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Wasn't this bloke the one who was railing against socialism the other night? Or is it ok when served with a side salad of totalitarianism, too?
For those keeping score at home, we can't become more like Sweden because obviously that leads to Venezuela, but North Korea's on track to become an economic powerhouse.
How about we ease up on the hot takes about @AOC's economic agenda until we figure this one out?

It's 100x more insane, and from, like, the sitting president.
@AOC The North Korean economic model's a winner, we just haven't given it enough time or a strong enough leader...

...is the looniest take I've ever heard.
@AOC Thing is, it's not funny. They're poor, they're hungry, and they're dying. Stunted growth means that North Korean kids are shorter and lighter than South Koreans.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18647440

Economic policy really matters, and it's disgusting to call this an economic powerhouse.
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