If the Twitter/X thing teaches you one thing, let it be this: Twitter was a neoliberal place. Then Elon Musk made it into X, a fascist place. Once again, neoliberalism laid the foundations of fascism. But that’s not the (whole) lesson… Neoliberal folks are still using X, calling it Twitter to make themselves feel better, and pining for the good old days. And there’s the real lesson: When neoliberalism turns into fascism, neoliberals will adapt to life under fascism. Right, class dismissed.
@aral does that make neoliberalism a coping and survival mechanism under fascism, and in US politics a reaction to Nixon and Reagan's promotion of fascism at the national level.
@jargoggles @raven667 And don’t forget Greenspan. And Thatcher in the UK.