The self-proclaimed “Socialists” of the coastal cities want it all for free. Free housing. Free education. Free health care. Free abortions (not health care). Free transportation. Free food.
They live and write and podcast from their lofty rafters, their multi-million dollar brownstones and they fantasize about this “utopia”. If only (sigh), the “rich” were made to pay MORE for the basic necessities than they do! Their cognitive dissonance knows no bounds. From complaining about housing affordability on Instagram while sipping red wine and eating bougie cheese, to attending exclusive multi-million-dollar galas with elites and donning a “Tax the Rich” couture dress:
We know AOC is only one of these hypocritical types. We knew this for years. But this is where Jia Tolentino comes in. Tolentino is NOT a pauper by any stretch of the imagination. She is an established writer and published author, featured in The New York Times and Slate, (go figure). She is married to an architect and they reside with their two children in a $2.5 million-dollar brownstone. She shops and, apparently, shoplifts from Whole Foods.
On the New York Times opinion podcast, New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino describes the ‘several’ times she swiped items such as lemons from Whole Foods — adding that she ‘didn’t feel bad” because it’s a big corporation.'”-The New York Post
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