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This is confusing to me... I believe that neo-liberalism is fundamentally making decisions according to evidence to benefit our society regardless of tradition

by bustin 6y ago

This is confusing to me... I believe that neo-liberalism is fundamentally making decisions according to evidence to benefit our society regardless of tradition / religion / who said it. To me, that openness to solutions puts it opposite of many present-day conservatives who value tradition, existing power structures, historical norms, and therefore makes it a "left" ideology. In my understanding a neo-liberal government is a fan of unblocking housing development, evidence based decision making w.r.t. pandemic responses, and police encounters. I would personally call governments in many parts of the Bay traditionally conservative as they are trying to protect what it was 50 years ago. What does Neo-liberalism mean to you? edits: lots of things, sorry if that confuses any responders...

solosoyokaze 6y ago
To me it's a pro-capitalist, pro-globalist, quasi-neo-colonialist ideology. It's meant to spread modernization through corporate capitalism [1]. I think the quintessential neo-liberal group is the Trilateral Commission [2], which many high audience mainstream media talking heads are members. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism#United_States 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission
naebother 6y ago
> What does Neo-liberalism mean to you? "Free" markets will solve everything. Muh private sector. Change is inevitable, so get with the program grandpa. That's my takeaway.
DenisM 6y ago
You're mixing up liberalism with neoliberalism. Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as "eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers" and reducing, especially through privatization and austerity, state influence in the economy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism#:~:text=Neoliberalism%20is%20contemporarily%20used%20to,state%20influence%20in%20the%20economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism#:~:text=Neoliber....

by bustin 6y ago

solosoyokaze 6y ago

To me it's a pro-capitalist, pro-globalist, quasi-neo-colonialist ideology. It's meant to spread modernization through corporate capitalism [1]. I think the quintessential neo-liberal group is the Trilateral Commission [2], which many high audience mainstream media talking heads are members. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism#United_States 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission

naebother 6y ago

> What does Neo-liberalism mean to you? "Free" markets will solve everything. Muh private sector. Change is inevitable, so get with the program grandpa. That's my takeaway.

DenisM 6y ago

You're mixing up liberalism with neoliberalism. Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as "eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers" and reducing, especially through privatization and austerity, state influence in the economy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism#:~:text=Neoliberalism%20is%20contemporarily%20used%20to,state%20influence%20in%20the%20economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism#:~:text=Neoliber....