I guess market liberalism is just what I described, no? The liberation of the economy. And sorry if I phrased the wiki-link confusingly, this was just about how the label “neo” gets slapped onto political ideologies that have a comeback. Just like in neoliberalism, neofascism and neonazism.
Later on I argued that neoliberalism goes hand in hand with conservatism and fascism because that’s often been the case. Just look at US politics for example. The liberal party in Germany was made up of a large group of Nazis just after the war. Basically all over Europe or countries like Brazil and Argentina you can see the neoliberal politics of fascist parties and the fascist tendencies of neoliberal parties. Both work together to claw back at the democratic infrastructure and human rights. Sure, both also have different goals in the long run. But they frequently team up and support each other. And both are threats to democracy and human liberation.
I am sorry I am not sure I understand you
I can’t imagine a liberal party entering a correlation with Neo-Nazi or ultranationalistic party even in very rare cases of a big tent. Actually the opposite in the political landscape left leaning and progressive parties like socdems are natural allies of liberal parties while normies usually consider them centrist or leftist. I am not sure what you are talking about to be honest, are we talking about the same liberalism? Because ultranationalism and liberalism don’t go together in democratic governments at all, and completely contradict each other on every issue, from equity and rights of minorities to free press.
Ultranationalistic parties tend to ally with populist and conservative parties, not liberal ones.
Do we live in the same world? Or do you mean theoretically?
Well, that’s exactly why I pointed out that definitions of liberalism vary. I don’t see in how far market liberalism or neoliberalism are in favor of equity, rights of minorities, human rights or free press. (Neo)liberalism is about freeing the market and leaving everything to capitalism to sort it out. And this automatically leads to inequality because the accumulation of power is baked into capitalism. There are also many controlling mechanisms capitalism utilizes to maintain its power like police and the division of the lower class. Patriarchy and racism are the pillars of capitalism and without them capitalism wouldn’t function like it does. So, although (neo)liberals argue for “freedom”, they actually want to maintain the oppressive status quo and just argue for freedom of the market. Sure, as I said before some goals of fascists and neoliberals don’t align very well. And the Nazis were in fact against the free market because of their antisemitism. But they did actually apply many capitalistic principles and the Holocaust was so horrific explicitly because of the industrialized torture and killing of people. And as I said before, many of high ranking Nazis later were part of the liberal party of Germany. In short, neoliberalism stands for maintaining and exacerbating our capitalist society without regard for people. By maintaining the status quo neoliberals are natural allies of conservatives and in extension also fascists.
ETA: as pointed out in this article, various Latin American countries have seen the rise of fascist, neoliberal politics. Also, what would you call Donald Trump if not a neoliberal fascist??
I guess market liberalism is just what I described, no? The liberation of the economy. And sorry if I phrased the wiki-link confusingly, this was just about how the label “neo” gets slapped onto political ideologies that have a comeback. Just like in neoliberalism, neofascism and neonazism.
Later on I argued that neoliberalism goes hand in hand with conservatism and fascism because that’s often been the case. Just look at US politics for example. The liberal party in Germany was made up of a large group of Nazis just after the war. Basically all over Europe or countries like Brazil and Argentina you can see the neoliberal politics of fascist parties and the fascist tendencies of neoliberal parties. Both work together to claw back at the democratic infrastructure and human rights. Sure, both also have different goals in the long run. But they frequently team up and support each other. And both are threats to democracy and human liberation.
I am sorry I am not sure I understand you I can’t imagine a liberal party entering a correlation with Neo-Nazi or ultranationalistic party even in very rare cases of a big tent. Actually the opposite in the political landscape left leaning and progressive parties like socdems are natural allies of liberal parties while normies usually consider them centrist or leftist. I am not sure what you are talking about to be honest, are we talking about the same liberalism? Because ultranationalism and liberalism don’t go together in democratic governments at all, and completely contradict each other on every issue, from equity and rights of minorities to free press.
Ultranationalistic parties tend to ally with populist and conservative parties, not liberal ones.
Do we live in the same world? Or do you mean theoretically?
Well, that’s exactly why I pointed out that definitions of liberalism vary. I don’t see in how far market liberalism or neoliberalism are in favor of equity, rights of minorities, human rights or free press. (Neo)liberalism is about freeing the market and leaving everything to capitalism to sort it out. And this automatically leads to inequality because the accumulation of power is baked into capitalism. There are also many controlling mechanisms capitalism utilizes to maintain its power like police and the division of the lower class. Patriarchy and racism are the pillars of capitalism and without them capitalism wouldn’t function like it does. So, although (neo)liberals argue for “freedom”, they actually want to maintain the oppressive status quo and just argue for freedom of the market. Sure, as I said before some goals of fascists and neoliberals don’t align very well. And the Nazis were in fact against the free market because of their antisemitism. But they did actually apply many capitalistic principles and the Holocaust was so horrific explicitly because of the industrialized torture and killing of people. And as I said before, many of high ranking Nazis later were part of the liberal party of Germany. In short, neoliberalism stands for maintaining and exacerbating our capitalist society without regard for people. By maintaining the status quo neoliberals are natural allies of conservatives and in extension also fascists.
ETA: as pointed out in this article, various Latin American countries have seen the rise of fascist, neoliberal politics. Also, what would you call Donald Trump if not a neoliberal fascist??