How liberalism has given rise to fascist states.
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Liberalism arises historically with the bourgeoisie, promising universal rights, free markets, and political representation.
  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    4 months ago

    So many problems here:

    • The main problem with fascism is that it is illberal. Opposing liberalism because it sometimes is followed by fascism is missing the point.

    • The article conflates “neoliberalism” with liberalism, when neoliberalism is explicitly a postliberal ideology, and opposed to Enlightenment liberalism. Neoliberalism is an illiberal ideology and worthy of critique, but one can’t throw the problems of neoliberalism at the feet of liberalism and say the latter is worth opposing on those grounds.

    I will confess that I had no interest in reading such drivel past this point and thus will leave further critiques to someone with more patience, or at least more insomnia.

    • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
      24·
      4 months ago

      Your first point is so far away from understanding what’s written that I can’t comprehend how to respond to it in good faith. Anything I type I delete bc it feels like either repeating the point or ignoring your remark.

      Your second is not just pedantic, but desperate.

      This isnt forcing a link. This is looking at historical progress and noticing patterns.

      But its best to drop thr conversation if you aren’t interested bc I’m very much against bad faith arguments.

      Even still thank you for the response.