AOC could be the greatest example of American Exceptionalism... Whenever socialism came up, inevitably socialist sympathizing professors would say "it failed because that was Stalin's Socialism" or "Castro's Socialism"...(insert failed socialist/communist leader).  When AOC advocates for socialism, what she's really saying is "it's been tried before and failed every time. Only Americans can figure out how to make it work!" The only other option is that she's saying "only I can figure out how to make it work!"  Someone should ask her if she thinks America is better than everywhere else socialism has been tried OR  if she the thinks she's better than Stalin, Mao, Castro, Chavez....