Neoliberalism greatly expanded the dominance of market forces through deregulation, privatization, and regressive forms of taxation, while significantly reducing the state’s role in the economy through cuts to labor, welfare, and social protections.
Behind these economic reforms sat a new idea of what constitutes a good and free society—a concept about what direction we should all be striving in to become the best versions of ourselves. In the new neoliberal era, then, success would be reframed as a product of having exceptional individual qualities (rather than exceptional social privileges and advantages), while failure would be rooted in some kind of personal deficit (rather than in lack of opportunity, equality, or social support).
In the new neoliberal era, then, success would be reframed as a product of having exceptional individual qualities (rather than exceptional social privileges and advantages), while failure would be rooted in some kind of personal deficit (rather than in lack of opportunity, equality, or social support).
In a way it developed out of the pressures against any sort of class based notion’s of analysis, because of the extreme anti-communism that was enforced through the academy and US-based political institutions. These were common approaches in the generation previous, MLK Jr. could represent that era as he argued for class policies as a Christian socialist, and you had labor organization and demonstrations like the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom. Neoliberalism was the capitalist economic structure’s answer to these threats, allowing for the structure to be retained and enhanced (inequality is more extreme than ever before), while making sure people as individuals are the subjects and not any notion of a group of people with common interests that may exert influence.
Even going back to tribes would be better because capitalism is literally destroying the world. Socialism (not social democracy) would be better for 99% of people.
My wife used to steal my fries but we worked out a solution that we both like. I eat my fries and if she wants them she just pecks me right under the chin repeatedly until I vomit the fries into her mouth. It works really well because they’re not fully digested at this point and I’ve already sort of pre-chewed them so she doesn’t have to do much work (hubby to the rescue right?). It’s also more economical as you only have to purchase one unit of fries and not two. This represents the successful implementation of a 50% efficiency improvement and I’m really proud of it :)
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