• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Because the ‘numbers’ that neoliberals have decided are the indicators of a “good” economy mean almost nothing to, in all likely hood, 95% of Americans.

    Measuring the right thing leads to inconvenient conclusions (age till retirement, income at retirement, income independence, buying power, home ownership, business ownership, union membership, etc.)

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      Bloody well hate the neoliberals. One was arguing with me on reddit that because people in Kenya are better off, compared to the 80s, I should stop complaining.

      Like ok I am happy for the people of Kenya. I got nothing against them. So yeah good job. Now can my healthcare costs please go down? Because I am pretty confident that they can and the people of Kenya can also be doing well. One really doesn’t impact the other that much.

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        No, you see, because TVs have gotten consistently cheaper (they’re like the only thing to have done so), everything’s working!

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          And the main reason they’re cheaper is because all of them are data harvesting machines. What a fun world where even your habits are a commodity!

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      11 months ago

      I love that they chose a term to further muddy the waters between conservatives and liberals.

      I hear neoliberal and I think, “huh, is the a new liberal?” Nope. It’s the exact fucking opposite.

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        11 months ago

        That term isn’t new nor is it meant to muddy any waters. Liberals are not leftists.

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            11 months ago

            Outside the US, “liberal” often means “libertarian”, not leftist. The Liberals in the UK and in Australia are very pro-business. The leftist parties in both countries, and elsewhere, call themselves “Labor” not “Liberal”.

            In the US, “neo-liberals” often refers to people who wanted to install pro-business regimes in other countries, like Iraq…

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      11 months ago

      Fuck neoliberalism. Glad I found out what it was. It really highlights everything that is wrong with the American economy.