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In reply to the discussion: The real truth is that people across the planet are fed up of [View all]alarimer
(17,146 posts)And various members of his administration. Probably also Hillary, since she has said she would put him in charge (?) of the economy. I don't know to what that would look like. Advisory only, hopefully. But her supporters here and elsewhere deny that neoliberalism is a problem. Either they don't care about the issues (possibly, but unlikely) or it's a team thing. I think this is why Bernie was so threatening to them.
Certainly most mainstream Democrats subscribe now to various aspects of neoliberalism. And this is a problem because it leaves out the people who are most at risk, the poor and working classes. The middle class, not so much. But they are still plenty of issues there, like stagnating wages, out of control housing costs, etc. The Democrats seem to want to nibble around the edges of these issues, rather than tackling them head on.