Posted on 05/11/2020 12:23:21 PM PDT by SJackson
AOC tells democratic socialists it's their 'responsibility' to 'create the conditions' for a general strike
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., indicated to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) that they couldn't outright call for things like a general strike amid the coronavirus crisis, but should slowly change public opinion before proposing "alternative structures" for society.
"You know, there's a lot of people saying, 'call for a general strike, call for a general strike,'" the freshman congresswoman said during a DSA video event on Tuesday. "The majority of Americans don't know what a general strike is and so our responsibility is to talk about it, expand consciousness about it, and to actually create the conditions in which working people can generate and really exercise their own power, the power that they already have."
Her comments came as the coronavirus shutdown inflicted a heavy toll on the economy and millions of Americans have filed for unemployment. The New York congresswoman previously told Vice TV that workers should boycott work rather than return to society when the economy reopens.
"When we talk about this idea of reopening society, you know, only in America does the president -- when the president tweets about liberation -- does he mean go back to work. When we have this discussion about going back or reopening, I think a lot people should just say 'no' -- we’re not going back to that,” she had said.
“We’re not going back to working 70-hour weeks just so that we could put food on the table and not even feel any sort of semblance of security in our lives,” she added.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
When people have been furloughed, unemployed for months, they’re looking for a paycheck, not a strike.
What AOC and other commies want is people to no longer work, for EVERYONE to get paid by the Govt, like welfare, and all you have to do in return is vote Democrat, forever
What Commie World is this idiot living in ?LOL
I thought that Nazi Pelousy already had the non-essential US House on a general Strike.
Meanwhile...she will be cashing a full paycheck each month.
If we’re furloughed and locked down, how will she know it’s a strike?
This bitch is a modern day rosa luxemburg.
As soon as someone says “general strike” you know you are dealing with a cretin who is mired in 30s Bolshevism. Pretty pathetic.
It's a good thing that although there are way too many Americans who will relinquish their freedoms for some quick cash, there are still more than enough to understand the drivel this bitch and her kind spew is toxic. There are still enough rational Americans who instinctively know that marxism is the road to ruin.
For now.
I got a better idea, AOC. Instead of a general strike, let’s all work to rule. Let every worker and business follow every single rule the governments have handed down. Every. Single. Rule.
AOC and her “people” would crawl into a fetal position while everything simply stops and have no idea how to correct it and have no one t blame but themselves.
Here’s what’s behind that pretty and empty face:
“We have destabilized the country. We have millions of people out of work. We have people in line to get food. We have people who are perfectly capable of working depending on the government for their sustenance. We have caused a breakdown in the civil order. As all good communists know, that is the ideal situation for eliminating the old order and establishing a communist paradise.”
Do not doubt for one minute that this is about eliminating Trump and taking over the country.
It’s not a “general strike.” When the folks hear that they think “labor union strike.” NO. It’s revolution that pretty little brain is talking about.
Right to Work
... and lynch the Commies....
She is the end result of pubic education.
She was produced by her teachers and professors, with her Puerto Rican parents’ approval.
“We’re not going back to working 70-hour weeks just so that we could put food on the table and not even feel any sort of semblance of security in our lives,” she added.
Alexandria, if carried to extremes, and nobody is working, there won’t be food to put on the table in the first place. If all the farm workers, workers in food processing, truckers who deliver food to your grocery stores are on strike, working to put food on the table will be the least of your worries.
There was a time when this woman would be held accountable by the other side.. to shut up or deal with the back attack. today she is tolerated as she goes on and on trying to create a coup.
I believe in free speech, but this woman is hell bent on causing trouble. If churches can’t hold church in this environment... then she can’t make a call to arms from the socialists in this land. I get tired of their smug efforts to change our nation to one they can control.
So says IQ of 2.
Well, when you get a degree in Women's Studies what more could you possibly want?
This woman has the intelligence of a post hole....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
