This is the biggest thing about AOC and why she is different, it’s generational:

In order to understand @aoc, you have to look at what she experienced— and what she didn’t. Red Scare, Reaganomics & prosperous 90s were all before her time. Her adulthood was defined by financial crisis, debt & climate change. No wonder she and her peers are moving left

— Charlotte Alter (@CharlotteAlter) March 21, 2019