luka

Well-known member
tbf its almost impossible to get out of liberal thinking. eg its impossible to not beleive in the sacred soverign individual becasue the all important individual is ME
 

craner

Beast of Burden
There have been a few recent examples where junking the individual has not worked out very well. That gave liberalism a boost.
 

Clinamenic

Binary & Tweed
What distinguishes a neoliberal from a liberal?
From what I understand, neoliberalism is set of economic opinions that the government should support the economy, whereas liberalism, economically speaking, seems to be associated with a more hands-off approach.

But that liberalism isn't what we usually mean by liberalism. We mean a sort of blend between cultural/social liberalism that is expressed through policy, framable as either welfare mentality or as plain sympathy, depending on where you stand.

But yeah neoliberalism tends to entail a "state better not touch my wealth" stance, once you boil away the academia. As @suspended said, they aren't leftists.

That said, I see great promise in the theory as I understand it. I just think the state should also incentivize the 1% to invest in the 99%.

edit: I would presently describe myself as liberal culturally and neoliberal economically, with some working caveats naturally.
 
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Clinamenic

Binary & Tweed
Is it specific to liberals or is it just people in general and liberalism happens to be the dominant ideology?
Really I just thought it was a funny comment. I don't see why it couldn't be said about other ideologies, apart from some conservative parties that advocate small governments and therefore would dread a global government, in principle.
 
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