# AOC's "Green New Deal" pipe dream

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aocs-green-new-deal-pipe-dream/829160>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 8, 2019, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aocs-green-new-deal-pipe-dream/829160 "2019-02-08T08:48:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aocs-green-new-deal-pipe-dream/829160/136 "2019-02-12T09:15:11Z")

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> [@SlackerInc](#):
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> One distortion, one flat out lie, the rest is wildly exaggerated. Basically, a whole lot of bullshit.

“You’ve stated that you’re a racist”

> [@Black Panther movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-panther-movie/809075/399):
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> I openly admit to a certain type of racism.

“you don’t believe that climate change is a big deal”

> [@Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, on How to Pay for Medicare for All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-ocasio-cortez-on-how-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all/825514/612):
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> Climate change is real, it’s caused by human actions, and it’s really NBD in the grand scheme of things.

“colonialism wasn’t really that bad”

> [@Black Panther movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-panther-movie/809075/213):
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> anticolonialists have painted a black-and-white image of the legacy of colonial rule when the truth includes a lot of grey. There was a great deal of advancement of the economy and infrastructure that the British Empire left behind when it voluntarily surrendered rule of its African colonies, including my country of birth Kenya.

“universal healthcare cannot work in America”

> [@Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, on How to Pay for Medicare for All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-ocasio-cortez-on-how-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all/825514/552):
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> it strikes me as essentially impossible to imagine that something like this could be created in the U.S., due to political and economic hurdles.

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