Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old whom DNC Chairman Tom Perez called "the future of our party," explained her views on democratic socialism to "Firing Line" host Margaret Hoover. Hoover asked about the future of capitalism and pointed out that it’s the economic system that has brought the most people out of poverty, but Ocasio-Cortez attributed modern prosperity to humanity’s natural growth.
"I think that those things that you talk about, that you discuss, are part of the course of human evolution," she said. "So I would hope that the most recent economic system, our current economic system, is the one that is most beneficial for everyday people."
She added that her preferred system of democratic socialism would work best if people were only to vote for something if it is "a good idea."
"When we talk about democratically socialist economies, first of all, they’re done with the full input of everybody," she said. "You vote. It’s democratic. So if something is not a good idea, it doesn't get voted for, ideally."
She granted that capitalism was temporarily the "most efficient and best" system, but that it must change "as we evolve."
