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'neoliberal' is not directly related to 'liberal' (in the sense that, in the US, 'liberal' basically refers to democrats). many of both republicans and democra
by abiox 9y ago
'neoliberal' is not directly related to 'liberal' (in the sense that, in the US, 'liberal' basically refers to democrats). many of both republicans and democrats can be considered neoliberal.
neoliberalism is notionally centered on things like free markets, globalization, free-trade, privatization, deregulation, etc. and can be seen as a sort of pro-business or pro-corporate philosophy.
i'd say 'conservative' is really a question of preferring the status-quo, or perhaps traditionalism. consider that 'conservative' can imply potentially very different views if you contrast US and EU conservatives (or elsewhere). a conservative is better contrasted with a 'progressive' who enthusiastically seeks (perceived) beneficial changes to the status-quo or traditions.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> neoliberalism is notionally centered on things like free markets, globalization, free-trade, privatization, deregulation, etc. and can be seen as a sort of pro-business or corporatist philosophy “pro-corporate”, perhaps, but corporatism is a different thing and opposed to neoliberalism. (It doesn't come from “corporation” in the sense of the business enterprise, but from the same root referring to a body, in this case referring to the whole of society as a single body.)
- abiox 9y agoah, right, my mistake. thanks!