A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey 1/5

Hallo co-enraged,

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[porilloto]

FUCK the Neoliberalism.

[duganrushes]

I'm about 1/3 of the way through "A Brief History of Neoliberalism." From what I'm learning through reading his book and through articles I've read on the history of how corporations have moved over time to take over governments worldwide, I have come to believe the only way to remove corporatists, aka fascists, is to overthrow them. Elites are placing us in a position that if they continue as they are, people eventually will rise up in revolution. It's already happening in the ME and Africa.

[B.P. DHANA]

Plus, can anyone here explain the argument about the strong ties between what happens abroad with what happens in domestic scale. What did he mean exactly? Is the economic exploitation and expansion toward another countries merely committed for the benefit of (some) citizens in the country of invaders? But, why he regarded it as a totalitarianism as well?

[Joseph Williams]

I just bought this book Neo Liberalism so I want to hear about it.

[AmauryPenseur]

Something completely different than my last post:

Don't you find it weird that knowing that technology increased productivity a lot over the years (let's say 50-60 years), meaning that less people are needed for the same amount of work, we still hear talks about people needing to work longer and the middle-class shrinking? Also, in most countries the share (%) of the GDP that consists of labour decreases compared to the share that consists of capital/finance.

[AmauryPenseur]

Naive young boy... The labour market reforms were horrible for a lot of Germans. It has allowed people to work for as little as 1 euro/hour, in so-called 'mini jobs', and with little or no job security and job benefits. These jobs are offered by temporary employment agencies, and people can be forced to take them if they don't find regular work. Business/factory owners are obviously pleased with this system as it's a great source of cheap labour for them.

[sfjeff1089]

Compare the effects of the New Deal and the Russian Revolution.

[sfjeff1089]

The only thing I know of that works is relentlessly pruning small things and pointing out big things.

For example, America was outraged by the 27 people who died unnecessarily from gun violence. Where is the outrage for the million people who died in Iraq after we put Herbert Hoover on Steroids in charge of a depression economy? Where is the outrage for the 20k plus Americans who die each year because they are uninsured?

[Shenonymous Says]

Yes, education, but that is a very slow process, generational. So some faster means need to be thought out.