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In reply to the discussion: Joseph Stiglitz : The end of neoliberalism and the rebirth of history [View all]Eyeball_Kid
(7,440 posts)that benefit from neo-liberal policies. So, OF COURSE the neo-liberal perspective saturates the media and becomes our dominant framework. Our communications system is owned by corporations with a huge stake in neo-liberalism. They won't surrender to the commonwealth and have no interest in giving up any of their own wealth. Our "free market" memes imply that all good things come from the free movement of capital with no restrictions. AND, if we want social change that provides for the commonwealth, we must expect that the corporate capitalist system will VOLUNTARILY surrender their wealth for the good of the common working class. This will never happen.
Governments MUST impose the will of the middle and working classes on the corporate sector. They MUST demand more tax dollars from the corporate sector and they MUST get it. Not doing so will eventually cause the capitalist "free market" system, AND the power of governing, to collapse. The next logical step from this rigidity is fascism.