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The definition of "ideological" in this circumstance is, "targeted at maintaining the wealth and interest of a particular class at the expense of other classes
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
The definition of "ideological" in this circumstance is, "targeted at maintaining the wealth and interest of a particular class at the expense of other classes and the economy as a whole". In this case, yes, opposition to Keynesian measures has been targeted at maintaining the value-capture by "the 1%" (by now even more just rentier asset-owners than those whose capital does real work in fields like technology, really) at the expense of the skilled-professional class (the most common Hacker News user), the semi-skilled middle class, the smallholder class (probably including start-up founders), and the broad working class as a whole.