Yeah, I agree. Well that's not exactly encouraging me to read on. EDIT: Should've trusted my gut, that didn't really contain anything of note. At least I don't think so. OP, what makes this...
Yeah, I agree.
My position is clear and you likely already get the gist of what I want to say. I have nothing positive to add to the discussion about neoliberalism, and to be perfectly honest, I’m quite sick of having to think about it. I’ve simply had enough.
Well that's not exactly encouraging me to read on.
EDIT: Should've trusted my gut, that didn't really contain anything of note. At least I don't think so. OP, what makes this worthwhile for you?
What makes it worthwhile to me is that I share the sentiment. Neoliberal policies have led to increased inequality, decaying public systems, and the demise of trade unions. Do I have a solution?...
What makes it worthwhile to me is that I share the sentiment. Neoliberal policies have led to increased inequality, decaying public systems, and the demise of trade unions. Do I have a solution? No, not really. I'm not well spoken or educated enough to really even propose any other way, but I don't think I'm alone in thinking that the best way forward for people is not taking away rights and power from people and further dividing them for the sake of some rich guys high score.
The paper itself doesn't really have any substance other than the title, which is just to get a rise out of people. I posted it because it's an academic paper with a title that made me chuckle, and I figured it'd start some sort of discussion, which it has.
Yeah this is a trash.. opinion piece? Anarchy won't solve anything. If Anarchy ran amok we wouldn't have digital communication as we do now.. you think access to healthcare and medicine is bad NOW...
Yeah this is a trash.. opinion piece?
Anarchy won't solve anything. If Anarchy ran amok we wouldn't have digital communication as we do now.. you think access to healthcare and medicine is bad NOW in the United States and other nations? Well, it just got worse due to Anarchism! Vigilante justice would become the de facto way of handling of.. everything!
Not trying to start a fight, just want to make it clear that by saying I don't get anything worthwhile from this article, I'm not trying to talk down to anarchists or say anything bad about...
Not trying to start a fight, just want to make it clear that by saying I don't get anything worthwhile from this article, I'm not trying to talk down to anarchists or say anything bad about anarchism. I'm quite sympathetic to them and I think they've historically been a positive force in the world.
I just mean that this, by its own admission, offers little in the way of critique of neoliberalism, ideas for how to combat it, or any content at all. I will agree and shout "FUCK NEOLIBERALISM" along with the author here, but I don't think the expanded article is at all substantial.
The problem with that statement is that the US's corporatocracy is the end result of Capitalism. The USA used to have plenty of socialist public services. Over the course of the last 40 years or...
The US’s fucked‐up corporatocracy is not the same thing as well‐regulated capitalism with socialist public services
The problem with that statement is that the US's corporatocracy is the end result of Capitalism. The USA used to have plenty of socialist public services. Over the course of the last 40 years or so many of them have been weakened, privatized, deregulated, and dismantled in favor of generating more corporate profits. So long as Capitalism is upheld as an infallible basis for an economic system, other countries will experience the same thing that is happening in the USA. Just look at the UK with the continual attempts to weaken the NHS for example.
I'll elaborate on my statement further then: The reason that corporatocracy is the end result of capitalism, is because so long as profit is the primary motivator, companies (and subsequently the...
I'll elaborate on my statement further then: The reason that corporatocracy is the end result of capitalism, is because so long as profit is the primary motivator, companies (and subsequently the owners) will ultimately strive to ignore/undermine/repeal any restriction that impedes the pursuit of more profit.
The nordic model works, for now. Just as the USA model worked pretty well from say the end of WWII to sometime in the 1970s, during which the social safety net was strong and unions had power. It only took a few decades of work by the powers that be to unravel much of that progress for the average worker.
And mark my words, unless the social democracies manage to transition away from capitalism to a moneyless society, it will happen there as well. Corruption may be at an all-time low in the nordic countries now, but it only takes 1 corrupt person with power to begin unravelling the net.
Yeah, I agree.
Well that's not exactly encouraging me to read on.
EDIT: Should've trusted my gut, that didn't really contain anything of note. At least I don't think so. OP, what makes this worthwhile for you?
What makes it worthwhile to me is that I share the sentiment. Neoliberal policies have led to increased inequality, decaying public systems, and the demise of trade unions. Do I have a solution? No, not really. I'm not well spoken or educated enough to really even propose any other way, but I don't think I'm alone in thinking that the best way forward for people is not taking away rights and power from people and further dividing them for the sake of some rich guys high score.
The paper itself doesn't really have any substance other than the title, which is just to get a rise out of people. I posted it because it's an academic paper with a title that made me chuckle, and I figured it'd start some sort of discussion, which it has.
edit: a word
Yeah this is a trash.. opinion piece?
Anarchy won't solve anything. If Anarchy ran amok we wouldn't have digital communication as we do now.. you think access to healthcare and medicine is bad NOW in the United States and other nations? Well, it just got worse due to Anarchism! Vigilante justice would become the de facto way of handling of.. everything!
Not trying to start a fight, just want to make it clear that by saying I don't get anything worthwhile from this article, I'm not trying to talk down to anarchists or say anything bad about anarchism. I'm quite sympathetic to them and I think they've historically been a positive force in the world.
I just mean that this, by its own admission, offers little in the way of critique of neoliberalism, ideas for how to combat it, or any content at all. I will agree and shout "FUCK NEOLIBERALISM" along with the author here, but I don't think the expanded article is at all substantial.
The problem with that statement is that the US's corporatocracy is the end result of Capitalism. The USA used to have plenty of socialist public services. Over the course of the last 40 years or so many of them have been weakened, privatized, deregulated, and dismantled in favor of generating more corporate profits. So long as Capitalism is upheld as an infallible basis for an economic system, other countries will experience the same thing that is happening in the USA. Just look at the UK with the continual attempts to weaken the NHS for example.
I'll elaborate on my statement further then: The reason that corporatocracy is the end result of capitalism, is because so long as profit is the primary motivator, companies (and subsequently the owners) will ultimately strive to ignore/undermine/repeal any restriction that impedes the pursuit of more profit.
The nordic model works, for now. Just as the USA model worked pretty well from say the end of WWII to sometime in the 1970s, during which the social safety net was strong and unions had power. It only took a few decades of work by the powers that be to unravel much of that progress for the average worker.
And mark my words, unless the social democracies manage to transition away from capitalism to a moneyless society, it will happen there as well. Corruption may be at an all-time low in the nordic countries now, but it only takes 1 corrupt person with power to begin unravelling the net.
A classic.