If the Twitter/X thing teaches you one thing, let it be this: Twitter was a neoliberal place. Then Elon Musk made it into X, a fascist place. Once again, neoliberalism laid the foundations of fascism. But that’s not the (whole) lesson… Neoliberal folks are still using X, calling it Twitter to make themselves feel better, and pining for the good old days. And there’s the real lesson: When neoliberalism turns into fascism, neoliberals will adapt to life under fascism. Right, class dismissed.
@aral I don't see how liberalism translates to fascism.
Conservatism, yes, but not liberalism.

@Nuncio @aral to cite @witchescauldron :
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#Neoliberalism, with its emphasis on deregulation and market-driven solutions, pushes for the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few. This concentration eventually leads to the erosion of democratic norms and the rise of authoritarianism, as seen in the case of Twitter’s transformation.
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=> https://hamishcampbell.com/the-mess-we-made-with-the-dotcons/

This is as far as my understanding goes. What's your take on this?

The mess we made with the #dotcons – Hamish Campbell

@maybit @Nuncio @aral @witchescauldron I don't recognize today's politicians as liberals at all. Some of them are just reckless, cheap variants of them.

@Apfel @maybit @Nuncio @aral @witchescauldron

Obama was to the right of Reagan. These politicians only look "liberal" when they stand next to christofascist nutbags and convince everyone that tiny gap between them (where no daylight can get through) is the "center".

@violetmadder @Apfel @maybit @Nuncio

yep, we have loony right-wing or hardcore right-wing... its a very limited choice in the #mainstreaming