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Ghost Dog

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5. The 'liberal' in 'neoliberal' means not the social and political liberalism

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Sat Jul 2, 2016, 12:12 PM

Jul 2016

DU usually represents. It's economic liberalism: laissez-faire, deregulated to the point if possible of unregulated (hence the important role 'offshore' jurisdictions play), with a strong admixture of cronyism and Straussian neo-imperialist neocon enablement & enforcement thrown in.

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America’s Future Depends on Containing Neoliberalism [View all] portlander23 Jul 2016 OP

These are conservative policies libodem Jul 2016 #1

What a load of garbage. CrowCityDem Jul 2016 #2

Dualism will prevent you from understanding much of anything. cprise Jul 2016 #11

The archetype of convservatism was a liberal. Confused much? CrowCityDem Jul 2016 #12

I'll make it even easier: Things overlap. cprise Jul 2016 #14

Seems a lot of people here believe anything right of socialism is 'neoliberal'. CrowCityDem Jul 2016 #15

Clinton's not a neo-liberal, but feel free to continue this smear game if you must. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #3

The Clintons most definitely are neoliberals tk2kewl Jul 2016 #7

I know the meaning of the term and I am a life-long left liberal with roots in Marxist thought emulatorloo Jul 2016 #8

The differences here... cprise Jul 2016 #13

Because the cluelessness about the term "neoliberalism" abounds here, perhaps deliberately: Warren Stupidity Jul 2016 #4

Excellent try. n/t seabeckind Jul 2016 #6

I think there is a fair amount of cluelessness, but tk2kewl Jul 2016 #9

The 'liberal' in 'neoliberal' means not the social and political liberalism Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #5

Well said. N/t emulatorloo Jul 2016 #10

Globalization was a moronic thing to do. A stupid idea. bemildred Jul 2016 #16