AOC Said ‘Woke 1.0 Was Crazy.’ But What Is It?
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In a recent interview, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez distanced herself from the 2020 era of progressivism.

“Woke 1.0 was crazy,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said in a recent interview.

The congresswoman, speaking on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, seemed to distance herself from the positions of an era of Democratic politics around 2020, shortly after she rose to prominence. Some on the left now see the rhetoric of that time as ineffective and divisive. There has been a widespread retreat on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among corporations. And some public officials, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, have walked back their calls to defund the police.

  • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    And some public officials, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, have walked back their calls to defund the police.

    Using terms like ‘defund the police’ leads to bad faith assumptions that it means getting rid of the police entirely, rather than reappropriating funding used for military-grade weaponry for better purposes. Instead, emphasizing how those resources could be better used—such as the expanded use of mental health support in place of police intervention in many cases—might be more effective.