Neoliberalism Is Destroying Our Lives and Many of Us Don’t Even Know What It Is

[Hortensis]

42. Nonsense. Neoliberalism is the ideology, such as

it is, that evolved/is reflected in modern conservatism, as opposed to medieval, old-world conservatism. I say that loosely because, amazingly, until the 1950s or so conservatism was merely a conviction in the belly, without an intellectual basis. To this day, a good definition has never been established; and in today's debased right-wing state, conservatism is defined by most conservatives as a belly-based opposition to liberalism.

(Liberalism, of course, dates back to the Enlightenment, and our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are based on its long established and profoundly developed ideology.)

In any case, the term "neoliberalism" is being used to trick people who haven't familiarized themselves with arcane terms. You can see how a term with "liberal" in it that is about conservatives could be very useful if dusted off and served up to those eager to bite.