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YSK that “neoliberal” refers to a discrete set of economic policies including deregulation, privatization, and so-called “free trade” implemented by both center-right and center-left parties

Why YSK: I’ve noticed in recent years more people using “neoliberal” to mean “Democrat/Labor/Social Democrat politicians I don’t like”. This confusion arises from the different meanings “liberal” has in American politics and further muddies the waters....

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Yep, the best way to prevent rich powerful assholes from getting us into huge wars is to make it extremely unprofitable. Don't want to kill your market or labor force. Don't want to disrupt your supply chain. Etc.

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I didn't see that comment as reductive. More like pointing out a part of neo-liberalism that the commenter thought was good.

In other words, the comment is simply "globalized economy is good." The comment is not what you're inferring: "neo-liberalism is good because globalized economy is good "

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Dude, you quoted a single word out from OP and somehow even got that wrong. Which makes me think you're being deliberately obtuse.

OP wrote about "center-left" -- the American spelling. So it's clear that OP was discussing neo-liberalism from an American point of view. And in American politics, neo-liberalism is absolutely a component of center-left politics.

Sorry if this sounds angry. I get frustrated at the constant reframing of American politics under international standards. Yes, Americans lack a true leftwing in our politics. That's well established at this point. Nitpicking language around "American left" vs "international left" derails real discussion and is not helpful.

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I love how civil everyone is being! And I appreciate that you edited your earlier comment.

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In this case, OP is clearly talking about American politics. That is what I am saying.

I was calling out a reply that purposefully distorted OP's language, the language used in this specific post. The discussion of the American political compass versus the international political compass is beside the point. And it's obtuse and unhelpful to derail a perfectly good discussion with insults aimed at OP's clearly American perspective.

OC Reddit's in-jokes and overall sense of "humor" are lame and I don't want to see them migrate to Kbin.

I like the overall lack of in-jokes I've encountered here so far, and I want things to stay that way. This might be an unrealistic thing to hope for, but I like good, pure, discussion, as boring as that may be for some people.

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I use Jerboa and tapping this icon brings up an "upload image" that works for inline images in comments.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ca995ede-2fa2-4c04-8e33-0f3fb977971d.png

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I was in a weekly game for preteen girls and their dads. Our standing rule for missing players was that their character was with the party but had terrible diarrhea and was off in the corner, shamefully pooping the whole time.

It worked for the game's demographic. Fun and gross and gave everyone a chance to lightly tease the player who missed the last session.

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Thanks! I'll upvote this for visibility.

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