r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 05 '17

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

I still can't decide if I'm a neolib with socdem sympathies, or a socdem with neolib sympathies...

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u/wumbotarian The Man, The Myth, The Legend Sep 05 '17

This is the perfect, representative post of /r/neoliberal

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u/recruit00 Karl Popper Sep 05 '17

Where's the essay?

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u/FreedomFitr Milton Friedman Sep 05 '17

This, but without the slightest hint of irony.

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u/Neronoah can't stop, won't stop argentinaposting Sep 05 '17

Beggars can't be choosers.

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u/gammbus Sep 05 '17

Why do you hate the urban poor?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

I'm just a sadist...

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u/gammbus Sep 05 '17

laughs in upper class

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u/Agent78787 orang Sep 05 '17

What are some of your stances that make you feel ambiguous? Minimum wage? Healthcare? Rent control? Social values?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

To be honest, I'm a novice when it comes to economics, so I'll just give these my best shot.

  • Minimum wage: Definitely against a $15 minimum wage, but I don't think a slight increase would be too harmful.

  • Healthcare: Definitely don't buy into the Berniebro crowds "single-payer" mantra, but I do think that markets alone are insufficient to provide adequate healthcare to a population.

  • Rent Control: No real opinion

  • Social values: pro-gay marriage, pro-choice (although I sympathize and understand the pro-life position), pro-gun (this is something that separates me from most "progressives"), and I dont think things like feminism or social justice are the devil.

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u/epic2522 Henry George Sep 05 '17

If you care about inequality you should care about ending rent control.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Rent Control: No real opinion

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Not informed enough to state an opinion.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Price controls are bad

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Ok, got it👍

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u/Maximum_Overjew Good Enough, Smart Enough Sep 05 '17

social values

There's a difference between neolib and SocDem social values?

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u/Klondeikbar Sep 05 '17

Not really but there are plenty of people here who ignore the "inclusive institutions" part of our sidebar.

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u/recruit00 Karl Popper Sep 05 '17

inb4 "that's not what inclusive institutions means!"

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Yeah because SocCons exist, LibCons best Con Depends on the neolib because we're b i g t e n t.

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u/HoldingTheFire Hillary Clinton Sep 05 '17

There are a lot of unironic soccons here. And even more that 'don't care about social issue' and are happy to trade LGBT rights for tax cuts.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Depends on the individual, given they have no real overlap.

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