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givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Neoliberalism hasn’t been a uniquely American epidemic, in large parts to their foreign policy shoving it down 3rd world countries throats.

But regardless of country:

will blame corporations and economic leaders

Who else do you think we should blame for economic inequality?

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assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Depends on the economy. You, the American, should blame corporatocracy and private interests. Other economies may blame government corruption or government enforced inequality. Aparthied South Africa, for example, may want to blame the government for their inequality.

The paper is just “economic inequality begets democratic backsliding” and is not prescriptive about where that inequality and backsliding comes from.

Again, the world is not the US, and going after these authors for discussing the general case and not staying US-focused is pretty dumb.

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- givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  So I should listen to the authors…
  
  “It probably comes as a result, to some degree, of a period of globalization and deregulation, of neoliberalism in the 1990s and even earlier developments that have changed party systems—in a lot of countries—in the post-war period,” she says.
  
  Just not the parts you disagree with?
  
  I’m just confused here, because me and the author is saying the same thing…
  
  I’m just blunt, and they’re seemingly hesitant to say what their study concluded with.
  
  And you’re saying it’s not neoliberalism, and to listen to the authors…
  
  Who blame neoliberalism?
  
  It’s not mathing
  
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