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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The fact that people are choosing between medicine and rent…”

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

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Bernie: The Podcast | Episode 6 - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Published | Video Starts at 45:37

Either we're going to have a cooperative society where we care and love each other, or you're going to have a handful of people on top whose greed is their religion, which is what we are contending with now. The fact that people are choosing between medicine and rent is bound barbarism. The fact that people are worried about whether they will be on the street Every four weeks is barbarism. (45:37–45:44)

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Asserts that economic hardship forcing choices between essentials is a form of societal decline.

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