It’s actually older and dates back to early 20th century ordoliberal ideology. Essentially, their idea was that it’s more important to protect global Capitalism

It’s actually older and dates back to early 20th century ordoliberal ideology. Essentially, their idea was that it’s more important to protect global Capitalism than local democracy, so when the two come in conflict, global Capitalism should be made to prevail through parallel, extranational institutions. Quinn Slobodian wrote a whole book about it called “Globalists” and did a great synopsis interview about it on the Dig podcast: https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/a-history-of-neoliberalism-with-quinn-slobodian/ https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/a-history-of-neoliberali...