That's what freshman US Representative Alexandra Rep. Ocasio-Cortez wants to do:
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is bristling at the suggestion her proposed socialist overhaul of America would turn the country into another Venezuela.Well, here is Sweden:
During an interview on “60 Minutes,” the New York congressman laughed at the idea her platform of free college, a universal basic income, free health care, and a “Green New Deal” would turn the country into a failed socialist state like Cuba or Venezuela.
"Of course” that’s not what’s being planned, she said. “What we have in mind — and what of my — and my policies most closely resemble what we see in the U.K., in Norway, in Finland, in Sweden."
The chart only goes to 2010. Since then America's violent-crime rate has continued to fall while Sweden's has continued to rise. Even Mother Jones knows what is happening:
And it is not just in Sweden. Across Europe, ordinary citizens are so alarmed at rising crime, especially rape, that they are arming themselves.
When hundreds of women were sexually assaulted on New Year’s Eve in several German cities three years ago, Carolin Matthie decided it was time to defend herself. The 26-year-old Berlin student quickly applied for a gun permit, fearing many women would have the same idea and flood the application process.So there you have the socialists' goals for America.
“If I don’t do it now, I will have to wait maybe another half year,” she recalls thinking.
Gun ownership is rising across Europe, a continent that until recently faced far less gun crime and violence than much of the globe. Not long ago it was rare to see armed British police.
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