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.

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  • @[email protected]English
    10•9 months ago

    Well, think of it this way. Have you ever heard anybody call themselves a ‘neoliberal?’

      • @[email protected]English
        9•9 months ago

        I got permanently banned from Reddit for saying that punching Nazis was a good thing.

        Probably the best thing that ever happened to me on the interwebs.

        • the post of tom joadEnglish
          4•9 months ago

          Damn i feel like a chump comparitively. I still have my old reddit account tho i haven’t logged in since i left for here. I want to see if he becomes a shill if i leave him there.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•9 months ago

        The users of it don’t like it when you point it out either. Or they try to say it’s embracing the joke, as they usually do nothing but show why it’s an insult