The Washington Post: "Democracy Dies in the Darkness!" Also The Washington Post: "Democracy at work, you say? Actually, it turns out that people hate democracy."pic.twitter.com/37XxAduot7
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To neoliberals, "democracy" will always mean one and only one thing: elections where the politicians answer to their corporate donors, and corporations whose executives do NOT answer to their workers and/or the public. "Democracy" is when undemocratic businesses govern society.
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The two biggest threats to this are always politicians like Bernie Sanders/AOC who bypass corporate donors and answer directly to their constituents; and far worse, extra-political democratic organizations like unions/co-ops. In other words, functioning democracy is the enemy.
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They hate when a candidate like AOC wins, so their derogatory label is populist, and call them a danger for democracy.
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We need a deeper bench than just those two
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Moreover do people want markets? Employment markets? Housing markets?
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2020 is going to feel the bern. more power to Bernie
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And the foil to that enemy is the superdelegate system.
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I’m under the impression that “neoliberal” has been used by different people in many different ways. As such, I don’t know who you are referring to. Could someone clarify for me?
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Wait, am I being honest with myself and others about my reason for asking this? Perhaps I could be more honest.: I am skeptical of things that rely on the idea of “switching to true democracy” instead of merely “to better democracy”. So, I suppose criticism was part of my aim.
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Say that to Switzerland
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I call it dangerous democracy.
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