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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by uoaei on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @02:10PM (#29179051)
The government should do everything* to protect me, the citizen.

*Except the things that make me confused and angry, even if they benefit other citizens.

Welcome to neoliberal hell.

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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by adfm on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @02:20PM (#29179230)
Bashing on neolibs and alt-right isn't going to solve anything.

The problem with politics is the left knows it's not always right.

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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by uoaei on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:28PM (#29180250)
I want to understand that second sentence better. Is it the same sentiment as the Bukowski quote stating “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence”?
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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by rp1 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @02:26PM (#29179313)
Neoliberalism is an economic policy, it has nothing to do with liberal politics.
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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by uoaei on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:25PM (#29180201)
If we hamfist "politics" to mean nothing but culture war noise, then sure, economics and politics are separate. I always thought that people were smarter than that.
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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by justicezyx on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:53PM (#29180611)
It's naive to split economy and politics... Just like it's naive to split culture and engineering in a company.
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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by sudosysgen on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @11:14PM (#29184353)
Did you really just say that economic policy has nothing to do with politics?
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