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Just A Box Of Rain

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25. You nailed it. This is a smear flung by socialists at anyone who doesn't embrace their ideology.

Wed Sep 28, 2022, 11:49 AM

Sep 2022

The same thing happened in 1930s Germany when the German Communist Party declared the liberal Social Democrats to the "social fascists" and then attacked SDP (instead of the Nazis) under the rubric of being "anti-fascist."

History too often repeats itself.

Don't fall for it.

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Neoliberalism - the ideology at the root of all our problems [View all] Yavin4 Sep 2022 OP

THIS malaise Sep 2022 #1

...makes no sense. TomCADem Sep 2022 #39

You have evidence that the Federal Reserve is attempting to get Republicans elected? brooklynite Sep 2022 #2

Since the 1980s, the Fed has used interest rates to effectuate political outcomes. n/t Yavin4 Sep 2022 #6

Examples? Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #15

See Greenspan jacking up interest rates in 2000. Yavin4 Sep 2022 #17

Any others? Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #20

Whatever I don't like is neoliberal. comradebillyboy Sep 2022 #3

+1 betsuni Sep 2022 #4

It is a bullshit term that's used to slander anyone who doesn't embrace socialism. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #5

So, labor unions are socialist now? Yavin4 Sep 2022 #9

No. All social democratic countries (and movements) embrace advanced capitalism and are NOT Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #24

I strongly support labor unions. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #48

It's an economic, not left/right, ideology Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #14

+1 leftstreet Sep 2022 #22

Since when is economics divorced from political ideologies? Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #23

Libertarianism is much broader than neoliberalism Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #30

As I said, if one wished to narrow the focus one could use the well-understood term... Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #32

Warren is the furthest thing from a neoliberal Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #34

Which is precisely why the use of the term "neoliberal" (as it is most commonly used) is a slur. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #35

A cheap both sides insult -- the idea that unregulated capitalism is a Democratic policy! betsuni Sep 2022 #38

Exactly. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #40

Did you even read the article? Yavin4 Sep 2022 #7

Wow and finallyfrom a top tier publisher. Beginning in 1969 our government was turned against us, ShazamIam Sep 2022 #8

Neoliberalism is dead. Has been for most of the 21st century. Beastly Boy Sep 2022 #10

+1 betsuni Sep 2022 #16

Replaced by growing Fascism under disguise of "populism" exploited by media moguls. eom Justice matters. Sep 2022 #21

You nailed it. This is a smear flung by socialists at anyone who doesn't embrace their ideology. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #25

You don't present any evidence to support your thesis Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #11

Absolutely the truth. scarletlib Sep 2022 #12

See my reply at 17. n/t Yavin4 Sep 2022 #18

What dominates our lives is called corporatocracy. Edim Sep 2022 #13

I agree I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2022 #33

George Monbiot is a degrowth doomer. He's all in on "anti-human" and "anti-civilization" policies. mathematic Sep 2022 #19

Bullshit. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #26

"'Green growth' doesn't exist - less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe" mathematic Sep 2022 #27

The bullshit was your stupid insults of him muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #43

Oh, just another british burden to bring environmentalism to the global masses mathematic Sep 2022 #46

More bullshit from you. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #49

Now Bill Clinton, who, when he had a D congress, raised taxes is an economic libertarian? LOL mathematic Sep 2022 #56

I seems as if you've nailed it. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #57

Then why not say "libertarianism" or "economic libertarianism?" Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #28

Neoliberalism is the technical economic terminology. hedda_foil Sep 2022 #29

I studied political science and political economy as my major in university. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #31

Because "libertarianism" is a specific American word muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #41

I'm not sure about the basis for your concern. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #44

Did you even bother looking at the graph of word usage? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #45

What George Monbiot did in 2016 was to support Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership of the Labour Party Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #47

No attempt to avoid the subject there, I see muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #50

Yes, economic libertarianism is the dominant ideology of the Conservative Party in the UK, Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #51

So why have you made post after post claiming it's used to attack mainstream Democrats muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #52

Because it is the obvious truth. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #53

Bill Clinton was neoliberal. That's the obvious truth. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #54

Well, there you go. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #55

Neoliberalism is not "liberal" in the current sense of the term many a good man Sep 2022 #36

And many anti-Trumpers are neoliberals Sympthsical Sep 2022 #37

A lot of Democrats have completely forgotten about the Iraq war. Yavin4 Sep 2022 #42