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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Growing inequality yields to authoritarianism and that…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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AOC Talks New York Democratic Primary with Jen Psaki

Published | Video Starts at 22:51

I think we're now in a new time, and I think there is greater recognition of the brokenness that led to President Trump in the first place, which is that this Growing inequality yields to authoritarianism and that economic instability and the collapse of democracy are intertwined. And I think back then, a lot of what I was maligned for and told was extreme is now almost seen as quite common wisdom. (22:51–23:04)

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Asserts that economic inequality and instability contribute to authoritarianism and democratic collapse.

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