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That quite can be applied to the whole neoliberal process that has been ongoing since the 80s. First laden the public services with excessive regulations and b
by digi_owl 10y ago
That quite can be applied to the whole neoliberal process that has been ongoing since the 80s.
First laden the public services with excessive regulations and budgetary constraints to make it crack, loudly publicizes the resulting failures, claim TINA on privatization/deregulation of the market, laugh all the way to the (offshore) bank.
- dTal 10y agoThis is indeed a classic tactic, but I'm surprised you refer to it as "neoliberal". Deregulation, privatization, and "Starve the beast" have been conservative platforms since Reagan.
- oriolid 10y agoNeoliberal is effectively conservative with less guns and religion.
- dragonwriter 10y ago"Neoliberal" is a particular economic approach within the broad umbrella of political conservatism. (In the US this is somewhat confused because lots of the Democratic Party is neoliberal, but the Democratic Party is basically a coalition of moderate left to center-right, leaning more to latter.)
- zigzigzag 10y agoServices like the NHS are money pits: no matter how much money they are given they will always be broke, and given the total lack of accountability inherent in the system there will always be regulations trying to improve their efficiency. Thus ANY public healthcare service, at ANY time, will be perceived by some large part of the population as "laden with excessive regulations and budgetary constraints". This is not some neoliberal conspiracy, it is the natural consequence of any system which allocates money without sufficient accountability.