Originally posted by Jones
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it doesnt mean "new liberals" or something like that (ie neoconservative or neonazi etc), it refers not to liberal politics but to the idea of Liberalism, the philosophy that was the basis of 17-19th century Europe. Neoliberalism is specific to political thought emerging in the postwar 60's, it's the philosophy that shaped the idea of a "global order" where world wars would never happen again and free trade would enrich everyone, and all problems could be solved by merely tweaking laws and regulations. An example of this type of thinking is when Clinton was all, "America is ALREADY great!" - she genuinely believes our system is already perfect and just needs some slight adjustments and maybe some new leadership. "America is already great" is a neoliberal-as-hell type thing to say
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