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well, neoliberalism is a weird thing because it means different things to different people, but wikipedia puts it thusly[1]: > economic liberalization policies
by andrekandre 7y ago
well, neoliberalism is a weird thing because it means different things to different people, but wikipedia puts it thusly[1]:
> economic liberalization policies such as privatization, austerity, deregulation, free trade and reductions in government spending in order to increase the role of the private sector in the economy and society
basically how “gigacorps” rule society and public needs to be lead by private institution because they can’t rule themselves fits very much (in my opinion) with neoliberal thinking... and in more modern times neoliberal thinking very much has an anti-democratic and more capital-centered (or you could say elitist) orientation...
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism
[edit] just to be clear, what i mean to say is that neoliberalism shouldn’t be confused with classical liberalism even if they have similar origins, with neoliberalism being more closer to the conservative ideal economically (not socially per se)