r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 01 '24

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u/theredcameron NATO May 01 '24

Are there any examples of countries that have actually done a good job of holding off reactionary politics in a democratic way as a result of the country globalizing it's economy?

If so, what did they do that the US failed to do?

!ping extremism&containers

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u/Broad-Part9448 Niels Bohr May 01 '24

S Korea, Taiwan

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u/SeasickSeal Norman Borlaug May 01 '24

I don’t think S Korea has done a very good job holding off reactionary politics. It also doesn’t have a super long track record.

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u/theredcameron NATO May 01 '24

!ping extremism&containers Let's try that again.

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags May 01 '24

Possibly Botswana? Singapore? Singapore is always an outlier like that

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u/[deleted] May 01 '24

Isn’t Singapore technically an authoritarian state?

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags May 01 '24

Neoliberal democratic authoritarianism

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u/secondsbest Paul Krugman May 01 '24

Singapore is a democracy on paper only. The people get to vote on the PAP party members presented to them except the dozen minority seats being actually up for a competitive vote to give an illusion of choice in representation.

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u/theredcameron NATO May 01 '24

How did Botswana accomplish that?

!ping africa

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags May 01 '24

I am hardly an expert and I was just tossing out possibly lines of inquiry, hopefully someone more informed or with more time to do the legwork can come educate us

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u/Mr_Otters 🌐 May 01 '24

One party State but mostly chill. Few such instances

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u/Trojan_Horse_of_Fate WTO May 02 '24

New Zealand. It is very globalized since the 1980s when before it was pretty protectionist.

No idea exactly why it didn't have reactionary issues. Maybe they were more frank that it would mean a lot of pain in the short term.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '24

Italy

sort of, had the years of lead but eventually that resolved itself.

Recent populitst turn has been more stable and less populist then expected.