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@wiseguyeddie

There are full-MAGA R’s and mostly-MAGA R’s.

Sincerely,
The Abominable Snowsandwich

@BigMcLargeHuge @wiseguyeddie

Sure, but some are somehow worse than others.

@BigMcLargeHuge @wiseguyeddie

Sure, but if McCarthy had any sense of self-preservation, he’d have compromised with the D’s and kept his position.

@freemo @SrRochardBunson

This is libertarian nonsense. The stability and core services that the government produces is what makes any of this possible.

@dibi58 @tom4okstate @JRBuckley

There are plenty of good people who happen to be Christian. To say otherwise is bigoted nonsense.

@JRBuckley @dibi58 @tom4okstate

I don’t see how this applies.

There are good people who are Christians and there are bad people who are Christians.

Both of these are real Christians, so Christianity does not make someone good or bad.

@Empiricism_Reloaded

Look, the term has at least two meanings that are wildly contradictory. Reagan and Clinton had opposite policies when it came to economics.

So you can't use it for criticism unless you pick one of those meanings.

If you don't, then you wind up equating opposites. Make up your mind.

@freemo @Empiricism_Reloaded

Well, I have no idea what they're trying to say.

@Empiricism_Reloaded

What is neoliberalism?

@Empiricism_Reloaded

That article describes two distinct definitions and explicitly contrasts them.

"Unrelated to the economic philosophy described in this article, the term "neoliberalism" is also used to describe a center-left political movement from modern American liberalism in the 1970s."

The actual meaning refers to "the economic policies introduced by Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom and Ronald Reagan in the United States".

The unrelated meaning, used by conservative David Brooks to attack liberals, applies to " Al Gore and Bill Clinton of the Democratic Party of the United States". At this point, this slur is favored by the far left, as part of their program of both-siderism.

That's why I have to ask you what you mean by neoliberalism: Reagan or Clinton?

@freemo @Empiricism_Reloaded

No. In America, at least, the liberalism of the 19th century had already been relegated to "classical" liberalism. Liberalism refers to FDR's modern liberalism (aka social liberalism or social justice liberalism).

Neo-liberalism is a confusing term with at least two meanings, neither of which really match classical liberalism. Reaganism comes closer, whereas Clintonism is unrelated.

@freemo @Empiricism_Reloaded

It's not broad, it's self-contradictory.

@aral

I took your post as a sign that you’re a far-left socialist populist. Apparently, I was right. Here’s a fine example of you blaming “capitalism” for the weather.

https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/110452253742114177

@aral

What actually happened in America is not a “neoliberal” getting elected, but a Black man.

A Black man in the White House was all it took to fan the spark of fascism that was always there in Movement Conservatism, first as the Tea Partiers and then through Trump’s birtherist origins.

Obama was a liberal, not a neoliberal. The word actually has a meaning: Reagan was a neoliberal (as was Thatcher).

These days, though, the term has been turned into a content-free slur by the same far left that undermined the left and allowed the far right to gain power.

And Trump was by no means a religious fundamentalist, although he certainly had the support of the Christofascists. That’s because they’re a type of fascist more than they are a type of Christian.

So, on the whole, you’re almost completely wrong.

#uspol #politics