Bishop Barron fired back:
"The culture that gave us Dante, Shakespeare, the rule of law, individual rights, democracy, and the entire university system… **that's thin?!**"
He didn't stop there:
"This is straight out of the **Marxist playbook**. Marx said culture is just a flimsy 'superstructure' on top of economics — ignore it, focus on class struggle and material conditions."
As a Catholic bishop, he's sounding the alarm:
???? Bishop Robert Barron just DROPPED TRUTH BOMBS on AOC! ????
— Reverend Jordan Wells (@WellsJorda89710)February 17, 2026
She called Western culture "thin" and "ephemeral" — dismissing the very foundations that built our world.
Bishop Barron fired back:
"The culture that gave us Dante, Shakespeare, the rule of law, individual rights,… pic.twitter.com/JpVd0gIlG5