Re:It Started With a Jolt: How New York Became a Tech Town
by rchaud on Friday February 22, 2019 @03:59PM
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> I also don't really understand why AOC is being scapegoated for this —
For the same reason the purple-haired woman screaming into Logic Man's face fuels millions of "SJW cringe" video views.
AOC for many people is a symbol of "snowflake socialist millennials who want the world to be handed to them". This is a narrative that persists even when it is Amazon that pays no federal tax and demands extra concessions despite already being highly profitable.
For the same reason the purple-haired woman screaming into Logic Man's face fuels millions of "SJW cringe" video views.
AOC for many people is a symbol of "snowflake socialist millennials who want the world to be handed to them". This is a narrative that persists even when it is Amazon that pays no federal tax and demands extra concessions despite already being highly profitable.