Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called capitalism "irredeemable," as she defended her progressive politics at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, Saturday.

When we think about the greatest things we have ever accomplished as a society have been ambitious acts of vision, and the ‘meh’ is just worshipped now, for what?”

Details: The progressive Democrat sat down with the Intercept's Briahna Gray for a wide-ranging discussion during her featured session, titled “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the New Left,” at the South by Southwest event.

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