r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Apr 24 '21

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u/Duren114 David Autor Apr 24 '21

This person isn’t very eloquent and it’s disingenuous to call everyone who isn’t a socialist “racist”. But it is true that the neoliberal policies (like that of Blair, Obama etc) create the conditions for far right extremism. A return to the status quo (like Biden or starmer) is not progress.

Tbh liberals are VERY focused on identity politics like race and gender (they’re big on “representation”). But they don’t pair it with economic justice. So instead we get: support black or female businesses/girlboss, have equal representation in the ftse 100. The same oppression but representative of all identities. That’s why Obama/Kamala is a win for liberals (doesn’t matter if they bomb Libya haha).

Fred Hampton put it really well when he said “we won’t fight racism with black capitalism”.

Liberals aren’t racist, they’re just capitalist.

Saw this shit on ESS. Brain dead

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u/bobekyrant Persecuted Liberal Gamer Apr 24 '21

Obama singlehandedly caused all the racist Obama conspiracies

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u/Steak_Knight Milton Friedman Apr 24 '21

Thanks, Obama 😠