In a stunning update to the politics of 2020, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made a controversial statement today when she declared that knowing things is a form of privilege.

Speaking on social media platform Twitter, Ocasio-Cortez said that people lack knowledge due to their circumstances and lack of opportunities, and that you can’t expect someone to know things if they aren’t given a chance to learn them. In her tweets, she also expressed concern over a “pervasive pattern of knowledge hoarding” in America.

Her comments immediately sparked backlash from both sides of the aisle with many pointing out that knowledge is an earned commodity. Social media blew up with angry tweets and those preaching the importance of acquisition of knowledge and hard work. Ocasio-Cortez tried to defend her position, but the controversial statement soon faded into the ether of forgotten Twitter conversations.