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In reply to the discussion: Please help me out. The term-du-jour now seems to "neoliberal" [View all]lapucelle
(18,447 posts)aren't really sure what it means, and seem to be of the school of thought that says: "Neoliberal" sounds like it should mean X, therefore let's use it to mean X. There is a lot of subjectivity in exactly who falls into the neoliberal category, but it seems to be universally used as a pejorative among liberals and progressives.
I went to Wiki (like I'm sure many others did) read the article, and checked the edit history. (It was the Clinton paragraph that prompted me to check.)
There have been hundreds of edits to the article in the last six weeks, dozens in the past 24 hours. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does signal to me that the meaning of the term has shifted / is shifting, either to conform to current usage, to encompass a more nuanced point of view, or to advance a specific agenda.
If called a "neoliberal", confront the accuser. Make him define it, and work from there.
At this point, it's just fancy name calling.