04-21-2020, 03:22 PM
(04-21-2020, 09:57 AM)David Horn Wrote:(04-21-2020, 01:05 AM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote:(04-19-2020, 03:46 AM)Blazkovitz Wrote:(04-18-2020, 10:53 AM)Ghost Wrote: I think the most likely scenario is that both the nationalists/populists and fringe left will be called out by "normies".
Who are the normies? Neoliberals?
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Normie
Neoliberal [ism] - An ideology that adheres to the liberalized flows of labor/capital/raw materials across nations states so as to achieve the maximization of profits. It's "success" is measured by this thing called "GDP". GDP = gross domestic product. The stuff it measures is stupid since MIC spending is a plus sign while a bunch of externialities like pollution never, never get a minus sign. Reagan,Thatcher,Blair,Bill Clinton, the EU, US "establishment", are all evil, nice festering fomites of this mind virus.
I agree with Rags: the neoliberal philosophy is now totally, as compared to partially, rancid. None of the neoliberal concepts were promulgated for the betterment of anyone other than those actually pitching the ideas. That they have had the economic clout and the balls-on patience to push them regardless of the situation speaks highly of their perspicacity, and badly about their humanity. Now those ideas are asked to solve problems they actually caused, and the chickens are flying home in droves.
Absolutely. They win largely because they are such good deceivers and communicators, starting with the great communicator. They tell us they are giving us "freedom." "Government is the problem." That's a good one; who likes "the govamint?" They tell us that the 1980s was a boom time, and that greed is good. But it was only good for those pitching the boom. They falsely call themselves populists now, and stoke the racism and xenophobia that underlie much of the neo-liberal line: "don't give my tax money to freeloaders," and you know whom they mean. Taxed Enough Already, they cry. Now they are protesting because they have to work a little bit and take some responsibility to keep others and themselves safe. Poor gun toters; they can't go out and go party. So they go to their new TEA Party and make themselves and others sick.