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In reply to the discussion: Why have Democrats embraced neoliberalism, anyway? [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)38. Great article.
I'll post an excerpt, the bolding mine:
They will blame James Comey and the FBI. They will blame voter suppression and racism. They will blame Bernie or bust and misogyny. They will blame third parties and independent candidates. They will blame the corporate media for giving him the platform, social media for being a bullhorn, and WikiLeaks for airing the laundry.
We've certainly seen all of this; some of the blame started before election day, and it certainly began blanketing the nation in an attempt to deflect blame away from the neo liberal establishment the morning after.
But this leaves out the force most responsible for creating the nightmare in which we now find ourselves wide awake: neoliberalism. That worldview fully embodied by Hillary Clinton and her machine is no match for Trump-style extremism. The decision to run one against the other is what sealed our fate. If we learn nothing else, can we please learn from that mistake?
Here is what we need to understand: a hell of a lot of people are in pain. Under neoliberal policies of deregulation, privatisation, austerity and corporate trade, their living standards have declined precipitously. They have lost jobs. They have lost pensions. They have lost much of the safety net that used to make these losses less frightening. They see a future for their kids even worse than their precarious present.
Here is what we need to understand: a hell of a lot of people are in pain. Under neoliberal policies of deregulation, privatisation, austerity and corporate trade, their living standards have declined precipitously. They have lost jobs. They have lost pensions. They have lost much of the safety net that used to make these losses less frightening. They see a future for their kids even worse than their precarious present.
The solution? In my view, the solution is to dump neo-liberalism and embrace the democratic socialism that the nation craves.
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If Trump and his Russian masters hadn't stolen the election, Hillary Clinton would be president now.
50 Shades Of Blue
May 2017
#1
The headline wrongly attributes the loss to anything but the "cultural anxiety" the GOP and Trump
bettyellen
May 2017
#6
Trump ran on privatization, deregulation and that's exactly what he's doing.
emulatorloo
May 2017
#8
Yes. Better question is why binary-thinking folk call everyone they disagree with a 'neoliberal'
emulatorloo
May 2017
#5
THAT Hillary was there all along. Now that she's not ambitious it scares you less and you're more
bettyellen
May 2017
#26
"What do Dems stand for, really?" That is bullshit. Maybe Klein should pull her head out of her
still_one
May 2017
#33
Chump is governing as a neo-liberal and the Deplorables still adore him !!!
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2017
#9
and the Hillary hater's like Kline and Greenwald, continue to spew falsehoods and distortions about
still_one
May 2017
#34
What a joke. This is an insanely stupid gibberish. In the meantime, we are stuck
R B Garr
May 2017
#12
And those like Klein who do all they can to assist the Repubs in dividing & destroying the Dems
mhw
May 2017
#36
Some Dems choose not to counter the rigged economy once they get into office.
OrwellwasRight
May 2017
#61
She is a Canadian you know...and people on this board do not disparge Dems...
Demsrule86
May 2017
#46
This is a very old article ....why would you post this...and Democrats do not embrace neoliberalism
Demsrule86
May 2017
#44
Doesn't mean that it hasn't been practiced faithfully in the U.S. and elsewhere.
nbsmom
May 2017
#57
I dunno, why do liberal extremist opinion writers make up bullshit about "neoliberalism"?
Foamfollower
May 2017
#74