The only evidence I know of that even points vaguely in that direction is that she did an internship with one of the Kennedys.
What matters is that by staying in the Democratic Party AOC continues to legitimize the failed Harringtonite entryist approach to the Dems and effectively tail behind the neoliberal war criminals and billionaires in charge of that party, regardless of whether she's a useful idiot or a conscious opportunist. If she's a useful idiot that makes her a poor judge of what lines should or shouldn't be crossed, and if she knows what she's doing she's a traitor to the US left and to the international working class. Either scenario implies that she's a shitty leader who would be right to get out of federal politics if she's unwilling to leave the party and encourage her followers to support independent socialist candidates.
I know all that stuff, I'm not looking for something to persuade anyone. I just think speculative conspiracies are fun of you don't take them too seriously. I think the one I saw was talking about how she was pre-med for 3 years until switching to econ/poli sci her senior year, and that while she was pre-med she went to Niger on some NGO-funded junket. That plus the working for Ted Kennedy thing and several years of unexplained time after graduating. It was definitely a stretch but like I said speculation is fun.
The only evidence I know of that even points vaguely in that direction is that she did an internship with one of the Kennedys.
What matters is that by staying in the Democratic Party AOC continues to legitimize the failed Harringtonite entryist approach to the Dems and effectively tail behind the neoliberal war criminals and billionaires in charge of that party, regardless of whether she's a useful idiot or a conscious opportunist. If she's a useful idiot that makes her a poor judge of what lines should or shouldn't be crossed, and if she knows what she's doing she's a traitor to the US left and to the international working class. Either scenario implies that she's a shitty leader who would be right to get out of federal politics if she's unwilling to leave the party and encourage her followers to support independent socialist candidates.
I know all that stuff, I'm not looking for something to persuade anyone. I just think speculative conspiracies are fun of you don't take them too seriously. I think the one I saw was talking about how she was pre-med for 3 years until switching to econ/poli sci her senior year, and that while she was pre-med she went to Niger on some NGO-funded junket. That plus the working for Ted Kennedy thing and several years of unexplained time after graduating. It was definitely a stretch but like I said speculation is fun.