MUST READ - George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) on Neoliberalism.
MUST READ - George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) on Neoliberalism.
This piece (a trailer for a forthcoming book) is a really nice explainer on the current financial and political ideology which drives our work and lives.
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot
I've seen it posted by a few friends and caught up with it this morning.
There are several really key points made in a relatively short, easy to understand yet well informed essay.
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Chris Hedges remarks that “fascist movements build their base not from the politically active but the politically inactive, the ‘losers’ who feel, often correctly, they have no voice or role to play in the political establishment”. When political debate no longer speaks to us, people become responsive instead to slogans, symbols and sensation. To the admirers of Trump, for example, facts and arguments appear irrelevant.
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What's true for Trumpists in the US is similar for UKIP (& worse) here in the UK.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot
This piece (a trailer for a forthcoming book) is a really nice explainer on the current financial and political ideology which drives our work and lives.
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot
I've seen it posted by a few friends and caught up with it this morning.
There are several really key points made in a relatively short, easy to understand yet well informed essay.
e.g.
===
Chris Hedges remarks that “fascist movements build their base not from the politically active but the politically inactive, the ‘losers’ who feel, often correctly, they have no voice or role to play in the political establishment”. When political debate no longer speaks to us, people become responsive instead to slogans, symbols and sensation. To the admirers of Trump, for example, facts and arguments appear irrelevant.
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What's true for Trumpists in the US is similar for UKIP (& worse) here in the UK.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot
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