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??
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??