• AnBee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Well said. Now instead of authoritarian neoliberalism they may get progressive neoliberalism for example. Just a different form of suffering. It solved a little.

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      3 days ago

      Authoritarian is a nothing word describing every state and almost every organisation.

      Neoliberalism is impossible without the enforcement of the state, thus there is no variant of neoliberalism that is not authoritarian.

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        Yes. It merely emphasizes that in a progressive vs “authoritarian” the state shifts to more executive power and kills off minority rights and such. Both are authoritarian by nature. Should find a different phrase maybe.

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          Consider the term “pinkwashing”, since a “progressive” neoliberal is just as willing to target minorities, if it is politically or economically expedient