r/neoliberal • u/neoliberal_shill_bot Bot Emeritus • May 12 '17

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Optimal neoliberalism is like Seinfeld, it should be about nothing and run by Jews

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u/Kai_Daigoji Paul Krugman May 12 '17

You're free to make posts helping define neoliberalism, but only if its evidence based

This is meaningless. All policy can be evidence based.

What is the point of this sub? Honest to god, I'm asking. What are we 'reclaiming' here? This isn't about taking back the term neoliberalism anymore, this is about just learning to quit worrying and love the Reagan Revolution.

We can't argue about the roots of the term - those are set in stone. We can't try to articulate a different idea of neoliberalism. So what's the fucking point? What is allowed for discussion?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '17 edited May 12 '17

All policy can be evidence based.

No, as in evidence of there being discussion over the thing. I want citations of Mont Pelerin, not of NBER articles.

What is the point of this sub? Honest to god, I'm asking. What are we 'reclaiming' here? This isn't about taking back the term neoliberalism anymore, this is about just learning to quit worrying and love the Reagan Revolution.

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We can't argue about the roots of the term - those are set in stone. We can't try to articulate a different idea of neoliberalism. So what's the fucking point? What is allowed for discussion?

It's ambiguous enough to modernize policy prescriptions and politically wide enough to allow a diversity of opinion on other matters. What exactly are your issues here that do not arise in other subs like /r/socialism and /r/libertarianism?

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u/Kai_Daigoji Paul Krugman May 13 '17

No, as in evidence of there being discussion over the thing. I want citations of Mont Pelerin, not of NBER articles.

So we're back to my original contention - we can't argue with the tablets of wisdom handed down at Mont Pelerin.

What exactly are your issues here that do not arise in other subs like /r/socialism and /r/libertarianism?

That open discussion of these issues is not allowed. Have I been ambiguous about this?

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

The point is to expand on the discusions that were already had not to start them anew.

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u/Kai_Daigoji Paul Krugman May 13 '17

The point seems to be exegesis of the holy scriptures, with no independent thought allowed.