AoC is absolutely meant to be one of those throw aways. Strangely enough, it seems like the division that existed between the LBJ establishment (continuing from FDR and the Fabian socialists), and the Freedom Democrats (the Socialists and Communists) is still the same division. The difference is that the LBJ side of Neo-Liberalism is physically dying, and the Communist Radicals of the 1970's are the ones who enshrined their power, but have been blown back so often that they are why both Regan and Nixon had the wins they did. Now, it's Trump's turn and they still don't get it, and todays batch of revolutionaries were trained by straight up terrorists. Which means they are effectively too radical to even hold, or understand, power.
AoC is absolutely meant to be one of those throw aways. Strangely enough, it seems like the division that existed between the LBJ establishment (continuing from FDR and the Fabian socialists), and the Freedom Democrats (the Socialists and Communists) is still the same division. The difference is that the LBJ side of Neo-Liberalism is physically dying, and the Communist Radicals of the 1970's are the ones who enshrined their power, but have been blown back so often that they are why both Regan and Nixon had the wins they did. Now, it's Trump's turn and they still don't get it, and todays batch of revolutionaries were trained by straight up terrorists. Which means they are effectively too radical to even hold, or understand, power.
Leading us to the situation we are in now.