Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore a TAX THE RICH dress to the absurdly exclusive Met Gala - where people with obscene wealth live the high life - after a free invite. It didn't just predictably drive the AOC-obsessed right into howls of outrage and contempt, but some leftists, too.

But it was good, actually! Here's what it tells us about how the left communicates to a mass audience - not least in a nation historically immune to successful left-wing politics - about cultural hegemony, and about winning.

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