A lot of people, including in my hometown, just had their lives destroyed by a horrific storm.
Remember when the media and politicians talk about how “strong” and “resilient” these communities are that they’re saying they don’t need that much help. It’s one of Neoliberalism’s most insidious tricks.
Remember when the media and politicians talk about how “strong” and “resilient” these communities are that they’re saying they don’t need that much help. It’s one of Neoliberalism’s most insidious tricks.
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Just 14 dead is so many, and if a tornado pops up, what really can ya do? Add 3 am to the mix.
That's why we share the burden via FEMA.
(((Midwest)))
It should never have been given that name. It’s just libertarianism
GOP:
No FEMA
No health care
No education
Denying climate change
Bringing back fossil fuel
Also seems weird to blame a political ideology that no one with power claims to follow when the villains are clear.
Yet, I fail to see any daylight between neoliberalism & neoconservatism; lead to similar conservative/right-wing outcomes which leads me to the conclusion that the terms are intentionally misleading
Basically it's same bunch of assholes just under different names so I tend to side eye the use of either term.
Neoliberalism was a bullshit term created by the Chicago Boys to rebrand fascism to be more palatable just like MAGA is today.
Accepting their framing just reinforces their propaganda.
Come on. You can't move forward if you don't get the past.
Neoliberalism is an economic philosophy of minimizing regulation safety nets and taxes on the rich, maximizing monopolization, wealth inequality, intl free trade, etc — basically Reagan & Thatcher
I have this whole deeply earnest belief that the greatest lie ever told was neoliberals convincing the world that they are capitalists, but that’s like.
And entirely other thing.
It's even harder, since 80% of Americans simply use "conservative" as right wing and "liberal" as left wing.
A lot of foreigners do NOT understand that we do that here.
Paradise still doesn't have half the population it did six years ago before the fire.
Not sure why you're so hung up on the label.
I just don't see why the hang-up on the label, as opposed to the policies and actions themselves. It adds nothing. In fact, it impedes clarity.
;)
because understanding history, and how we got here is important to not make the same mistakes, because so many "Democrats" are still trying to appease Republicans the same way Neoliberalists did.
it's not a zero sum game.
Get outta here with that bs, most are poor and live below poverty level.
Not all that live there are gibbering idiots. They are just stuck there and have lived there for many generations
doesn’t it?
Liberalism is progressive and responsible for the overwhelming majority of our rights, protections, and successes.
A reminder that economics is not directly tied to political ideologies.
Fuck Ayn Rand and her white boy fandom.
It’s the tech bros answer to the climate catastrophe, a form of “natural” selection. They can say Trump supporters voted for their own erasure. What can the rest of us do? Our money is all being stolen
99% aren’t going to go out and shoot somebody.
Whereas a good 75% are going to grow up, go out & try to strip mine/ dominate the world—complaining, bitching and moaning about “takers.“
It’s a trick to get us to look away, to assume it’ll be fine. We have to cultivate a sense of interdependence, of widespread care and empathy.
It keeps us from fully grasping what people need and the help they deserve.
We either come together and move forward or we die alone. That’s the crux of the matter.
Grow up and discover empathy and perspective.
Do better. Your sense of glib self-satisfaction will ensure authoritarian victory.
Shit. Thought we were beyond this.
~ Ronald Reagan
“Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” ~ Ronald Reagan
If autistic people ruled the world there wouldn’t even be a discussion about kindness.
Media: "look how brave these resistors in Ukraine are"
Also the media: "sending Ukraine funds would be woke DEI impractical nonsense"