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  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    The rich can easily exploit the political system and lobby for favorable laws = Not only is it pay to win, the devs suck the dicks of their biggest whales

  • AnomalousBit@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    They were doing pretty good until they blamed everything on neoliberalism, what a fucking joke

    Edit: If the wikipedia page wasn’t clear enough, the 14 definitions and comments below should show that the term “neoliberalism” is a broken dog whistle at best. You might as well go outside and yell at the clouds while you’re at it.

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        Wow, that is not what I expected Neoliberalism to mean. Thank you for the lesson. When I read about Neo-(x-political-term) I generally think of new ideas around it, not ideas reaching back to WWII. My biggest concern after reading your link is:

        The term has multiple, competing definitions, and is often used pejoratively.

        Also, the last few paragraphs of Current Usage emphasize it’s use as a dog whistle:

        “Several writers have criticized the term “neoliberal” as an insult or slur used by leftists against liberals and varieties of liberalism that leftists disagree with.”

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        “the word is nothing more than a political slur, or a term without any analytic power”

        I still think it would serve us all to be more precise about what exactly is failing us.

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          When I read about Neo-(x-political-term) I generally think of new ideas around it, not ideas reaching back to WWII.

          Everything was new at some point. Things are named relative to when they happen, not relative to when you hear about them.

    • cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      You’re only complaining because you got a bad spawn. The truth is anyone can make it to the top of the lobby, it just requires grinding and being smart.

      I know this because I started out with barely anything, just a few million dollars from my trust fund when I finished boarding school.

  • Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    If the downvoters want to buy more votes mine only costs $500. You can send you money to the nearest food pantry or food bank.