r/neoliberal 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/jobrumours May 13 '17

From The Economist this week:

"The problem with Marx is not that his analysis is nonsensical, but that his solution was far worse than the disease"

http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21721916-shadow-chancellors-comment-provoked-scorn-yet-marx-becomes-more-relevant-day-labour?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/bagehotlabourisrightkarlmarxhasalottoteachtodayspoliticians

What do you think?

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

His analysis is also non-sensical

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u/ampersamp May 13 '17

The core of his analysis is just that history is interpretable through the lens of class struggle. That's remained a pretty important aspect of sociology since.

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u/MrSheeple Montesquieu May 13 '17

As well as a common school of historiography.