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31. Corporatist, establishment...there had to be a third way

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Please help me out. The term-du-jour now seems to "neoliberal" [View all] Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 OP

It's become a replacement for the word "establishment" Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2016 #1

Neoliberalism was an anti-mercantilist Hortensis Jun 2016 #61

Asked an OP earlier what he meant by "neoliberal" cuz didn't makes sense George Eliot Jun 2016 #72

Today's neoliberalism equates to EXTREMIST CONSERVATISM Hortensis Jun 2016 #79

she won the primary swhisper1 Jun 2016 #2

What do you mean "catapulted to the fore"? Scootaloo Jun 2016 #3

Nice try Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #6

I'm sorry, what? Scootaloo Jun 2016 #9

Because it is. Hekate Jun 2016 #73

Maybe it's just that some of you are just now noticing other people talking about it? Scootaloo Jun 2016 #76

"Fascist" became old and overused. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #4

^^^YES^^^ Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #13

Corporatist, establishment...there had to be a third way BeyondGeography Jun 2016 #31

Ding ding ding... quickesst Jun 2016 #60

And there it is. auntpurl Jun 2016 #62

It's code for "The Unpure". nt sufrommich Jun 2016 #5

Exactly shenmue Jun 2016 #21

Many people use it as a derogatory diss du jour to describe a pol without knowing what it really brush Jun 2016 #66

Because those ideas have been put into place worldwide, some places more, some places less Warpy Jun 2016 #7

^^^this^^^ eom Purveyor Jun 2016 #28

+1000 OrwellwasRight Jun 2016 #33

And it is clear also who objects to the term. alarimer Jun 2016 #49

Exactly. nt laundry_queen Jun 2016 #57

I've only ever seen it here, and only recently Hekate Jun 2016 #75

the complexity explained a little here... ctaylors6 Jun 2016 #69

Spot on. 840high Jun 2016 #70

It's a way to divide us, which is precisely antithetical to what being progressive is about. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #8

That's not correct. OrwellwasRight Jun 2016 #34

Thank you for the info. I'll read the links. It kind of came up on us libdem4life Jun 2016 #37

The Clinton platform is not, by those words, neoliberal. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #38

Did i say it was? OrwellwasRight Jun 2016 #45

You, no. But many here have. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #50

even a dumb dog will SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #78

Quite. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2016 #46

Good post. nt laundry_queen Jun 2016 #58

Thank you! OrwellwasRight Jun 2016 #68

it's moving public $$ to private: think Soc Sec, charter schools, pensions George Eliot Jun 2016 #74

Anybody who uses that term against a fellow DUer is engaging in a personal attack. MohRokTah Jun 2016 #10

Only if you view neoliberalism as a bad thing JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #29

oh yeah. Repealing Glass-Steagall turned out Ilsa Jun 2016 #36

Exactly. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #41

And here we go again...Same Play, Second Act. libdem4life Jun 2016 #39

I'm curious why you equate "Neoliberalism" with a "personal attack" NorthCarolina Jun 2016 #53

It is a game for a few here, they take a term they find offensive and marginalize it Rex Jun 2016 #59

i dunno MFM008 Jun 2016 #11

Not every one knows the meaning. Springslips Jun 2016 #12

Agreed. See Post 4 by NuclearDem, above. Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #16

That which the US calls 'neoconservative' most of the world calls 'neoliberal'. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #14

I know what it means Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #19

My comment was not intended to be an exact definition of the term but a fun way to point out why Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #22

wrong. not same arendt Jun 2016 #24

No. Term invented by Hayek in the 40s arendt Jun 2016 #30

I've written diaries using and explaining the term for tears. Just because YOU just noticed the term arendt Jun 2016 #32

Just because YOU used the term for a year is no reason I should have seen it. Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #52

"DU Sect"? OrwellwasRight Jun 2016 #35

I have repeatedly used the term neo-liberal at DU in the past year and PufPuf23 Jun 2016 #43

"To the fore" where? Do you mean here? Or elsewhere? JHB Jun 2016 #15

I guess jehop61 Jun 2016 #17

ignorance is not funny arendt Jun 2016 #25

Well said...especially that last paragraph. libdem4life Jun 2016 #40

Republican was taken nt sarisataka Jun 2016 #18

lulz Rex Jun 2016 #20

A related article. CentralMass Jun 2016 #23

This ^^^^^ arendt Jun 2016 #26

Catapulted to where? Do you mean here, Europe, the entire globe, or on DU? countryjake Jun 2016 #27

It's a term the populist left use to conflate the establishment left and the establishment right. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #42

conflate isn't the word you're looking for here. nashville_brook Jun 2016 #51

Very well said. auntpurl Jun 2016 #63

So, it appears HRC is a Neo-liberal. libdem4life Jun 2016 #44

On DU, it seems to commonly mean "anyone to the right of me" TwilightZone Jun 2016 #47

Many of the people who use the term lapucelle Jun 2016 #48

Because a lot Hillary supporters and runaway hero Jun 2016 #54

Your logic kinda pretzeled me. Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #55

Trump is populist, Hillary (to some) is neo liberal runaway hero Jun 2016 #56

Seemed to appear as a smear word the last few days before GE mode kicked in. emulatorloo Jun 2016 #64

That's what I'm thinking, too. Plus, there was the matter of the word's usage. Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #65

Agreed, very childish. And it was rarely used in an accurate way. emulatorloo Jun 2016 #80

It's the core LWolf Jun 2016 #67

AFAICT they wore out Third Way and Turd Way as all-purpose insults and had to move on.... Hekate Jun 2016 #71

A neo-liberal is a Democrat who cares about the stock market ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2016 #77