election
(3:22:05) – China
(3:31:06) – Jacobin
(3:38:35) – The Socialist Manifesto
(3:45:55) – Advice for young people
(3:49:28) – Meaning of life