Neoliberal. When the woke call someone a “neoliberal,” they basically mean that person is a capitalist and economically conservative. Typical neoliberal beliefs include strong private property rights, free markets, and free trade. Neoliberalism is a word that’s used fairly commonly by the woke, but not only by the woke. Nobody identifies as a neoliberal. This is because “neoliberal” is only used negatively or as an insult. When you hear the word “neoliberal,” or if you are called a neoliberal, translate that as: “This individual believes my economic views are wrong and that my holding them makes me a bad person.”
You’re right. While each of us will need to cope with negative feelings (e.g. feeling depressed or sad, anger, fear, frustration, desperation), the answer is indeed simple: channel those feelings into doing something positive — stand up and speak out. The more who do it, the more who will do it, until we reach a tipping point, where the grand majority of Americans who are open to other perspectives and willing to engage with people who have them will marginalize the illiberal extremes, instead of the current situation where the latter are marginalizing the former. Thank you for the work you’re doing and for modeling the courage needed to get this done, as Bari Weiss wrote about so eloquently this past week at:
You’re right. While each of us will need to cope with negative feelings (e.g. feeling depressed or sad, anger, fear, frustration, desperation), the answer is indeed simple: channel those feelings into doing something positive — stand up and speak out. The more who do it, the more who will do it, until we reach a tipping point, where the grand majority of Americans who are open to other perspectives and willing to engage with people who have them will marginalize the illiberal extremes, instead of the current situation where the latter are marginalizing the former. Thank you for the work you’re doing and for modeling the courage needed to get this done, as Bari Weiss wrote about so eloquently this past week at:
https://www.commentary.org/articles/bari-weiss/resist-woke-revolution/
RICK HOTCHNER
This short podcast was excellent. Spot on.
The young kids are still being force fed, and accepting of this woke philosophy. It’s going to take at least 3 generations.