• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    So you were asking just about the economic policy when I was talking about neoliberal politicians?

    Sounds like you just got confused bro

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      6 months ago

      No, you’re confused, bro. ‘Liberal’ is both a political identifier people use for themselves and others, and a series of policies and political ideals. Neoliberalism is a series of economic policies practiced by conservatives, regardless of the (D) or ® next to their names. If we were going to describe someone as a neoliberal, which people generally do not, the person being described would be almost the exact opposite of someone who would be described as liberal. The thing you said about being fiscally one way and socially another isn’t the definition of neoliberalism, that’s just an old line people say when they’re ashamed of being conservative and don’t want to come off dumb.

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        6 months ago

        Neoliberalism

        Yeah. But we were talking about neoliberals…

        Specifically modern day American ones…

        Like, when someone mentions Democrats, do you go on a rant about what democracy is?

        When we talk about republicans, do you talk about republics?

        If someone mentions a green party candidate, do you tell them it’s just blue and yello mixed together?

        they’re ashamed of being conservative and don’t want to come off dumb.

        Yeah, neoliberals say it all the time. Not in the exact words, but that’s their stance. It’s what I said in the beginning…