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47. What George Monbiot did in 2016 was to support Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership of the Labour Party

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #45)

Wed Sep 28, 2022, 02:51 PM

Sep 2022

and its candidate for PM, a move that has caused such harm to the Labour Party in the UK that one wonders if/when they will ever recover.

This brush with Corbynism has handed the Conservatives the majority ever since, despite their obvious incompetence in government.

So I will decline to turn to those like Monbiot for political wisdom. Thank you anyway.

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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