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On the recordJanuary 14, 2020
So, that authoritarianism or that immense concentration of power could be done by the state, as we see in China, but it also could be executed by mass corporations, as we see in the United States, correct?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses the potential for authoritarianism through state and corporate power.

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