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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social |
#IDthought 4: It is simply wrong to define neoliberalism as ‘free-market economics’. It's nothing of the kind. The ‘freedom’ that neoliberals celebrate – which sounds so beguiling when expressed in general terms – turns out to be freedom for the rich to exploit the rest. 🧵
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Rogier Swierstra
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You see this in the libertarian position that government should restrict itself to enforcing property rights. That is, people don't have rights, money does.
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Sid Eschenbach
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TBH I find little fault with capitalists when the fault lies with regulators. You can't expect the wolves to protect the sheep, that's on the shepherd. No one thinks markets are 'free'... and to the degree they are, again, it's on the regulators: tariffs, labor law, taxation, safety, monopoly, etc
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Hermit-girl⁺˚⋆｡°🍄₊🏴
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This explains a lot about how we got where we are today. The idea that wealth would trickle down was an incredibly successful lie.
More like them pissing on us and telling us it's rain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuIF...
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Michael Pearce
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A thread that expresses with admiral clarity a story that needs to be told: we're being taken as fools. (This is the second time today I've felt minded to praise a GM take on a matter. Have I become a convert? No, they both just happen to ring a bell 🤗)
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Pascal 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
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Libertarianism? Or is that neolibs on steroids?
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George Monbiot
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As for “the market”, when used in the neoliberal context this term disguises a host of power relations. It becomes a euphemism for the power of money. When ‘the market’ decides, it means those with the money decide.
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