the last year or two i keep seeing people say shit like "it's not left vs right, it's down vs up" and they always get very mad when i tell them "that's literally just left vs right"

anyway she's probably leaning into that

Her advisors are all Warrenite dipshits who hate the left

1: She's surrounded by a bunch of dem insiders who she relies on after she no longer needed a "left" groundswell to get into office.

2: She got a lot of feedback that some people who voted Trump also view her positively (Yes, really) in 2024 (For "standing up to Trump" and "being authentic") and she for some reason wants to capture that demographic.

Because of electoralism in the US where there has been 2 red scares and what looks like a bourgeoning third. I don't like AOC, but I also don't think that we have to self-identify as "left" to be effective