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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Tahoma; color:#000000; font-size:10pt">Was I speaking of 'classical liberalism' or 'neoliberalism'? They're quite different.
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Neoliberalism - a conscious, calculated construction by the US business elite - has characterized US government policy since the Carter administration; the response of the majority is 'populism' (which made Trump president). <br>
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Here's a good discussion of neoliberalism, from a year ago: <br>
<https://www.thenation.com/article/noam-chomsky-neoliberalism-destroying-democracy/>.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 30, 2018 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Estabrook, Carl G<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Barack Obama<br>
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<div dir="auto">First-term Barack Obama, just like first-term George W. Bush, #43, fooled this naive voter. Being "woke" /no sheeple are my adopted cliches for no more historical isms. No liberalism, conservatism, -neo-ism, colonialism, elitism, libertarianism,
feminazism, militarism, etc. Because those are t<span style="font-size:10pt">he past and as you say, the past rhymes. </span></div>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt">My B. A. is in history, certain members of my family love history, history informs the present like no other field. History is current. There are historical figures acting on the present today and still stuck in
the past, being isms. (Probably the entire Congress except for Maxine Walker and some of the Pentagon. Yes, hyperbole. You can make a better guess than I.) However, imnsho, most of the young generation see poor or no</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> jobs,
violence, expensive education, destructing climate, difficult family life, global labor, capital. Most of them are not isms-they clearly see a different world. A different world which probably began at the Vietnam war. Or the invention of the computer/internet. </span></div>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt">Calling out - Isms is relevant in terms of how they are used for divisions and why they no longer mean anything. I loved how you explained what classical liberalism is and how it has nothing to do with today. Most
youth today care nothing for Left and Right or Up or Down or names. It is jobs, education. environment, clean air, water, land, healthcare, global society, their friends around the world not in cages. </span></div>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt">I am sad and disappointed to see many in generation give up and watch Fox, fall for talking points, etc. We grew up with no draft and the smallest amount of war in the nation's history. We had a relatively easy life
with cheap goods from China, until the 80s on. It was the boiling a frog in water. Our generation was taken down bit by bit. </span></div>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:10pt">What will replace the - isms? </span></div>
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<div dir="auto">Geeks, Freaks, Beats, Meats, Wheats?</div>
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<div dir="auto"><i>Sent from my LG Phoenix 2, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone</i></div>
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