I'm convinced many of the people on that sub are just completely politically illiterate. Like, grown up with the idea that the two political options are conservative and liberal, and neo-liberal means 'new liberal' so they'll identify themselves as that without having the slightest incling of what entails (other than muh free market)
Rabid, obsessive hatred of the online left (this is the big one)
Extreme partisan loyalty to the Democratic Party
Being in favor of every vague "good thing" if asked despite if that actually agrees with neoliberal ideology or not
Most are very confused New Dealers who equate support for the Democrats with being a good and informed person and stumbled across what is essentially the official Democratic Party sub, so they're like "oh well I must be a neoliberal, I support these good things too"
Rhetorically that is a widely-supported position on that sub. Actually ideologically coherent/conscious neoliberals tend to get downvoted when they weigh in with ideologically consistent talking points
Its pretty typical Democratic Party doublespeak though. The typical user on that sub will agree with both the statements "A healthy liberal society requires robust social safety nets" and "a healthy liberal society requires free markets and a balanced budget" and will not see a contradiction.
I'm convinced many of the people on that sub are just completely politically illiterate. Like, grown up with the idea that the two political options are conservative and liberal, and neo-liberal means 'new liberal' so they'll identify themselves as that without having the slightest incling of what entails (other than muh free market)
They're united by three general tendencies:
Most are very confused New Dealers who equate support for the Democrats with being a good and informed person and stumbled across what is essentially the official Democratic Party sub, so they're like "oh well I must be a neoliberal, I support these good things too"
I've definitely seen them claim that strong social safety nets/robust welfare states are neoliberal.
Rhetorically that is a widely-supported position on that sub. Actually ideologically coherent/conscious neoliberals tend to get downvoted when they weigh in with ideologically consistent talking points
Its pretty typical Democratic Party doublespeak though. The typical user on that sub will agree with both the statements "A healthy liberal society requires robust social safety nets" and "a healthy liberal society requires free markets and a balanced budget" and will not see a contradiction.
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