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applegrove

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4. Then what George W. Bush practiced when he went into Iraq and thought he would free up capital and

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 10:19 PM

Jun 2016

create a boomtown with Walmarts everywhere was neoliberalism, as well as neoconservatism. The point being liberals want trade and reasonable regulation. Neoliberals do not want reasonable regulation. They want to privatize everything and unleash captial with no regulations. It causes massive inequality and huge busts which is leading to instability around the west the same way dictatorships are unstable. People have to have an iron in the fire to keep voting for trade and to be open. If there are winners and losers in trade, and there are, then there must be legislation that helps those that lose out like: good union legislation, reasonable taxes paid by the 'winners', and on and on. Liberalism is a good thing. Neoliberalism is not.

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A little PSA about the term "Neoliberalism". [View all] Odin2005 Jun 2016 OP

Neo liberalism in the rest of the world is what neocons were to america. PNAC has closed up shop but applegrove Jun 2016 #1

Neoconservativism is different from neoliberalism Scootaloo Jun 2016 #2

Then what George W. Bush practiced when he went into Iraq and thought he would free up capital and applegrove Jun 2016 #4

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #3

HRC does not promote "Trickle Down Economics" nor "Thousand Points of Light" emulatorloo Jun 2016 #6

Your the only one that made that connection FreakinDJ Jun 2016 #7

"Now we know where Hiliary got the term "Rainbows and Unicorns" emulatorloo Jun 2016 #8

FUCK NeoLiberals FreakinDJ Jun 2016 #9

You need to calm down and chill out. KMOD Jul 2016 #12

Actually they did not close up, they reformed under different names newthinking Jun 2016 #10

Know your NeoCons: The Kagans - A Family Business of Perpetual War newthinking Jun 2016 #11

That fucking piece of shit needs to be JEB Jul 2016 #14

I don't much worry about what they are called. I will know them by their works. nt silvershadow Jun 2016 #5

That's great. We're working on keeping the White House KMOD Jul 2016 #13

I don't have a goal. Except to play nice and not get booted here. nt silvershadow Jul 2016 #15

Don't the vibrations of love and respect rejuvenate your spirit? jtuck004 Jul 2016 #17

. KMOD Jul 2016 #19

I think I need some of your stash. LOL silvershadow Jul 2016 #26

If that's your goal, why are you here? KMOD Jul 2016 #18

Um, no. I just came off a two week time out, after which the whole dynamic of DU changed. silvershadow Jul 2016 #25

Yes. I also came off of a very long time out. KMOD Jul 2016 #27

Yes, thank you, I am certainly fully aware of that. Civility does not include stifling silvershadow Jul 2016 #28

Excuse me? KMOD Jul 2016 #29

You saying actions speak louder than words? Rex Jul 2016 #16

The words of some, make me think that their actions also , suck. KMOD Jul 2016 #20

Agree 100%. Rex Jul 2016 #21

I quite aware of where you stand, Rex. KMOD Jul 2016 #23

Yep. Rex Jul 2016 #24

lulz Rex Jul 2016 #22

Except "neoliberalism" and "libertarianism" aren't synomyms. Igel Jul 2016 #32

True there are social libertarians and conservative libertarians. Rex Jul 2016 #33

Some people will label anything they don't like as "neoliberalism". baldguy Jul 2016 #30

There are many flavors of that bad habit JHB Jul 2016 #31