What's New?

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
--The Who

The left is holding up Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as an up-and-coming face of the Democratic Party after her surprise victory in a recent New York congressional primary. Her self-described program of 'democratic socialism' is all the rage among progressives.

However, as discussed here, the socialist policies described by Ocasio-Cortez are nothing new. They are the same tired authoritarian programs that have impaired prosperity and ruined lives for decades (centuries) in socialist regimes.

What is new is Ocasio-Cortez's youth--which comes in handy when you need to phase out an aging Bernie Sanders as your socialist spokesperson.

It is also noteworthy that the excitement surrounding Ocasio-Cortez and her socialist policies provides more evidence that a large chunk of the Democratic Party appears to be moving further left ideologically. How that plays with voters remains to be seen.