So which of these politicians is a neoliberal? Not one of them | Nick Cohen
by Nick Cohen from on (#5SYAV)
A new study on the movement suggests that its abiding legacy might be as an insult
No one admits to being a neoliberal". You cannot vote for the Neoliberal party or join a neoliberal club. Like 21st-century fascism and religious fundamentalism, neoliberalism is a movement without declared adherents.
If you call opponents fascist" or a fundamentalist", however, at least your audience knows you are condemning them. A neoliberal" though? Most people won't know what you are talking about, but will guess that it doesn't sound such a bad thing to be. The exceptions will be the minority immersed in leftwing thought. They alone are primed to shudder at the sound of the word.
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