Every time /r/neoliberal comes up I feel obligated to repeat the only three unifying principles of that sub:
Extreme, irrational hostility to the online left above literally everything else
Hyper-partisan loyalty to the Democratic Party
Rhetorical support for every "good thing" regardless of if it's ideologically consistent
You can see these principles in action right now in their top posts. 2/3 are hostile to "populists" and Rose Twitter, all the comments are full of morons who hold contradictory positions and try not to think of themselves as complicit with reigning hegemony.
Yeah its founded by PPI but its been overrun by very confused wannabe New Dealers, as the actual neoliberals themselves constantly complain. But yeah most have brain worms from being embedded in lib ass academic fields and social media addiction.
yeah a lot of them don't understand that neoliberalism = reaganomics/thatchernomics of privatization, deregulation, and austerity. They just take the word at face value "liberalism, but new" (which itself is hilarious given that liberalism as an ideology dates back centuries and is associated closely with european colonialism and the emergence of the nation state out of the feudal paradigm.)
so they think their stale ass succdem politics of "what if we saved capitalism from itself by doing New Deal 2.0" is compatible with the sub's founding ethos of doing Reaganomics with a #BLM bumper sticker. Actually scratch that. They've already peeled off their BLM bumper stickers.
Their version of panicking is complaining about how the online left sabotages the Democrats at every turn and that's why everything is fundamentally broken
I'm serious, they completely lack any sense of self-awareness. Just take this second-highest comment from their current top post:
One of the more deeply depressing things to see is that there really is no momentum whatsoever to fix any of our broken institutions. No fixing UI. No reforms to the FDA. Nothing.
Wow I fucking wonder why, maybe you should find an answer to this question Mr Ben Bernanke flair. You might question your self-identity.
And down the direct replies:
I think the implication is that the lack of intellectually honest competition for Democrats ensures that we don't actually talk about the issues that impact our lives.
Republicans are too busy hammering on culture war issues, which distracts Democrats like a sprinting rabbit distracts a dog. So democratic activists are busy worrying about climate change and abortion rights (which... fair) because Republicans are constantly undermining efforts to combat climate change and sabotaging abortion rights.
It's not that Democrats are blameless. They're distracted.
Honestly I'm sorely tempted to stop procrastinating in making my next account and attempting to dedicate it to just being the token Communist who earnest-posts in /r/neoliberal. It won't change anything, I'd probably get banned in short order, and I'd probably drive myself insane for no reason, but they really don't have any sort of pushback in their ridiculous echo chamber.
The truth is that Tommy is an emotionally stunted veteran with an anger problem and some codependency issues. People who are able to be exceptionally calm during a crisis are able to do so because they’ve had a substantial amount of practice at something that their peers haven’t. Nurses who’d had training from the military were a big asset during the initial Covid response, for example, because they were used to improvising supplied quickly and safely. But in most situations, a cool headed professional is operating alongside a team of other coolheaded professionals.
just reading the comments you can tell there is like no ideological cohesion at all in that sub.
Every time /r/neoliberal comes up I feel obligated to repeat the only three unifying principles of that sub:
You can see these principles in action right now in their top posts. 2/3 are hostile to "populists" and Rose Twitter, all the comments are full of morons who hold contradictory positions and try not to think of themselves as complicit with reigning hegemony.
it's an astroturfed think tank subreddit full of interns and sock puppets :shrug-outta-hecks:
any organic posters have brainworms from browsing the literal think tank too much
Yeah its founded by PPI but its been overrun by very confused wannabe New Dealers, as the actual neoliberals themselves constantly complain. But yeah most have brain worms from being embedded in lib ass academic fields and social media addiction.
yeah a lot of them don't understand that neoliberalism = reaganomics/thatchernomics of privatization, deregulation, and austerity. They just take the word at face value "liberalism, but new" (which itself is hilarious given that liberalism as an ideology dates back centuries and is associated closely with european colonialism and the emergence of the nation state out of the feudal paradigm.)
so they think their stale ass succdem politics of "what if we saved capitalism from itself by doing New Deal 2.0" is compatible with the sub's founding ethos of doing Reaganomics
with a #BLM bumper sticker. Actually scratch that. They've already peeled off their BLM bumper stickers.Finally, common ground between Hexbear and /r/neoliberal.
It’s more about vibes. “We’re the cool heads in a room full of panicking idiots”
Meanwhile, I’m trying to figure out why more people aren’t panicking
Their version of panicking is complaining about how the online left sabotages the Democrats at every turn and that's why everything is fundamentally broken
I'm serious, they completely lack any sense of self-awareness. Just take this second-highest comment from their current top post:
Wow I fucking wonder why, maybe you should find an answer to this question Mr Ben Bernanke flair. You might question your self-identity.
And down the direct replies:
Honestly I'm sorely tempted to stop procrastinating in making my next account and attempting to dedicate it to just being the token Communist who earnest-posts in /r/neoliberal. It won't change anything, I'd probably get banned in short order, and I'd probably drive myself insane for no reason, but they really don't have any sort of pushback in their ridiculous echo chamber.
Uncritical support to LeninsRage is his fight against r/neoliberal hegemony
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The truth is that Tommy is an emotionally stunted veteran with an anger problem and some codependency issues. People who are able to be exceptionally calm during a crisis are able to do so because they’ve had a substantial amount of practice at something that their peers haven’t. Nurses who’d had training from the military were a big asset during the initial Covid response, for example, because they were used to improvising supplied quickly and safely. But in most situations, a cool headed professional is operating alongside a team of other coolheaded professionals.
Tommy’s also got drip tho and Cillian Murphy is 🥵
something in the air or water :shrug-outta-hecks:
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