Reviewing neoliberalism, part 2

[@FirstmaninRome]

BRILLIANT ANNA! You're my hero in the brave New World neoliberal distopia! ❤

[@chrstopherblighton-sande2981]

One of the sad things about contemporary politics (apart from the hollowing out of the left and its replacement with endless & extremely bourgeois identity politics and the politics of spectacle) is the rise of right wing populists, most clearly expressed in people like Trump, who are feeding off the discontent that decades of neoliberal policies (on the right & left) have given rise to, by pretending to be on the side of the ordinary man and woman, whilst actually being some of the most neoliberal ideologues out there, with their intense desire to do away with regulations that are the only thing protecting people and the environment from the rapacious greed of corporations and figures such as the odious Elon Musk. And what's worse is that many vulnerable people are being enticed by that pantomime and are voting for politicians and policies that will actually harm them.

[@justinhambidge8811]

Really good book review and subject! This is such an amazing subject, one that can be discussed in such detail. Following the societal norms, living in a country where your success is judged upon what car you drive and your post code. What is perceived as being rich is having expensive possessions. I have worked on a billionaires house which is worth about £60 million in London, is that person perceived as rich and all other in society poor? I sponsor a child in Ethiopia through schooling and she writes to us. She may live in a mud hut but is rich having loving family and has much happiness in life. I follow a KZbinr that lives on a canal boat, deciding not to follow all of society and her wellbeing, family and happiness make her rich. Japanese way of life also has its positive ways, car isn’t important, any job is to be proud of, houses are homes and not costly. I would choose to live on the sea.

[@justinhambidge8811]

Do we have to be a cog of capitalism, can’t we decide not to be clones of society? I think that’s where individuals are now considering living in a country where they prefer their way of life and the societal norms. Whether it’s New Zealand, Japan, Holland etc.

[@GiggleBlizzard]

@@justinhambidge8811 The unfortunate reality is that yes we do have to be cogs in the machine of Capitalism. Ever since Noeliberalism arose and the left died with the Soviet Union (Mind you, the Soviet Union sucked and it was a terrible tragedy what Marxism on the world-stage became in 1917) there is no escape from Capitalism. Even if some people can just save up a bunch of money and go off somewhere to live modestly, that's a luxury that the vast majority of people do not have access to and never will in their life. They are stuck working themselves to death, and currently a lot of us can't even afford to start families.