Because I am petty, I am going to point out that the response she did give was bullshit. Basically, she whipped out the following graph showing an increase in interest in the term ‘tax the rich’, visible as a dotted spike at the end of this graph:
She thinks this is proof that she ‘raised awareness’ of something. What she completely fails to realize is that this only shows how many people were talking about her dress.
I checked the search trends for related phrases like ‘tax the wealthy’, ‘tax on wealth’, ‘tax millionaires’, ‘higher tax rates’, ‘tax havens’, ‘tax evasion’, ‘anti-capitalism’, ‘capitalism’, etc… none of those topics saw a notable spike. In other words: there is no measurable increase in the amount of actual interest in the topic she claims to be raising awareness for.
Wanna know what did spike?
Graph shows a big recent spike for ‘Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ and for ‘AOC’. Both of those spikes dwarf the ‘Tax the Rich’ spike she is so proud of by a very large margin. The only thing she raised ‘awareness’ of was herself. People are talking about the dress and the person who wore it. That’s all.
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