When you look up neoliberalism on Wikipedia, it talks about Reagan, Thatcher, and Pinochet who are conservatives. But /r/neoliberal and Biden are neoliberals who are proud liberals

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  • Knoll [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Is there a substantial difference between Reagan/Thatcher and Biden?

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Biden is a war hawk. Thatcher was to his left in global geopolitics, focusing the first tests of neoliberalism inwards and having very little interest in the current outward focus of neoliberals.

      Would Biden give HK back to China? Would he fuck.

      He is 100% to the right of Thatcher.

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          43 minutes later and I have only just realised you were making a sex joke.

      • glk [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Thatcher allowed occupants to buy the housing stock she privatised I can't see any contemporary leader in the west do that

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The former is actively stripping the wire out of public institutions, while the latter might occasionally stumble into something not awful.

      • threshold [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        yeah sorry, i'm all for Biden bashing, but he is not Thatcher/Reagan domestically. However, Awoo correctly commented on his foreign policies which by virtue of being the leader of America makes him a noble peace prize winner (derogatory)