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[–] 40 points 1 day ago (24 children)

Neoliberalism isn't everything I don't like, but it is a big one.

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  • [+] [S] -10 points 1 day ago (23 children)

    Just like MAGA and their fear of woke.

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  • [+] [S] -7 points 1 day ago (21 children)

    They’re both made up to make a group of gullible people hate another group so yes.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 day ago* (14 children)

    Neoliberal isn't made up. It was explicitly created by people like Milton Friedman, and came to prominence as a dominant political theory with Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, which then took over the center-left and center-right to become dominant across the global north.

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  • [+] [S] -11 points 1 day ago (13 children)

    Maybe but these days leftists use it as a term for anything that scares them or they don’t understand.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 day ago (11 children)

    Do you have kind of example of this?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (8 children)

    Hmm...

    I'd say the first is more an example of Capitalism in general, of which Neo-Liberalism is a form, so I'd say that's not inacurate.

    I personally don't think they have any real fear of any of the current USA politicians. I belive that anyone who's gained any sort of political power in this country has been approved by the powers that be. Oh, also: yeah; Newsom is a Neo-Liberal.

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  • [+] [S] -6 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    I knew you’d agree with those that’s what I’ve been saying.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    So what's your take? You disagree, but you haven't stated an alternative viewpoint.

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  • [–] [S] -5 points 1 day ago* (5 children)

    That neoliberalism and wokism is both made up to make a group of gullible people hate another group.

    I’ve gone over this already.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    A liberal and probably the next democratic candidate for president.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    I don't think you really understand what "woke" is. Being woke is about critical analysis of traditional, established power hierarchies. Hierarchies like white supremacy, patriarchy or class. Maybe some neoliberals, to their credit, want to abolish traditional racial and gender hierarchies, and that's good, but they certainly do not want to abolish the hierarchy of rich over poor, or capital over labor.

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  • [–] [S] -5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Woke is what MAGA calls things that scare them or they don’t understand just like leftists use neoliberal.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    You're out here pissing off Tankies which is even better than having a post with a lot of likes.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 day ago

    Neoliberalism is older than woke

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    liberal capitalism sucks ass and is built on a mountain of skulls, anyone defending it is beyond pathetic

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    So true queen. What did you think about the post tho?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    do you think 'neoliberalism' is different in some way from what I described?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (2 children)

    No, I completely agree with your comment, liberal capitalism has largely failed to deliver on its promises. I just don't think the posted image itself is a defense of capitalism. It's taking the piss out of people who blame everything on neoliberalism, which is a different thing from saying capitalism isn't bad.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

    i think you're being too generous to OP, he is definitely not an anticapitalist

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