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11 sats \ 7 replies \ @SimpleStacker 18 Mar \ on: America Needs Better Donkeys (Financial Times, Rana Foroohar) Politics_And_Law
I actually think the root of leftwing dysfunction in America and Western Europe is their inability to acknowledge some basic realities, which can be summarized thusly:
- It is legitimate political discourse for people to care about their cultural heritage and traditions, including things like racial composition, gender norms, religious traditions, and language.
Until the left can acknowledge this reality, they won't be able to have a productive conversation with anyone other than their own echo chamber. And the pressures caused by the above just keep building because there's no resolution... they are so firmly committed to their neoliberal view of the world that reduces everyone to a mere consumer and reduces success to economic growth.
wow, you just equated the left and neoliberal.
Teleport back to my university self and I'm utterly confused. Actually, my present self is utterly confused.
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Well, there's an alliance between the left and the neoliberals isn't there?
And the neoliberals, while not as radical as the left on cultural issues, definitely see the cultural concerns as parochial and beneath them, not fitting for a person of their upbringing and stature. The dysfunction stems from their utter inability to communicate about these issues in a way that makes sense to regular people.
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I wasn't aware neoliberals existed, let alone having an alliance with anyone.
(its a poltergheist term for "anything I dislike")
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Wouldn't the Obama and Hilary Clinton types (WEF Davos peeps) be classified as Neoliberal?
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Absolutely not.
I mean, you can use terms to mean whatever you like, and this quickly gets to the nonsense of using it: It has no meaning.
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