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Both parties are advancing the neoliberal economic consensus - the free enterprise and the free trade. The divisions between the two parties only serve to driv
by DenisM 6y ago
Both parties are advancing the neoliberal economic consensus - the free enterprise and the free trade.
The divisions between the two parties only serve to drive a wedge between the blue-collar working class on one hand and the white-collar/service working class on the other. The Free Trade generated enormous riches for the country over the last 50 years, but the worker incomes stayed flat. Both voting groups have the same economic interest in a different distribution of the spoils of the free trade, and it's only the political antagonism that prevents their collaboration.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoThere's a growing cohort of people who understand this and have been actively fighting against it for decades. I fully expect this issue to come to a head within my lifetime. Hopefully it's solved by policy and not bloodshed but I won't hold my breath on that after seeing the brutal response to this summers peaceful protests.
- DenisM 6y agoDo you think the summer protest were a move for or against the neoliberal consensus?
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoYes, absolutely. The voices against neoliberalism have grown in number and volume since 2019. Do you not?
- DenisM 6y agoI think the summer protests have displaced the movement against the neoliberal doctrine rather than aiding the movement.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoI agree. The complete focus on all the politicians and media is on race and gender issues, completely ignoring economic issues.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoThat's the focus you'll see most of the time if you watch mainstream media. But even cnn just had a bad faith podcast host on so the tide is changing... Slowly. That's how grassroots movements work. Slowly, from the labor classes on up.
- lucian1900 6y agoThe BLM protests are precisely one of the expressions of the growing anger against the neoliberal consensus. After all, capitalism requires racism to function. A united working class organising general strikes and arming themselves would be dangerous to the bourgeoisie.