• Cleverdawny@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Nope, that’s not how it is. Neoliberalism as an actual ideology is about deregulation, austerity, and opposition to Keynesian economics, as well as privatization and anti union activism.

    None of that describes any Democrat in office.

    Every serious politician since the end of WW2 in the US is a capitalist. Free trade isn’t exclusive to neoliberalism. The way you’re presenting the term, it’s just a meaningless insult for moderates you politically disagree with.

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      1 year ago

      I’ll grant you there has been a senantic shift in the meaning of neoliberalism. Just because you don’t like the shift doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Or that the new meaning doesn’t apply. And the accepted definition applies to all capitalist politicians now. Your argument isn’t with me, it’s with society’s definition of the word.

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        Then the semantic shift is towards a meaningless pejorative and doesn’t refer to any actual political ideology. By your definition, the only thing separating Bernie Sanders from being a neoliberal is him voting for a free trade agreement.

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          1 year ago

          You can debate whether specific individuals are neoliberal. The word is used to describe the policy of America from the 80’s onward. But please continue to argue against water being wet. It’s entertaining.

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              So neoliberalism doesn’t exist even though I just typed it and looked up the definition? Got it.

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                1 year ago

                I’m the one quoting the definition. You’re trying to pretend it is “capitalist and free trade”

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                  1 year ago

                  Yeah dog, Imma trust the accepted definition of multitudes of others over your self satisfying definition you made up on the toilet.

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                    I pulled that directly from the link to your Wikipedia article. You might want to read it.