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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZZIDPgX4nE Zero Population Growth]. 1972 dystopian sci-fi classic. Massive pollution and overpopulation cause 21st-century Earth society to order a 30-year moratorium on childbearing.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZZIDPgX4nE Zero Population Growth]. 1972 dystopian sci-fi classic. Massive pollution and overpopulation cause 21st-century Earth society to order a 30-year moratorium on childbearing.
*Ocasio-Cortez lives in an exclusive luxury apartment surrounded by walls to keep invaders out, commutes in gas-guzzlers, and eats burgers. When asked about the inconsistencies between her vision for our children and her lifestyle, she replied, "I'm just living in the world."
[[File:A-good-method-for-mounting-your-horse.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Pulling oneself up by their bootstraps ''versus.'' receiving a leg up, contrasted.]]
[[File:A-good-method-for-mounting-your-horse.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Pulling oneself up by their bootstraps ''versus.'' receiving a leg up, contrasted.]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCpUpLsrBnM AOC Called Out On Her Socialist Hate Speech Agenda]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCpUpLsrBnM AOC Called Out On Her Socialist Hate Speech Agenda]
*[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/10/03/woman_at_alexandria_ocasio-cortez_townhall_weve_got_to_start_eating_babies_due_to_climate_crisis.html Eating Babies]
*[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/10/03/woman_at_alexandria_ocasio-cortez_townhall_weve_got_to_start_eating_babies_due_to_climate_crisis.html Eating Babies]
*AOC's habit of failing to engage her brain prior to opening her mouth extends to a difficultly with English language [[idiom]]s. A "bootstrap" refers to mounting a horse without assistance. Prior to the invention of metal stirrups, "bootstraps" were made of leather, hence the name "bootstrap". Mounting a horse unassisted is problematic, requiring both shoulder and leg muscle strength, which is how the phrase, "pull yourself up by the bootsraps" came into usage centuries ago. There is an added risk of the horse moving or running away while the rider is in mid-air attempting to mount. Receiving assistance to mount a horse is referred to as "a leg up". The assistant can "extend a hand" while holding the horse's bridle with the other hand to prevent the horse from moving. In the late 20th century the "bootstrap" idiom was shortened to "boot" and borrowed by computer engineers to describe the process of a computer operating system starting by input command on its own, without a "jump start" from another computer, which is now commonly known as "booting" or "boot up."
*AOC's habit of failing to engage her brain prior to opening her mouth extends to a difficultly with English language [[idiom]]s. Ocasio-Cortez sarcastically mocked Republicans by saying, "it is impossible to pull oneself up by their bootstraps." A "bootstrap" refers to mounting a horse without assistance. Prior to the invention of metal stirrups, "bootstraps" were made of leather, hence the name "bootstrap". Mounting a horse unassisted is problematic, requiring both shoulder and leg strength, which is how the phrase, "pull yourself up by the bootsraps" came into usage centuries ago. There is an added risk of the horse moving or running away while the rider is in mid-air attempting to mount. Receiving assistance to mount a horse is referred to as "a leg up". The assistant can "extend a hand" while holding the horse's bridle with the other hand to prevent the horse from moving. In the late 20th century the "bootstrap" idiom was shortened to "boot" and borrowed by computer engineers to describe the process of a computer operating system starting by input command on its own, without a "jump start" from another computer, which is now commonly known as "booting" or "boot up."
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