#neo-liberalism

[hellyeahheroes]

What Exactly is Neo-liberalism (how you lost your futre) by Hakim

#thought provoking #thought provoking back to school #evils of capitalism #fucking liberals #neo-liberalism #corruption #exploitation #Youtube

[alexanderpoliticalanimal]

Stay The Economic Course – Or Keep Tightening Your Belt While I Get Fat

Stay The Economic Course – Or Keep Tightening Your Belt While I Get Fat

Jamaica is going through interesting times. We are currently experiencing the lowest level of unemployment in our history, yet almost two million people are — according to a local newspaper — unable to afford a proper meal. We are currently having a shortfall in key areas of industry. Our workers are uncertified and therefore deemed “unskilled” so we speak about the need to import labour, with no…

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#Andrew Holness #austerity #BRICS Bank #IMF #Jamaica #Jamaican Economy #Mark Golding #neo-liberalism #Public Opinion #World Bank

[ehj3]

WERE THIS A PLAY

“Don’t tell them too much about your soul. They’re waiting for just that” —Jack Kerouac What do a flood plain near a big city and windy moor not near one have in common? Nothing, nothing rather than something. This architectural folly is therefore more a surrealist conundrum than postmodern bricolage. The minimalist “glass house” part is inspired by Edith Farnsworth’s 1951 floodplain-sited…

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#anti hero #architectural folly #dolmen #farnsworth house #glass houses #jack kerouac #man of action #megalith #menhir #neo-liberalism #post modernism #shaggy rogers #significant other #surrealism #who&039;s afraid of Virginia Woolf

[gwydionmisha]

#Climate Crisis #Neo-Liberalism #News

[mjwrightnz]

The future of New Zealand's democracy

Last week New Zealand had an election, and it went pretty much as expected. The Ardern-Hipkins government was punished for its failure to bring about a much-needed ‘transformation’ of New Zealand. They were elected in 2017 on that promise. At that time the economy had been operating on neo-liberal principles for the best part of two generations, and it hadn’t delivered. Chronic government…

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#Current events #Democracy #Economics #Election #Neo-liberalism #New Zealand #society

[kafenwar]

Why I Didn't Like Zurich

…and didn’t even stick around to see Joyce’s tombstone Okay. I have to admit that I do have one slightly positive thing to say about Zurich, which I had the misfortune of visiting last summer. It is a pretty little place, sort of. Not Paris pretty or even Venice pretty (judging from postcards and pics alone), but cute enough. Some pictures I took of the place last year can give you a rough idea…

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#bourgeoisie #globalization #neo-liberalism #racism #Switzerland #Travel #Zurich

[cannibalguy]

“Cannibal chocolates”: CONSUMING PASSIONS (Giles Foster, 1988)

Consuming Passions is a black-comedy film directed by Giles Foster (Hotel du Lac). The film is based on the stage play Secrets by two of the Monty Python greats, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, which was filmed and shown on the BBC in 1973. This is what I call entrepreneurial cannibalism, with a subgroup of accidental or fortuitous circumstances. A chocolate factory is preparing to launch a new…

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#annie potts #cannibalism #capitalism #chocolate #consuming passions #entrepreneurial #giles foster #michael palin #nancy fraser #neo-liberalism #ouroboros #pigs #prunella scales #Secrets #terry jones

[whatisonthemoon]

On March 8, the feminist movement flooded the streets of Mexico as part of a global day of mobilization. Among these thousands of women and dissidents, the main demand was an end to femicide and sexist violence.

In Mexico, femicide is a phenomenon that notoriously spread in the 1990s. Ciudad Juárez, one of the largest working-class cities in the country, thanks to rapid industrialization under the Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), constantly appeared in the international press owing to the high level of women murdered within its city limits.

The relocation of production during the neoliberal period allowed for the rise of Ciudad Juárez as an industrial zone because of its abundant migrant labor and its advantageous location on the border for the transfer of goods. This proved lucrative for imperialism and the bourgeoisie on both sides of the Río Bravo, given how close it is to El Paso, Texas. In this context, femicide and trafficking networks spread.

While the mothers of victims, activists, women, and human rights organizations continue to fight for justice and denounce the violence, the authorities have announced various policies supposedly aimed at curtailing this brutal scourge, which hits working women with special viciousness. Far from solving the problem, their “solutions” have instead confirmed the state’s complicity and apathy.

Full article: https://www.leftvoice.org/femicide-the-face-of-a-patriarchal-capitalist-society/

#patriarchy #patriarchal violence #violence #domestic violence #women #proletarian feminism #gender #feminism #anti-capitalism #mexico #sexism #activism #politics #anti-imperialism #neo-liberalism #leftist politics

[defense-of-rational-thought]

Anti-Polarizing Reading List

An attempt to understand morality without religion in a politically polarized world  1. The Righteous Mind  2. The Madness of Crowds  3. The Blank Slate  4. The Moral Landscape 5. The War on the West

#New Atheism #centrism #anti-polarizing #neo-liberalism

[rotzaprachim]

a longer analysis needed maybe but I think we’re giving too much moral credit to white supremacists and white nationalists when we say thing like “it’s just a fight if they hate Jews or Muslims more.” They hate us both and in neither interchangeable nor neatly separable ways, just like how antisemitism and Islamophobia are neither interchangeable nor fully separable and deeply racialized ideologies that often get misunderstood as simply “religious.” What they’re actually doing is making strategic decisions about the political capital they can use. Can someone be radicalized in a given moment against Muslims, or against Jews? What is the best way to advance our movement? Can we push a broad platform of hatred towards jihadi terrorists who are going to invade western society, or get people worked up about the Zionist deep state globalists who control our government from within? What is the most effective way to radicalize someone into not only hatred but the idea entire ethnic and religious groups are at the root of all our social problems and that the nation - or the world - would be better without them? Do not assume innocence. And furthermore, do not assume you are safe from their schema of who the world would be better without, even if they aren’t saying your name, right now

#White nationalism #white supremacy #Way way too much white nationalism and Neo Nazism being given the time of day right now way #They havent decided they’re alright with Muslims now or that they support Palestinian liberation #They’ve realised that people will allow any degree of antisemitism as long as they say Zionists not Jews #And that they’ve got an entire new level of platform to pull people into antisemitic ideology that harms EVERYONE #There’s no split in white supremacy. Just a change in tactics

[decolonize-the-left]

"we need to settle with the lesser of two evils"

We used to impeach presidents if they so much as cheated on their wives. Misogyny was a very big part of it, nobody even cared that Lewinsky was taken advantage of, they cared about how The President looked immoral. Like that was a thing people did.

Now y'all won't even Not vote for a guy commiting genocide.

Maybe, and I know this is gonna make me sound like an idealistic psychopath to the neo-liberal fascists but hear me out, we should stop voting for evil people? Maybe some of the most globally damning decisions possible shouldn't be made by measuring our options against absolutely worst case scenarios and settling for the 2nd worst option just because it's not The Worst Option. Like there are other options and perhaps it's in our best interest to start exercising those instead of pretending they don't exist and don't matter.

#2024 #lgbt #direct action #capitalism #leftist #biden #mutual aid #trump #jasmine Sherman #voting #vote #electoral politics #democrats #liberals #neo-liberal

[mysharona1987]

#Alan rickman #books #palestine #democrats #republicans #politics #rachel corrie #capitalism #neo liberal #News #usa

[haedraulics]

I know you didn’t really like the “violence is inevitable” thing in AOT but , isn’t it true tho? The world unfortunately really is like that, no matter how many times we go back in history, look at the current world situation, I think it was pretty realistic from Isayama to depict the world of aot like that, it’s disappointing because of how much it comes close to reality imo

What I do agree with is how Eren is forgiven, especially in the fandom, like 💀💀

But I think the destruction in Paradis happened exactly because of that, because the world never forgave Eren and the Jaegerists for the genocide

Also, no hate, I just wanted to share my own view lol

helloo sorry for taking so long to reply to this, i'm ridiculously slow with my inbox 💀

i have two things to say about this, the first is that i'm skeptical that isayama genuinely wanted to tell a story about the inevitability of violence, and the second is that a theme in fiction reflecting some aspects of reality doesn't then make it interesting or well-written.

i raise the first point because of characters like kenny and gabi, who undergo major development because their dependence on violence is challenged by a show of compassion from another character (in kenny's case, from uri; in gabi's case, from the braun family). to me these characters indicate that the author wants to convey optimism about the power of human relations, regardless of how extreme or cruel the circumstances are. rather than, 'violence is inevitable', these stories convey that, 'violence is not more powerful than compassion'.

the way the epilogue goes, it renders these previous themes nigh meaningless. of course, states don't follow the same emotional logic as interpersonal relationships, but then it makes me question: what was the point of the additional pages? why did armin's final pages profess his conviction in the efficacy of communication and ambassadorship?

why, instead, wasn't his last page him getting shot and killed after stepping off the boat? if the intention was to convey 'the inevitable tragedy of violence'.

the reason why is because i don't think that was actually the message isayama wanted to tell, but rather, it was damage control for an ending that awkwardly failed to convey consequences for eren's actions. eren kills 80% of humanity, but all the main character's parents survive, and so do they. eren kills 80% of humanity, but his friends tearfully express their gratitude for his good intentions, and presumably live out long and peaceful lives.

in an ending with plot contrivances this inane, an author might want to bring some 'realism' back into his story. therefore, the civilizational collapse of paradis is not an earnest contribution to the messages of aot, but just tacked-on course correction.

in aot it's not 'violence is inevitable', it's 'violence is inevitable for you filthy side characters'. which is really sad, because ramzi was the protagonist of his own story, too.

additionally, i want expand on why a theme being 'realistic' doesn't actually make it interesting. 'violence is inevitable' is like saying 'racism is inevitable'. sure, a cursory glance at global history can prove that people have been ravaged by ethnic and national prejudice, that it's ongoing today, and it will probably persist twenty years from now. but is it inevitable? what utility does that statement have, if not to resign ourselves to making less meaningful attempts at improvement?

a story does not reveal anything truthful about the human condition by neglecting to mention our capacity for forgiveness. at times, aot is very capable at telling such a story that balances both cruelty and compassion, but for some reason is intensely clumsy at scaling up these themes to the level of states and state conflict (marley, for example, is a horribly developed setting). therefore i often feel that rather than the epilogue telling a pessimistic story about humanity, it tells a pessimistic story about statehood. but maybe that's a topic for another post hehe

thanks anon for the interesting ask!

#aot #attack on titan #aot critical #minh asks #one day i will get into how aot is neither leftist or fascist but a third worse thing #neo-liberal

[evilneo]

LIBERAL HLVRV:

GORDON BI

FREEWOMAN

SWAPPING GENDERS

PLAYER COMMUNIST

Malcom

DOCTOR SEX

NEOPRONOUNS

#in liberal hlvrv Malcom has a blue streak instead of a blonde one #hlvrv #gordon b #freeman #swap #player #player challender #malcom challender #malcom #doc #neo #neo bushnell #neo.txt #<- hes not at front lol he just told me to post it - Vanilla 🍨🧁 #vrv thoughts

[queensabriel]

The amount of Islamophobia I see in queer spaces when discussing Palestine is frankly disgusting. We need to do better.

#i'm in my feelings and getting real fed up with neo-liberal-western-queer activism lol

[whatisonthemoon]

Kishi was perhaps the most reactionary of all prime ministers in postwar Japan, taking full advantage of this tumultuous and confused period. In the short term of only three years, he tried to revise the Police Duties Execution Act to maximize the power of the police authorities, to restore Empire Day to the calendar, to instill “moral” lessons and the mandatory singing of the national anthem in the school—all template parameters for nationalist politicians. Kishi backed up numerous organizations of right-wing causes including Korea's Unification Church, the Asian People’s Anti-Communist League, the Moral Re-Armament Movement, and served as an adviser for the association of war veterans (Nihon Goyu Renmei) and of the national fascists (Sokoku-boei Doshi-kai).

#nobusuke kishi #apacl #WACL #world anti-communist league #mra #moral re-armament #cia #neo-liberalism #imperialism #kishi #capitalism #moral re-armament movement #politics #unification church #unification church in japan