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AOC's Among Us Livestream Was One Of The Biggest Twitch Streams Ever

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's first-ever Twitch stream was a gigantic success.

By Chris Pereira and Eddie Makuch on October 21, 2020 at 7:01AM PDT

On Tuesday night, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez streamed the video game Among Us with popular streamers including, Pokimane, HasanAbi, Jacksepticeye, and DrLupo, as well as fellow US House Representative Ilhan Omar. The three-hour stream was a massive success, pulling in some huge viewership numbers as the politician encouraged viewers to get out and vote. If you missed it, we rounded up some of the best moments from the stream clipped out by viewers.

AOC's livestream alone reached a peak of over 430,000 concurrent viewers, which on its own makes it close to the biggest Twitch livestream in history. Combining that with the streaming figures for Pokimane, HasanAbi, Jacksepticeye, Moist, and DrLupo's brodacsts, the number climbs significantly higher, likely topping 700,000.

highlights from the @AOC among us stream - my love for this woman knows no bounds 💖 https://t.co/aZErKVAlVw pic.twitter.com/OCa06KMuob
— lindsay (@levlinds) October 21, 2020

For comparison, the Ninja/Drake livestream of Fortnite in 2018 reached more than 600,000 concurrent viewers to set a new record for the streaming platform.

The AOC stream proved to be a wholesome experience, with the Congresswoman kicking things off by encouraging people to vote in the US election coming up soon. She later shared her plans to vote early and chatted with hbomberguy about the logistics of utilizing health care outside of the US.

AOC talks healthcare with @Hbomberguy, who is from the UK, where healthcare is free. pic.twitter.com/3wMUZXpuF7
— Brennan Murphy (@brenonade) October 21, 2020

Throughout the stream, she engaged in playful banter with the other streamers, and overall it was a delight to watch. Once the games got underway, AOC shared her desire not to be the impostor--only to end up as the impostor in the very first match. (She didn't win that one.) When presented with the opportunity to take out Pokimane, AOC initially hesitated before actually doing so--prompting Pokimane to take a bow on her stream and note, "It was an honor."

politics.mp4https://t.co/ABb9tQC3VQ pic.twitter.com/Nn1Xq7zT2x
— Tim Young (@shindags) October 21, 2020

You can rewatch the full stream on Twitch--it begins at around 15:40 and the Among Us gameplay starts at about 44:00.

Omar shared a nice photo of herself from the livestream with a wide smile in front of her computer. "When you're winning," she captioned the photo. She also shared her PC specs, which were quite impressive. Fellow Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib noted that her two sons watched the stream and were attempting to convince her to join in, too.

When you’re winning: pic.twitter.com/Fu7CMyCQDA
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 21, 2020

This was AOC's first-ever Twitch livestream. Given the opportunity to reach potential voters that might otherwise not be engaged in politics, it seems possible that AOC will stream again. She hasn't announced plans for additional streams, but there is clearly an appetite--we'll report back if and when another stream happens.

In the meantime, viewers have taken to creating memes from the stream, overlaying the image of AOC's webcam over other games she didn't actually play or inserting former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders into the mix.

“I just found AOC’s body in reactuh” pic.twitter.com/wajPsDJnf8
— Jules (@Julian_Epp) October 21, 2020

wow AOC's solo flawless Prophecy run was something else pic.twitter.com/Cuv5QCVbtJ
— Paul Tassi (@PaulTassi) October 21, 2020

wow this aoc stream is wild pic.twitter.com/cMHSpv50cb
— Ian Horn (@ohheckerman) October 21, 2020

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This article is just a distraction from the disaster that is Joe Biden.

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She's a radical socialist who wants to destroy your own liberty and autonomy in favor of over-arching government control (for the good of the environment, obviously!), but look how authentic her twitch stream was! Let's focus on that, and not her ideology that caused the death and decline of Venezuela, Cuba, the former soviet union, Zimbabwe, and more!

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This woman is really in Congress?!?!?!

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I would like people to keep in mind that AOC bailed on a speaking event for the late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, which was held on the the 25th anniversary of his assassination.

Instead, she chose to play a video game. This isn't a case of dates just happening to coincide; no, AOC actually signed up to speak at the event, then backed out. Agree or disagree with Israel, agree or disagree with the politics of either person, but there is one thing that does stand out. It's very strange optics that she backed out of a speaking engagement for an assassinated Israeli leader, and then chose instead to play video games with an accused anti-semite, Ilhan Omar.

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@CyberEarth: The thing is she was lied to and mislead about its purpose, plenty reason to back out. And Rabin committed atrocities, why should AOC memorialize him? The organizers lied to her about this purpose and then waved her around as a trophy in announcing her participation. AOC listened to PALESTIANIAN voices and backed out, but I guess you don't think they have a voice too.

Liberal Zionists learned a very hard lesson, or they should be learning it.

And if Ilhan is anti-Semetic, why does she have Jewish campaign staffers and endorsed by IfNotNow?

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@texasgoldrush: It's not as if AOC didn't know the history of Rabin prior to accepting the speaking engagement. Or perhaps she didn't and was ignorant. But really, that's on her.

Like I said - agree or disagree on Rabin, agree or disagree on Israel, it doesn't matter. She agreed to speak about a historical figure whose actions have been well documented. If she didn't like Rabin, she should not have agreed to speak in the first place. But the kicker is when she backed out to play some video games with someone that's been accused multiple times of being anti-Semitic. It doesn't paint a good picture.

As for Omar she said "Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel."

So yeah, not sure how you can construe that in any other way.

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@CyberEarth: Once again, if Ilhan Omar was antisemetic, why does she have Jewish staff members? Like the one whose computer Ilhan used for this stream?

And quit making excuses for the organizers to fail to really show what the event was about (and it seems they were in talks with her team and not her). They made huge errors in how they handled trying to get her on and they paid for it. Also once again, her Palestinian supporters did not want her to appear and she listened. You don't think they have a voice as well? So whatever she chose here, people are angry.

Instead of angry Palestinians, its angry liberal Zionists. Someone is angry no matter her choice.

Oh, and its a Jewish reporter that brought it to her attention which led to her cancellation, and that reporter is someone who actually respects Palestinian rights.

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@texasgoldrush: Employing people doesn't mean you aren't a racist. Can you seriously think that? Want a recent example? Go ask Paula Deen. She employed lots of black people and minorities, yet... she's still a racist!

And quit making excuses for the organizers to fail to really show what the event was about

Nobody is making any excuse... except for the fact that Rabin's history is public knowledge. If you disagree with that history, why sign up to speak on his behalf in the first place?

It's like a pro-Confederacy supporter signing up to speak on behalf of Abraham Lincoln at a memorial, then suddenly finding out *gasp* he enacted Emancipation and led the North as Commander-In-Chief against the Confederacy. It literally makes zero sense, and leaves just two options: 1) that AOC was ignorant of Rabin and his history (which is her own fault for being ignorant), or 2) she'll pander to voters depending on whichever way the wind is blowing that day regardless of commitments she already made. Personally, I think it's a mixture of both and shows her true character as immature and narcissistic.

Also, this has absolutely nothing to do with silencing any voices. Good try at your spin, you lose.

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@CyberEarth: So Jews would be willing to work for an anti-Semite in a political campaign? Or how about a Jewish senator endorsing her? Your analogy holds no water. Paula Deen isn't a politician who is running for office. Nevermind the fact that her Jewish staffers have DEFENDED her against the notion that she is anti-Semitic and even counterattacked on people who bring it up. Jewish progressive organizations also endorsed her. Why would they endorse an anti-Semite, unless she wasn't?

And as for AOC, once again, the group misled her team on the events true purpose, the event being sold as an avenue to discuss peace, instead of a memorial of a man who committed human rights abuses. They may pay a massive price in having Rabin's legacy far more scrutinized because they lied to an influential congresswoman and/or her team. And I am pretty sure she knows who Rabin is an his legacy.

https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/no-justice-no-peace-yitzhak-rabins-legacy-under-fire-after-aoc-pullout-646421

The truth is there is no reconciliation for what Rabin did, no seeking of forgiveness. And now, outside of leadership figures at the time, Palestinians do not hold a high opinion of him. And its called listening, not pandering. You actually believe that if its Jews, she would be listening and if its Palestinians, she is pandering. That is the problem with Zionist liberals right now. Its liberalism in Jewish view only, ignorant of the Palestinian view.

Here is the thing, he sought peace, not justice, and that is the problem with Rabin. Hold him high all you want, but a human rights champion like AOC is not going to celebrate the life of someone who ordered his troops to break bones of protestors.

And right now, Keith Ellison is the one taking fire for attending, fire that AOC is avoided with the Muslim community (which is Keith Ellison's own).

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/keith-ellison-yitzhak-rabin-memorial-criticism-palestinians

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@texasgoldrush: Sorry, but people can say and think anything they want. Why would someone defend Omar? Because that's their opinion. Many others have the opinion that she spews forth hate - and it's well documented in her speech that she does this. On multiple occasions.

What are you failing to understand is that my argument isn't about Rabin. It's not about Israel. It's not even about politics; the argument is about character, which you blindly ignore and sidestep. AOC should have known Rabin's well documented history and not agreed to speak in the first place if she had any issue with his politics. So again, I'll say that 1) she was ignorant and didn't know the history (her fault), or 2) she withdrew because she's pandering to voters. It's really as simple as that. You can remove Rabin from the equation entirely and substitute any other person, and you're still left with those two options.

You can believe whatever you'd like. At this point, you are nothing but a blind troll. You are unwilling to listen to anything except your own side of things. On one side of the coin, there's you. On the other side, there's a blind Trump supporter insisting they aren't racist. Two sides of the exact same coin.

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@CyberEarth: No, you don't except that the facts are against you. Its well documented that Ilhan has Jewish support. Oh and get this, she won her primary this year big, and won over Jewish voters. Because many Jews do not like baseless claims of anti-Semitism. And her primary challenger's accusations of anti-Semitism turned voters off of him.

Oh, look, a Jewish magazine is running an article from Ilhan

https://jewishcurrents.org/on-homes-for-all/

Its not an opinion, what you are doing is slander. Or you are just ignorant of the clear fact that Jews like her.

As for AOC, no, you fail to understand my argument. I am pretty sure a whip smart Rep like AOC knows who Rabin is. If the argument is about character, lets talk about the event organizers. What kind of character lies to a congresswoman about an event and sells her team something its not? And why should she be taken advantage of? If that event was what they sold her as, of course she should do it. But why should she do an event where the planners misled her on its purpose in which doing the event COMPROMISES HER MORAL VALUES?

And what if I say that her doing the event is pandering? Pandering to liberal Zionists? I can play that game as well. Your argument falls apart.

And now you want to do the two sides of the coin lazy centrist crap. And I am indeed unwilling to listen to baseless accusations and ignorance of facts and events.

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AOC is a wacko.

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Wow, it seems that Ninja wanted in........hopefully next time if they do this again.

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The part where AOC asks how Healthcare works in the UK then bashing how much of a rip off it is in the US perfectly illustrates why I love the work she does. So many Americans are brainwashed to believe our healthcare is fine just the way it is, while the rest of the developed world shouts "you paid how much for one dose of insulin!?" I guess when you grow up under an oppressive system you find it hard to imagine what it's like under a normal one.

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@matr0ska: I've been living in the UK for the past 4 years.

I'd love to know what they think is so great about the NHS.

My 9 year son has had a skin allergy over the past 2 years. The GP (General Practitioner) tells us there's nothing they can do and he will grow out of it. Refuses to provide a referral to Dermatologist. There's no Pediatrician except on emergency children's hospitals.

I tried to pay the Dermatologist out of pocket and all of them in my area require a GP referral even on a private consult. So I was stuck with a weak diagnosis of "Milia"

Luckily, i speak a few languages, so we flew to Italy and while there i took him to see a Dermatologist. He did some tests. Turns out he had early onset acne caused by a food alergy.

1 month later, his face is clean and back to baby bum status.

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I needed to remove my tonsils due to inflammations caused by tonsil stones. It was both a chronic and an acute issue.

The Doctor told me that because the cause were tonsil stones, they could not perform the surgery under the NHS, but if I wanted to do the surgery privately, it would cost 5k pounds + Hospital costs + Anesthesia.

I drove through France, Spain and Portugal while on vacation and had my tonsils removed in Portugal for free because it started bleeding. The Doctor there told me I could have died as blood had to be sucked out of my air pipe.

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On my tax bracket, i pay about 40% income tax + over 500 pounds additionally for NHS tax.

And now i ask again... What is it about the NHS that makes it so great?

If America decides to turn into a single payer system, which I still think is a good idea, it needs to be done properly and with half of the isle undercutting it at every step, it will NEVER happen.

Democrats didn't do it while they owned the office, the house and the senate, it's definitely not happening with Republicans in charge of one of the branches.

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@tlpina: The NHS has a 60% satisfaction rate for 2019, the data shows .

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/public-satisfaction-nhs-social-care-2019

And Medicare for All in the US would not be the NHS style system.

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@texasgoldrush: 60% satisfaction from people who don't know anything else other than the NHS is a wash. It's like North Korea being voted the best Korean 30 years in a row according to North Korea Magazine.

Also, 60% was a fail in my school. 75% was the minimum passing grade. But that's just me. Maybe I am expecting too much.

Look. I'm not saying the NHS is all bad. Not having to pay a bill after visiting a hospital is fantastic.

All I'm saying is that it is far from perfect.

Everything has to go through a GP. You can't go to a dermatologist or an ophthalmologist without first going to a GP and when you manage to get through, you have to wait for the NHS to send you a letter with your appointment date, which usually takes 2 to 3 weeks to arrive and when it does, your consult in another month or 2 out which explains why people with a cold just up and go to the hospital.

Since COVID started, the GP has not done a personal consult. My kid had a throat inflamation and they asked us to take pictures of his throat and email it. Do you have any idea how hard it is to take a picture of the back of a 9 year old's throat?

I have a Canon 1DX Mark 2 and I couldn't get that picture in focus.

Then they called and asked if he had white spots on his throat. When I said yes, they gave him antibiotics.

So... In short. From people who never knew another system, 60% satisfaction is a given. Put that system in America and you will have people picketing outside.

So again. The only way to make this work is if everyone commits to making it work. How do you do that when half of congress is in the back pocket of Big Pharma and Big Health?

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@matr0ska: I didn't watch the stream. Did AOC claim that healthcare in the UK "is fine just the way it is"?

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I do not want my politicians to be streamers nor reality stars. I want my politicians to work for the people, rather than line their own pockets.

Why is that so much to ask? It's supposed to be public SERVICE.

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@CyberEarth: wow imagine having a job where you can’t have half an hour of fun sometime

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@MigGui: Nobody said anything about barring her (or any politician) from having fun. What I don't need is a public display of what amounts to "pretend fun", and using it as a political platform to proselytize issues.

I watched some of the stream, did you? If you did, I don't see how you can defend this tripe as "fun" when AOC instead of speaking about gameplay, she was speaking about healthcare. No thanks.

I'll say the same about President Donald Trump using golf trips and speaking about his politics as well.

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@CyberEarth: I am pretty sure Trump talks about politics in his golf trips. And I am perfectly ok with that. Suppose then that she wasn’t having fun, but just talking politics with a game as the background: how is that different from a rally, or even from a virtual platform for political propositions?

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@MigGui said:

I am pretty sure Trump talks about politics in his golf trips. And I am perfectly ok with that. Suppose then that she wasn’t having fun, but just talking politics with a game as the background: how is that different from a rally, or even from a virtual platform for political propositions?

I clearly stated I was not okay with that. First you go from stating "she's just having fun" all the way across the spectrum to "how is it different from other rallies". Me thinks thou doth protest too much. But okay, let's change the goal post from "it's not a political ad" to "it's a political ad, but..."

How is it different? Here's a few questions for you to answer in "how it's different" that nobody seems to be asking.

#1 Reach. During election times, equal air time must be given to both sides. Does streaming count? Is there disclosure? Which part constitutes time used? Only when the politician is talking, or playing, or shown on screen?

#2 Pandering. This isn't an issue of AOC "just playing a game", when she's clearly outlining her political stance on various issues. Healthcare was specifically mentioned.

#3 Funding. Political rallies must have a source of disclosed funding. Who purchased all of those gaming rigs? Internet? Even licenses for the game being played?

#4 Sponsorship. Do the game developers get a say in their work being used for political purposes? Does the platform (Twitch, in this case)? Can any of involved parties/stake holders object or prevent use, like a music artist?

Lastly, would you mind if President Donald J. Trump did the same thing? Would the developers of the game? The platform? My prediction is that if a politician did this from the other side, there would be more of an uproar, especially from journalists. It would be painted in an entirely different light. People would be inquiring about funding, various creators and artists would be "speaking out" about it, and there would definitely be a demand for equal time.

But like I said; I prefer my politicians to not be reality stars, internet celebrities, athletes, nor pandering in my entertainment.

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@CyberEarth: I never said it was a political ad. I said she was having fun, but “suppose she wasn’t, so what?”. I didn‘t change my stance, just tried to see from yours. so, that being said, let’s see:

1) equal time? I don’t know much about US politics, but if there is guaranteed equal time I wonder what’s all that money spent on ads going for. I wonder if trump should be locked in a box and only let out during his ads so that both sides have equal time even though one of them is actively working in office right now...

2) she mentioned healthcare. Yes. We tend to discuss politics while doing other things. At least I do, don’t you? Does she have to pay up every time she mentions healthcare while having dinner with someone?

3) what funding? she regularly tweets about her gaming. It’s common knowledge that she plays games. And that game in particular costs a penny and runs on anything that has circuitry. She didn’t have to buy anything to play among us.

4) how does she broadcasting on twitch mean twitch sponsors her? Is twitter sponsoring trump?

5) no, I wouldn’t mind if trump did the same thing. I already said I don’t mind that he *obviously* talks politics on his golf trips, or lunch meetings, or whatever he does on his free time. Also, it looks like biden has an animal crossing island or something. Which sounds stupid, he’s like 80, he doesn’t play animal crossing.

but hey, I get it, you prefer your politicians to be 80yo white rich dudes whose only life is lobbying politics...

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but hey, I get it, you prefer your politicians to be 80yo white rich dudes whose only life is lobbying politics...

I love your assumptions. I'll address what you said (again) because you seem ignorant.

#1 If you don't know about US politics, don't comment about it, k? Otherwise, you show your ignorance. "Equal time" rule affects broadcasters, which in this case is Twitch.

#3 Funding. Someone paid for Twitch. Someone paid for the equipment. Someone paid for the internet access to be able to stream. Someone paid for the game licenses. Politicians in the US have to disclose their funding, what they use it for, and have regulations on how it's used.

#4 I'm not talking about Twitch or anyone else sponsoring her. Please re-read what I initially stated, because you either only read the first word, or didn't comprehend anything I stated. I'm talking about her using works by other people without necessarily obtaining their permission prior to using them for a political purpose. Since you aren't from the US, this has been a very hot-button issue with Donald Trump using music from artists that disagree with him politically.

#5 Donald Trump isn't getting streamed nationally playing golf, and broadcast networks are certainly not reporting on anything political he's saying during those trips. He's not appearing on Golf websites talking his politics on the back 9. AOC pandered this as a gaming event, then spoke about politics.

Now, begone troll! Because that's the only conclusion I can make about your completely misinformed posts.

BTW - AOC had signed up to be a speaker at a ceremony for Nobel Peace Prize and former leader of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin on the 25th anniversary of his assassination. She cancelled speaking for that, and on the same date decided instead to stream a video game, Among Us with Ilhan Omar an accused and alleged anti-Semite. So take that for what you will.

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Why is Gamespot promoting these politicians? They espouse socialism, an ideology on par with racism and Nazism in the misery, suffering, and death it's caused.

You guys need a serious reality check. Educate yourselves, and stop promoting such vile individuals.

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@whizler: Newsflash to those who failed high school history: the Nazis were fascists and fascism is by definition an extremist right wing ideology.

If you think the use of the word "socialist" full Nazi party name wasn't just doublethink propaganda, then you probably need to go back and start everything over from Kindergarten.

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@esqueejy: Fascism is just another name for totalitarianism, just like socialism and communism. It has nothing to do with which side of the aisle you sit on in the US Congress. Sheesh! Dopey kids on this forum.

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@jsprunk: No, it's not. Fascism is a specific ideology based around heavily propagandized ultra-nationalist sentiment and statism, characterized by suppression of the opposition and heavy handed regimentation of society, including the economy, whereas totalitarianism is just a generalized term for a system of gov't in which all power is heavily centralized and authoritarian.

And yes, BY DEFINITION, fascism is a far right ideology.

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@esqueejy: Hi...do you understand what the words "on par" mean? And for your information, I graduated top in my class in political science. I also studied socialism extensively.

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@whizler: seems your biases are confounding your conclusions then

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@MigGui: Nope, just eminently reasonable conclusions based on years of study. Heck, you don't even need that to witness the horrors of socialism. Simply talk to those who lived under it or read about the countries that still practice it.

Curious, what "biases" are you referring to?

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@whizler: You mean the countries that consistently rank higher than us in terms of economic mobility, quality of life...even just "happiness" scales that measure things like life expectancy, perception of corruption, access to health care, etc.?

You seem to have assimilated to whatever you were likely taught just fine, but you've learned nothing since....and you clearly reject anything that challenges or disproves what you were taught.

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@esqueejy: Would you care to name these socialist countries that are so wonderful? Last I checked, such countries - the ones who identify themselves as socialist - weren't doing so well. Then of course we have the socialist countries that discarded it into the dustbin of history.

Socialists have long been immune to evidence. Their beliefs and arguments most closely resemble that of a religion now.

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@whizler: you’re mixing social democracy (what AOC and other left-wing dems support) with communism, because you’re biased against the left

You’re also supporting your argument over a fallacy (of disgruntled survivors of totalitarian communist regimes) while there is a ton of misery happening under a whole lot of countries employing liberal capitalism and democratic governments

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@MigGui: If AOC favors social democracy, then she can call herself a social democrat. But instead she calls herself a "democratic socialist". Her "Green New Deal" aligns with traditional socialist thought.

Communism is a "higher stage" of socialism and I'm fully aware of the differences, as did socialists in times past. Why do you think the Soviet Union was called the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"?

"Disgruntled survivors"? My god, you really don't know what you're talking about.

"there is a ton of misery happening under...democratic governments"? Then why does AOC support democracy then? Or are you saying she doesn't?

Have you really studied socialism?

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@whizler: in which way does green new deal align with socialism, in the sense you’re giving to the term? Does it propose that all jobs will pay the same? Or that the people will take control of the means of production? Or even that democracy will be replaced by some totalitarian regime “for the people, by the people”?

and yes, there is a ton of misery coming from democracies. That doesn’t mean democracies are bad, just that claiming that socialism is “on par with nazism” on death and misery while glossing over the death toll of liberal capitalism is a fallacy

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@MigGui: The GND text states that it "will require the following: … providing and leveraging, in a way that ensures that the public receives appropriate ownership stakes and returns on investment...". It would have the central government direct and control vast swathes of the economy.

You appear to be confused about what a fallacy is. Please identify the one you say I'm committing.

The fact is, you're committing a fallacy. Whatever "death toll" you imagine for democracy and liberal capitalism is irrelevant to the issue of socialism's devastation. This is known as a red herring.

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@whizler: All that means is that the intent is for these to be public companies in which individuals own stock/shares, not private companies owned by a very few extremely wealthy plutocrats. The fact is that the gov't is going to be investing heavily in the research and development of newer, greener energy sources and what we DON'T want is a situation in which billions are spent to pull our asses out of the climate disaster, but then just a small small number of people winding up owning what is created and having all the benefit and wealth that the billions of dollars in taxpayer investment created. That's precisely the situation right now with Big Pharma. We spend billions paying for their research and development, the testing of the drugs, the FDA approval processes and pretty much everything from top to bottom....but then Big Pharma is allowed to run around making billions of= dollars off it by overcharging Americans for their prescriptions, paying executives 8-figure salaries with 8-figure bonuses for how well they ripped everyone off to increase profits....and essentially never paying back the investment the taxpayers made in the first place. That needs to stop. And it shouldn't be allowed to start if we invest in green energy or any other new, innovative technology to benefit society.

But yeah, we get it, you guys will deliberately bend and twist and misinterpret anything you see in order to arrive at your ridiculous demagoguery of "socialism" and "communism" that comes straight out of the Cold War 1950's.

It's also always fun to ask people like you one question: is socialism Constitutional?

You always get the answer wrong.

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@esqueejy:

"All that means is that the intent is for these to be public companies in which individuals own stock/shares"? This is BS. Why? Because this happens already under capitalism. When a socialist talks about public ownership, they mean government ownership. To claim otherwise is to take anyone who's actually studied socialism for a fool.

As for the rest of your discussion about "Big Pharma" and "climate disaster", talk about a disjointed mess. Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Roche - the top 3 "Big Pharma" companies - are already publicly owned. How they possibly relate to the GND and developing "green energy sources" is beyond me.

In any case, this discussion is beside the point. Our centuries-long experience with socialism has proven it an unimaginable disaster. This is the point. Prove me wrong.

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@whizler: Unfortunately, Gamespot is a CBS affiliate. It’s the Yahoo Fake News of videogames.

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Among Us is a blast to watch, but I can see it not translating at all into an actual gameplay experience for me. It of course helps if I had enough friends to fill a private game up with, but it doesn't seem like a game that's any fun at all with random people.

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Definitely should have turned off the comment section for this article..

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