There’s no addressing the mental or spiritual crisis in the United States without taking aim at neoliberalism.🧵

Aug 3, 2023 · 2:31 PM UTC

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Unfettered free market fundamentalism has left millions of people shackled, their lives limited, their future insecure, and their souls beaten down.
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The most powerful way to deal with the mental health crisis, environmental crisis, healthcare crisis and pretty much every other crisis that defines this modern era is to take aim at the very idea that corporations should rule the world.
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Some important context. fee.org/articles/what-is-neo…

What Is “Neoliberalism” Anyway? | Jeffrey A. Tucker

The term “neoliberalism” is being flung around everywhere these days, usually with a haughty sense of “everyone knows what this is.” But do we really? You may think you know, but there’s very little...

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Actually, that's less an issue today than a few years ago. Right now, it's dealing with the tiny minds of a cult who are working towards destroying our democracy.
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Don’t forget the Neocons which are now trying to make a home for themselves in the Democrat party and also foster a alliance with Neoliberals now that Trump has ousted them.
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Yes, both sides need to be destroyed!
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You refusing to say you won't endorse Biden if he's the nominee isn't taking a very high aim.
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True and what about FASCISM? Gee you are so quiet today with all that’s going on. Why is that? Weird. Don’t believe criminals should be held accountable for crimes President Coin?
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Fascism takes precedent in my mind.
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I hope that you can get ahead of RFK Jr. and more…..
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As much as I disagree w/ some of Marianne Williamson’s takes on mental health, she has a more nuanced view of it than most pols, one that acknowledges social context. I’d rather have someone who engages deeply on a topic and IMO sometimes gets it wrong than apathy and platitudes.
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