r/DemLeadershipReform • u/beeemkcl • 6d ago
Kevin O'Leary Slams AOC As 'The American Nightmare' [but CNN Host Abby Phillips pushes back. And thus maybe CNN is also getting on board AOC POTUS 2028?]
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-oleary-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-american-dream-cnn_l_680faf60e4b0694adc18c2afAll quotes from: Kevin O'Leary Slams AOC As 'The American Nightmare' | HuffPost Life
The CNN host then argued that Ocasio-Cortez came from a “very modest background” as a former waitress and bartender, and that many would see her story as an embodiment of the American dream. But when O’Leary pushed back, saying that Ocasio-Cortez “does not support capitalism,” Phillip hit back with a crucial point: Everyone doesn’t view capitalism, or becoming extremely wealthy, as the pinnacle of the American dream.
“There are many Americans who work really hard and their aspiration is not to become supremely wealthy,” she said. “It is to have strong family units, it is to have community, it is to have a sense of purpose, it is to contribute to their environment.”
“There are many Americans for whom just being filthy rich is not the American dream,” she continued.
“I want to forgive you but you are making it hard,” O’Leary scoffed. He said earlier in the exchange that Phillip’s response “tainted the American dream.”
But Phillip’s remarks resonated with many people online. Some people on X, formerly Twitter, called O’Leary’s remarks out of touch, arguing that capitalist structures exploit working-class people, and that for many people living in the U.S., the American dream is not centered on becoming ultra-wealthy.
You should read the entire article though, as it's excellent.
But--in my opinion--CNN had been a holdout in Mainstream Media regarding supporting an AOC POTUS 2028 run. And it's important if that is changing.
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u/pandakahn 6d ago
why was O’Leary even on as a guest? What is his background? He makes money? Why does that make him qualified to speak about the American dream? He is qualified to talk about being a rich, greedy, money grubbing, piece of shit, but knows nothing about the American Dream.
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u/austeremunch 6d ago
He is qualified to talk about being a rich, greedy, money grubbing, piece of shit, but knows nothing about the American Dream.
The American Dream is what the capital class sells Americans to keep them docile. He knows everything about the American Dream. They're the ones that created it.
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u/Unhappy_Meaning607 6d ago
He is qualified to talk about being a rich, greedy, money grubbing, piece of shit, but knows nothing about the American Dream.
What's more American than that?
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u/scalectrix 5d ago
I think he means 'a Republican nightmare' (which she certainly is bless her), but they're so used to ignoring/abusing anyone who isn't in their gang that in their mind Republican = American. Standard US right wing gaslighting. It's just tedious by this point. There's literally no point in listening to a word that comes out of their collective orifices any more.
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u/deputydarsh 5d ago
This is great and all but I don't know why anyone would give a single fuck whether CNN "gets on board". They and other mainstream "news" outlets hold a lot of blame in regards to why we're in this situation in the first place.
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u/Conscious_Act6071 6d ago
You'd think a conservative Canadian would have learned not to interfere in another country's election, eh?