Grab your reusable tote bags and your favorite Che Guevara t-shirt—because Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders are on tour again, this time gallivanting across America with a message so rich in irony it should be taxed under their own proposals. They’re calling it the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. MSNBC is calling it a movement. I call it a fantasy novel being poorly narrated by your overly caffeinated college RA and your angry grandpa who thinks every billionaire is a Bond villain.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t a grassroots campaign. It’s the Great Socialist Rebrand Tour—where failed Marxist ideas are served up with a garnish of TikTok activism and a dash of emotional manipulation. It’s like someone threw Karl Marx and an Instagram influencer into a blender and forgot to put the lid on.
Emotion Over Economics
At a recent stop in Denver, AOC took the stage with her trademark blend of breathless sincerity and economic confusion. She declared that homes are not “slot machines” for investors and big banks to “extort working families.” Now, I’m not sure which Las Vegas housing development she’s living in, but last I checked, investing in real estate was not the same thing as stuffing quarters into a rigged slot machine.
AOC shared her personal struggles—how she scrubbed toilets, waited tables, and saw her mom cry over hospital bills. And hey, credit where it’s due. That’s a rough upbringing. But that doesn’t automatically make her an expert on economic policy. It makes her someone who’s had a hard life, not someone who should be crafting national legislation.
Yet here we are, watching her use personal hardship as a launchpad for economic policies that sound like they were pulled straight from a group project in a freshman sociology class. Minimum wage should cover the cost of living. Healthcare should be free. College tuition? Wiped out like a bad Tinder date. And if you disagree, well, then you just don’t care about poor people, apparently.
Hypocrisy on Parade
Now enter Bernie Sanders, stomping on stage like a cranky uncle at Thanksgiving, yelling about billionaires and waving his arms like he’s swatting invisible oligarchs. His message hasn’t changed in 40 years: rich people bad, government good. But here’s the kicker—Bernie owns three homes. The guy rails against wealth while collecting properties like they’re Pokémon cards.
He actually said, “We’re not going to let the billionaire class have all of the power.” Translation: Bernie wants the government to have all of the power instead. Because history has shown us how well that works out, right? Just ask Venezuela. Or Cuba. Or your local DMV.
Bernie even dropped a Trump reference like it was 2016 and he was trying to summon Beetlejuice. “Hey Mr. Trump,” he said, as if Trump was going to apparate in a puff of smoke and start stealing ballots. Let it go, Bernie. Trump lives rent-free in your head, and honestly, you should start charging him.
The Great Socialist Rebrand Tour
This tour is nothing more than a repackaged sales pitch for big government. AOC and Bernie dress it up with buzzwords like “common sense” and “dignity,” but scratch beneath the surface and it’s the same old top-down control dressed in artisanal avocado toast. They’re trying to make socialism sound like wholesome American values, hoping you won’t notice the massive expansion of federal power it requires.
They claim to be fighting oligarchs while promoting policies that would hand more power to a centralized government. That’s not fighting the oligarchy—it’s replacing one with another and hoping no one notices.
And the media? MSNBC practically fainted. They called it a “movement.” Of course they did. When your ratings are in the toilet and your audience is allergic to independent thought, you latch onto anything that sounds like activism.
Final Thoughts
AOC and Bernie want to run for everything—school board, PTA, maybe even dog catcher. But what they’re really running is America’s patience. Their speeches may sound heartwarming to the crowd in the drum circle, but they fall apart under the slightest scrutiny.
This isn’t about working-class empowerment. It’s about consolidating power in Washington under the guise of compassion. It’s a con job dressed in protest gear.
So next time you hear the phrase “Fighting the Oligarchy,” just remember: the people saying it are doing photo ops with MSNBC, living in million-dollar homes, and trying to convince you that free stuff is a viable policy platform.
And if you’re still not convinced, ask yourself this: would you let the guy screaming about billionaires from his third house manage your retirement account?
Didn’t think so.
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