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WSHazel

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19. Defining anything bad as "neoliberal" is straight out of 1984

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:44 AM

Nov 2024

There is nothing in neoliberalism about crypto or immigration, and many neoliberal economists are very much humanists, but believe free markets are critical to the success of the economy. You are the one adding “unregulated” to their positions.

Attacks on liberalism, or neoliberalism, are straight out of the Vance/Thiel/Patrick Deneen playbook of free markets are bad, economic nationalism is good.

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The message to Democrats is clear: you must dump neoliberal economics [View all] Passages Nov 2024 OP

Every single effing time we do try to go back to FDR and LBJ the GOP screams SOCIALISM! OrlandoDem2 Nov 2024 #1

You had better elect more Democrats Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #2

You mean like Sinema and Manchin, who gutted BBB? Passages Nov 2024 #4

I said democrats Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #7

Leadership at the top needs to change course or you would not see OPs like this one from Passages Nov 2024 #8

Then go run for office Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #10

Stiglitz is not pissing on anyone. Passages Nov 2024 #11

I don't care who is saying it. Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #12

You just stated that a convicted felon won over our candidate and yet we should ignore Passages Nov 2024 #13

I don't care about this man. Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #14

Are you serious? Has he gone to protest? Passages Nov 2024 #15

Sounds like a think tank sort of guy. Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #16

These attacks on "neoliberalism" WSHazel Nov 2024 #3

Nonsensical. Passages Nov 2024 #5

You don't know what you are talking about Fiendish Thingy Nov 2024 #9

Defining anything bad as "neoliberal" is straight out of 1984 WSHazel Nov 2024 #19

As I said, neoliberal economics accelerated income inequality Fiendish Thingy Nov 2024 #20

We're at that point now where, if the media is saying something, it can't be true. lees1975 Nov 2024 #6

I would bet most Trump voters have no clue what "neoliberalism" means Martin Eden Nov 2024 #17

I agree a percentage of Americans in general could not explain Passages Nov 2024 #18

Was Build Back Better typical of neoliberalism? Martin Eden Nov 2024 #21

No, BBB was not representative of neoliberalism. Passages Nov 2024 #22