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merrily

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1. Lots of food for thought.

Reply to newthinking (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 01:50 PM

Dec 2015

Neo conservatives are a lot more like conservatives than neo liberals are like liberals. In fact, neo liberals are more like conservatives than they are like liberals.

The welfare state began collapsing in 1965? Who knew? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Society

"Free market" or corporate welfare?

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American Nightmare: the Depravity of Neoliberalism [View all] newthinking Dec 2015 OP

Lots of food for thought. merrily Dec 2015 #1

I consider NeoLibs the fredamae Dec 2015 #4

Or the moderates of the Republican Party. merrily Dec 2015 #6

Good points n/t fredamae Dec 2015 #11

Third-Way/DLC types. TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #20

Ditto. n/t Hepburn Dec 2015 #32

All conservatives and neocons are neoliberals. eomer Dec 2015 #29

Great post. Let's get this to the Greatest page. hedda_foil Dec 2015 #2

Bookmarked for later reading, looks fascinating and enlightening. /nt Dragonfli Dec 2015 #3

This is so important to read that I HAVE to post this excerpt. hedda_foil Dec 2015 #5

.....! Definitely good to have this snip.. KoKo Dec 2015 #7

Canada voted for change over the status quo... tecelote Dec 2015 #9

What you said. SoapBox Dec 2015 #12

A right leaning Democrat isn't going to change ANYTHING for the better. Their purpose is to subvert Vincardog Dec 2015 #14

Ah yes, you have discovered my nefarious plans! ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2015 #16

Don't you love it when they say... tecelote Dec 2015 #24

EGGGG ZZZZactly Vincardog Dec 2015 #26

+ 1 K&R#60 Their "reality" comes from MK ULTRA/MK SEARCH imo. A Bill of Rights Day kick for DU n/t bobthedrummer Dec 2015 #33

When I got to that part, I just kept thinking about the TPP Samantha Dec 2015 #13

Pssst. Hey! yallerdawg Dec 2015 #25

Looks like a must-read. navarth Dec 2015 #27

Good Catch 1norcal Dec 2015 #8

Perhaps even more important than The Shock Doctrine because it also includes fundamentalist Xtianity hedda_foil Dec 2015 #15

Thanks for posting this! haikugal Dec 2015 #10

Apparently 'neoliberalism' is a dogwhistle applied to 'some' Democrats today? yallerdawg Dec 2015 #17

Way to try and take the heat off Hillary. Phlem Dec 2015 #18

K & R ! TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #19

K&R!!!! Phlem Dec 2015 #21

Kick! Because everybody needs to rec and kick and READ THIS article! hedda_foil Dec 2015 #22

Good post! Rebkeh Dec 2015 #23

Kick .. This needs more recs hedda_foil Dec 2015 #28

All Enabled By The Oblivious colsohlibgal Dec 2015 #30

Thank you. Rec. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #31

Neoliberalism is psycotic DaveT Dec 2015 #34