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> I see the "if you don't like it, don't use it" suggestion quite a bit. It's the liberals standard reply: vote with your wallet. This way of thinking sometime
by unicornporn 10y ago
> I see the "if you don't like it, don't use it" suggestion quite a bit.
It's the liberals standard reply: vote with your wallet. This way of thinking sometimes reduce democracy to economics.
- nxc18 10y agoSince when is voting with your wallet a liberal thing? If anything, that whole concept is a strong argument against traditional regulation (driven by actual votes), trusting the market to take care of it.
- rebuilder 10y agoI'm guessing parent meant liberalism as the term is used in Europe. Roughly, liberal(EUR)=conservative(US), although mostly I see both terms used with the "neo" prefix nowadays.
- jakobloekke 10y agoYes! It's an important difference. In Denmark for instance, the term "liberal" in politics denotes free-market enthusiasm and almost nothing else. I can imagine this would cause some misunderstandings when read into an American context.
- pessimizer 10y agoEconomic liberalism i.e. lowered regulation and absence of tariffs. "Liberal" the way Americans use it is an Americanism, and "neoliberal" was a term invented to talk about economic liberalism in the US.
- megablast 10y ago> It's the liberals standard reply What an odd thing to say.