Surely it had nothing to do with years and years and neoliberalism you’re so keen on doubling down on.
Skipping to the end:
Health care, for example, can be provided publicly, privately or in a mixed system like Germany’s; but it should always be universal. Pension reform is a no-brainer. So is tax simplification that cuts loopholes for Boomers, thus broadening the base without necessarily raising rates. And yes, we should keep studying the idea, still never properly tried, of a Universal Basic Income — not to expand, but to replace the welfare state.
It would be tragic if we survived the pandemic only to find ourselves living in true socialism, which in practice has always robbed societies of prosperity and individuals of freedom. To avoid that fate, all generations should offer Millennials a fairer — a liberal — deal.
All that hand-wringing just to literally propose rebranded neoliberalism. I can’t even understand who would write this, or why, or who would take this shit seriously.
holy shit. this is the first time I’ve seen anyone in major media acknowledge a position left of liberal. capitalist realism is finally dying.
The dialects are in motion comrade and they may be close to finally resolving some contradictions established hundreds of years ago.
40% of people are about to get evicted - so yeah, contradictions are about to be forced. it’s just interesting to watch hegemonic ideology break down in real time. best to keep in mind what the real contradictions are and not get swept up in the tide of breaking hegemonic ideology.
I never thought I’d say this about a Bloomberg article, but the comments are actually pretty good! The number of people who laid into this piece and were super critical of it from the left is really encouraging!
Very, very weird to see. Is public opinion actually shifting significantly? Usually these comment sections are filled with red-scared libs and chuds.
