evidence: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has touched off fresh controversy in a Vanity Fair cover story. Although she called the president of the United States a "motherf—er" and expresses her interest in seeking a "higher position" in politics, what caught the public imagination is its accompanying photo shoot in which the democratic socialist’s apparel in no way resembled the clothing of the proletariat. AOC wore clothing designed by Aliette, Carolina Herrera, Wales Bonner, Christian Louboutin, and a $2,850 dress from Loewe, which the magazine reportedly gifted to the congresswoman after she complained that it takes "me so long to try to figure out how to look put-together without having a huge designer closet." In all, the clothes in the portfolio reportedly cost $14,000. [...] The fashion flap demands that AOC watch the video of the Acton Institute’s 29th annual dinner last October – in part because Rev. Robert A. Sirico mentions the congresswoman by name. Unlike "true believers" like Bernie Sanders and "radical upstarts, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez," many young people "see socialism as a mere shorthand for an equal and just society," he says. [...] That sounds very much like the definition of socialism proffered by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She told Business Insider that "democratic socialism means" everyone can enjoy "basic levels of dignity, so that no person in America is too poor to live." History shows that minimal level proved beyond the capacity of actual socialist economies.