AOC serves as left fig-leaf for a party moving further to the right. In her interview with the New York Times published on Saturday, she made this pitch explicitly, saying: The Democrats see the polls showing widespread popular support for progressive policies and they're lashing out. http://politicalforum.com/index.php...n-night-fox-polls-what-americans-want.580712/ The party is "extremely hostile to anything that even smells progressive," she said. She offered to teach Joe Biden the language of progressivism to better deceive voters. Ocasio-Cortez offers her services to the Biden campaign
Why the working class should reject "unity" politics: unity only benefits power. The interests of workers and employers naturally conflict. More money for the worker means less for the employer. Better working conditions cuts into their profits. You have to pick a side.