I knew that globalised neoliberal oligopolistic capital was dead, I didn't know that it was this dead... There's no going back to the past, the powers that be tried to restore the neoliberal order after the 2008 financial crash, and ultimately failed. This is the end result.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 20 points 5 days ago (3 children)

to sum up: cooked

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

"Neoliberalism is finished, we are not going to go back to it, it's historically impossible..."

Samir Amin, 2010.

Then he goes onto explain why social democracy and Keynesism revival failed before it even happened (the failure of Sanders and Corbyn in 2016/2017). Working class was in a position of defeat, not victory, thus it was not on the agenda. Then the destruction of nations, particularly in Eastern Europe (happened with Ukraine).

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago

We will see the “revenge of the state” ala unmasked empire, neo-dirigisme or the china model

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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