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Neoliberal assumptions and policies are pretty simple.

1) Wealth is good. If you were any good you would be wealthy.

2) Ordinary people are clearly bad, bludgers or ‘leaners’ on the wealthy, and should be punished or subject to market discipline. This might get them to work hard and be useful. The aim is for them to have as little leisure or support as possible. This has the added bonus that they are less likely to have time or energy to protest.

3) Established wealthy corporations and executives are wonderful and should be protected from the market and given help to become even more wealthy, because all good comes from them. Without them we are nothing.

4) Because wealth is good, corporate power and domination must be increased, so that these good people get every opportunity for further success.

5) Ordinary people would not probably like these policies if they knew of them (after all ordinary people are bad), so we should find a preferably powerless enemy such as refugees, religious minorities, sexual minorities, university professors, ‘cultural marxists’ etc. and attack them to distract people from our real policies. Culture wars rule!

Tags: Disinformation, economics, free markets

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