[lbo-talk] Asshole NYTimes reporter says Berliners have been spoiled by low rents

Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 21 15:20:39 PST 2013


Joanna: "Not quite religion because with religion you're supposed to get the goodies after you die; but with neoliberalism, you're supposed to see the goodies in your life time."

[WS:] Not quite. Neolib mantra is not about goodies but about ideas - freedom, creativity, efficiency and kindred abstractions. Not that much different from medieval theological concepts. A simple mental experiment will suffice to show it. Imagine giving neolibs the following choice: (i) the state utilizing economies of scale and planning to providing material supplies to the entire population, OR (ii) free market that provides material supplies only to a subset of the population that can pay for them. I am reasonably certain that most neolibs would choose (ii) which means fewer goods but more bullshit abstractions.

-- Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."



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