yes, I did stop lurking specifically to post this screenshot about the dress
Also, since I don't see it talked about around here much, ATTENTION Kshama is currently in a recall fight with the recall vote (which will then trigger an election) coming up in a few months, consider donating to the solidarity campaign or phonebanking or some shit, I know some of you libs still volunteer for beto
This is literally what the $3.5T infrastructure bill is doing! Trillions in new taxes, targeted squarely at the wealthiest Americans! She's wearing a giant endorsement for legislation she is actively facilitating the passage of!
God damnit, people. Like, I get the whole "this is liberal af" vibe. Because it's 100% lib af. But the problem with the dress isn't that AOC isn't voting to raise taxes. It isn't that the Dem majority in the House of Reps has failed to get on board with raising taxes. It's that doing marginal tax increases on people who saw their wealth skyrocket 30% in the middle of a pandemic is liberal panacea.
"Tax the Rich" is, at the end of the day, the left wing of fascism.