I can imagine someone first encountering politics, realizing the world is way too complicated for one person to fully understand or solve, and immediately wishing for a class of experts to tell them what the right thing to do is without requiring them to get multiple degrees. I don't get how that motivation can translate into long term political commitment though. It seems like an ideological position ripe for disillusionment.
This is exactly what neoliberalism depends on. Means testing, opaque language, complicated laws, programs, and deals, expansion of lawyer-written policy -- its all meant to discourage people from attempting to understand what's going on by making politics and legislation seem complex.
yep. it's pretty much forcing people to take the grill pill because everything is so complicated and the average person has no political power or leverage. part of the reason that people are reluctant on decreasing work hours is because that would make it easier for workers to get political and organized.
Here's a good video about the Nixon tapes and his dealings with Kissinger. But its just generally all the tapes is them making policies to fuck things up and lie about it. Its why they called him Tricky Dick. https://youtu.be/rFZkm3jjMkc
I can imagine someone first encountering politics, realizing the world is way too complicated for one person to fully understand or solve, and immediately wishing for a class of experts to tell them what the right thing to do is without requiring them to get multiple degrees. I don't get how that motivation can translate into long term political commitment though. It seems like an ideological position ripe for disillusionment.
This is exactly what neoliberalism depends on. Means testing, opaque language, complicated laws, programs, and deals, expansion of lawyer-written policy -- its all meant to discourage people from attempting to understand what's going on by making politics and legislation seem complex.
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yep. it's pretty much forcing people to take the grill pill because everything is so complicated and the average person has no political power or leverage. part of the reason that people are reluctant on decreasing work hours is because that would make it easier for workers to get political and organized.
Well when you consider Nixon ghouls are on tape admitting thats exactly what they're doing...
I actually didn't know that, can you point me towards more info?
Here's a good video about the Nixon tapes and his dealings with Kissinger. But its just generally all the tapes is them making policies to fuck things up and lie about it. Its why they called him Tricky Dick. https://youtu.be/rFZkm3jjMkc