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I adopt the pejorative use of the term "neoliberalism" when discussing Western governments / economies - particularly the U.S., Canada, U.K. ... 

For the U.S. particularly I associate "neoliberalism" with the drive by organizations (World Economic Forum; Cato Institute ...), persons (Charles Koch) to defund government, reduce government regulation, advocate legal personship (e.g. freedom of speech applied to corporations: McConnell / SCOTUS / Citizens United / ...).
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They all self-identify as "libertarian," cloaking their neoliberal ideology espoused in this addendum.

Moreover - regarding the U.S. / increasingly Canada - I equate "neoliberalism" with the neofascism agendae / policies of the Republican Party.

#economics #SCOTUS #neoliberalism #neofascism #GOP #GOPmenace #capitalism #corporations #DefundCorporations #PrivateEquity #DefundBillionaires #democracy #socialism #liberalism #CharlesKoch 
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At https://Persagen.com I (Victoria) maintain a rather large bespoke ontology:

Eureka! Persagen's ontology
https://persagen.com/html/intro_02.html#/5/0/9
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which places "neoliberalism" under "capitalism" - i.e. it is a capitalist tool.

Economy - Economic systems - Capitalism - Capitalist systems - Neoliberalism (ont-uid: ahk7weif | This is the main entry for "neoliberal | neoliberalism". | ... 
https://persagen.com/docs/neoliberalism.html

#Neoliberalism

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