Ocasio-Cortez Blasts Capitalism as an Irredeemable System

(NewsMax) Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez whose sudden rise to prominence has made her a target of Republicans and a sometime irritant to her partys leaders called capitalism an irredeemable" system that is to blame for income inequality. The 29-year-old first-term U.S. House member from New York and self-described democratic socialist addressed an enthusiastic crowd Saturday at the South by Southwest conference in Austin Texas about issues that resonate with her fellow millennials from universal healthcare to combating climate change. She directed some of her sharpest comments at an economic system that she said values profit over people. Capitalism is an ideology of capital - the most important thing is the concentration of capital and to seek and maximize profit" Ocasio-Cortez said. And that comes at any cost to people and to the environment she said so to me capitalism is irredeemable." Though she said she doesnt think all parts of capitalism should be abandoned were reckoning with the consequences of putting profit above everything else in society. And what that means is people cant afford to live. For me its a question of priorities and right now I dont think our model is sustainable."