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2016 Postmortem

brentspeak

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5. No. A neoliberal is essentially a right-winger

Reply to comradebillyboy (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 03:29 PM

Jul 2016

who papers over their advocacy for stealing from poor-through-middle class people -- via the financial industry controlling government economic policy -- as a way of "helping" society. Public, taxpayer-paid services become privately-owned, taxpayer subsidized enterprises, with profits going to private owners. Labor markets are opened up and expanded so that wages are depressed and benefits reduced/eliminated for the average human being.

Neoliberals are flunkies, toadies, shills, lapdogs, and suck-ups to the 1%. They are right-wingers who want people to think they are liberals.

I hope that clarifies things for you.

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To Lump Him With Trump, Zakaria Lies About Sanders on Brexit [View all] portlander23 Jul 2016 OP

Isn't a neoliberal just a normal liberal who comradebillyboy Jul 2016 #1

First sentence nailed it. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #3

"Neoliberals" are hard-core right-wing. Hortensis Jul 2016 #19

Neoliberals Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #4

No. A neoliberal is essentially a right-winger brentspeak Jul 2016 #5

So someone who is not sufficiently pure... comradebillyboy Jul 2016 #6

"Purity" has absolutely nothing to do with it brentspeak Jul 2016 #7

Then they are more like Libertarians,--good to know. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #8

Words have meanings portlander23 Jul 2016 #9

Indeed they do, which is why when people choose to ignore their meaning to attack people, it's sad. synergie Jul 2016 #11

Right? ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #14

And surprise surprise, none of that matches with the Dems that get called "neoliberal" Lord Magus Jul 2016 #16

It's Common Dreams, right up there with the Intercept on extreme left purity. synergie Jul 2016 #10

Someone saw "neo" tossed in front of "conservative and thought, "Oh, we can just do that?" BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #18

Name me one single thriving closed economy. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #2

Well the US is not a closed economy but it is more 'closed' than any progressive country. pampango Jul 2016 #13

"Sanders, unlike Trump, has long been opposed to Britain leaving the European Union. How can Zakaria pampango Jul 2016 #12

Neoliberal is now a smear just as "establishment" cosmicone Jul 2016 #15

I know it's months ago, but are you clearer on the term yet? nikto Nov 2016 #21

Zakaria simply reeks with bias and I stopped subjecting myself to his Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #17

I happen to like Zakaria and watch his show on a regular basis. I think that his opinions tend politicaljunkie41910 Jul 2016 #20