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The government should do everything* to protect me, the citizen. *Except the things that make me confused and angry, even if they benefit other citizens. Welc
by uoaei 5y ago
The government should do everything* to protect me, the citizen.
*Except the things that make me confused and angry, even if they benefit other citizens.
Welcome to neoliberal hell.
- rp1 5y agoNeoliberalism is an economic policy, it has nothing to do with liberal politics.
- uoaei 5y agoIf we hamfist "politics" to mean nothing but culture war noise, then sure, economics and politics are separate. I always thought that people were smarter than that.
- justicezyx 5y agoIt's naive to split economy and politics... Just like it's naive to split culture and engineering in a company.
- sudosysgen 5y agoDid you really just say that economic policy has nothing to do with politics?
- adfm 5y agoBashing on neolibs and alt-right isn't going to solve anything. The problem with politics is the left knows it's not always right.
- uoaei 5y agoI want to understand that second sentence better. Is it the same sentiment as the Bukowski quote stating “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence”?