Many of those who supported them a year ago will be wondering where the good times are. Especially with their children and grand children leaving for Oz .
Great piece Ryan, thank you for bringing clarity to the murk. It's a scary world right now but I'm bouyed by this kind of tell-it-like-it-really-is work. Absolutely agree it's crucial we learn and prepare ourselves and our arguments.
Thanks for this important article. It's crucial that we learn to recognize the spin.
"...neoliberalism has shaped a global order in which corporate welfare takes precedence over individual and societal welfare, corporate rights take precedence over human rights, and the market is insulated from democracy by a global organisation of banks, legislative frameworks, and legal tribunals. If democracy threatens the market, the capitalist class retaliates swiftly and ferociously.
There are rumblings abroad, however. Many in the international community are becoming more aware that 50 years of neoliberal hegemony has not ushered in an era of global prosperity, but has rather resulted in the largest upwards transfer of wealth in the history of the world."
Many of those who supported them a year ago will be wondering where the good times are. Especially with their children and grand children leaving for Oz .
Can't eat capital gain
Great piece Ryan, thank you for bringing clarity to the murk. It's a scary world right now but I'm bouyed by this kind of tell-it-like-it-really-is work. Absolutely agree it's crucial we learn and prepare ourselves and our arguments.
Thanks for this important article. It's crucial that we learn to recognize the spin.
"...neoliberalism has shaped a global order in which corporate welfare takes precedence over individual and societal welfare, corporate rights take precedence over human rights, and the market is insulated from democracy by a global organisation of banks, legislative frameworks, and legal tribunals. If democracy threatens the market, the capitalist class retaliates swiftly and ferociously.
There are rumblings abroad, however. Many in the international community are becoming more aware that 50 years of neoliberal hegemony has not ushered in an era of global prosperity, but has rather resulted in the largest upwards transfer of wealth in the history of the world."
Except now we've got the exact same thing though it's called Conservatism or Trumpism. And it's getting even worse.