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Fiendish Thingy

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20. As I said, neoliberal economics accelerated income inequality

Reply to WSHazel (Reply #19)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:05 AM

Nov 30

As well as wealth concentration among the very few.

When shareholder return takes precedence over the real impact on the lives of actual humans (corporations are not people, my friend), that’s a recipe for suffering, and gives populist demagogues the opportunity to seize power and establish authoritarian rule.

If you support neoliberal economics, just say so.

I do not - I prefer Keynesian economics, which, along with strong unions, created and protected the middle class.

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The message to Democrats is clear: you must dump neoliberal economics [View all] Passages Nov 29 OP

Every single effing time we do try to go back to FDR and LBJ the GOP screams SOCIALISM! OrlandoDem2 Nov 29 #1

You had better elect more Democrats Keepthesoulalive Nov 29 #2

You mean like Sinema and Manchin, who gutted BBB? Passages Nov 29 #4

I said democrats Keepthesoulalive Nov 29 #7

Leadership at the top needs to change course or you would not see OPs like this one from Passages Nov 29 #8

Then go run for office Keepthesoulalive Nov 29 #10

Stiglitz is not pissing on anyone. Passages Nov 29 #11

I don't care who is saying it. Keepthesoulalive Nov 29 #12

You just stated that a convicted felon won over our candidate and yet we should ignore Passages Nov 29 #13

I don't care about this man. Keepthesoulalive Nov 29 #14

Are you serious? Has he gone to protest? Passages Nov 29 #15

Sounds like a think tank sort of guy. Keepthesoulalive Nov 29 #16

These attacks on "neoliberalism" WSHazel Nov 29 #3

Nonsensical. Passages Nov 29 #5

You don't know what you are talking about Fiendish Thingy Nov 29 #9

Defining anything bad as "neoliberal" is straight out of 1984 WSHazel Nov 30 #19

As I said, neoliberal economics accelerated income inequality Fiendish Thingy Nov 30 #20

We're at that point now where, if the media is saying something, it can't be true. lees1975 Nov 29 #6

I would bet most Trump voters have no clue what "neoliberalism" means Martin Eden Nov 30 #17

I agree a percentage of Americans in general could not explain Passages Nov 30 #18

Was Build Back Better typical of neoliberalism? Martin Eden Nov 30 #21

No, BBB was not representative of neoliberalism. Passages Nov 30 #22