Where does she think the profit comes from? 
Ocasio-Cortez, who has one of the safest seats in Congress, has spent over $870,000 on Facebook ads in calendar 2021 while excoriating the company for destroying democracy. What ads does she run? Fundraising appeals! Her campaign is just a Facebook profit center with extra steps.
I also think Facebook is evil, which is why I don't give them money.
Who else doesn't pay Facebook hundreds of thousands of dollars? The other members of the Squad. So just maybe it's politically possible to cling to one's D+25 district without adding to Zuckerberg's mountain of money with the very donations you solicit nonstop on his website.
If you want a better sense of how bizarre AOC's runaway cycle of fundraising and spending is, take a look at the equally safe districts adjoining hers. All these numbers are for 2021, when no one is up for election. She could stop writing giant checks to Facebook tomorrow.
I understand the argument that you have to play by the dirty, bad rules in politics if you want a chance to reform them. But Ocasio-Cortez's circular Facebook spending on fundraising ads is in fact very unusual. I'm struggling to find any other members of Congress who do this.
Ocasio-Cortez in 2020 raised so much she wound up with $4.3 million she wasn't able to spend. That's more than an entire budget for many House races. So I encourage the people defending her Facebook largesse as "participating in society" to be a little more honest with themselves
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