Re:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
by dragonwriter on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:17PM
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> the Neoliberal political system has continued well past its serviceable life
Neoliberalism isn't a political system, but an economic ideology.
Neoliberalism, insofar as it is a distint viewpoint within the derivatives of classical liberalism, is a fairly recent reaction to post-classical-liberal economic ideologies, primarily (but not exclusively) those of the Left.
The neoliberal consensus beginning to break down is even more recent, and, while its obviously unclear what will replace it (or if neoliberalism will be resurgent), I don't see how that would be the "cancellation of the future", only (potentially, assuming neoliberalism is not resurgent and finally triumphant) the end of the idea that neoliberalism itself was, economically, the end of history.
Neoliberalism isn't a political system, but an economic ideology.
Neoliberalism, insofar as it is a distint viewpoint within the derivatives of classical liberalism, is a fairly recent reaction to post-classical-liberal economic ideologies, primarily (but not exclusively) those of the Left.
The neoliberal consensus beginning to break down is even more recent, and, while its obviously unclear what will replace it (or if neoliberalism will be resurgent), I don't see how that would be the "cancellation of the future", only (potentially, assuming neoliberalism is not resurgent and finally triumphant) the end of the idea that neoliberalism itself was, economically, the end of history.