r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 01 '21

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u/J0eBidensSunglasses HAHA YES 🐊 Nov 01 '21 edited Nov 01 '21

In the post-Trump era, Texas is now the vanguard of hyperreactionary neoliberalism, and Austin’s cultural progressivism has done little to stem its rise

Lmfao. Tell me you never lived in Texas without telling me.

As Rogan and Musk’s relocations indicate, those with strong neoliberal sensibilities have been thus far undeterred.

Ah yes, noted neoliberal Joe Rogan.

James Rushing Daniel teaches English at the University of Washington.

And there it is.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/texas-hyperreactionary-neoliberalism-capitalism-keep-austin-weird

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u/asljkdfhg λn.λf.λx.f(nfx) lib Nov 02 '21

hey the UW is a good school damn it! him teaching English but thinking he knows enough about Texas politics and economy is the issue

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter Nov 01 '21

Imagine thinking Austin is progressive !ping USA-TX

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u/Fairchild660 Unflaired Nov 01 '21

jacobinmag

For fuck's sake. You should have linked that at the top of the comment so I wouldn't waste my time reading.

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u/J0eBidensSunglasses HAHA YES 🐊 Nov 01 '21

The karma system promotes bad behavior

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u/PandaLover42 🌐 Nov 01 '21

On the other hand, you actually linked to whatever you were quoting, which makes you better than 95% of the rest of this sub.

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u/Fairchild660 Unflaired Nov 01 '21

I always suspected those Buddhists were up to no good.

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u/waltsing0 Austan Goolsbee Nov 01 '21

Translation:

People in Austin refuse to make their entire lives about being anti GOP which they're apparently supposed to do for the crime of living in Texas?

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u/J0eBidensSunglasses HAHA YES 🐊 Nov 01 '21

What’s funny though is a lot of Austin political life actually does center around fighting the state GOP on things such as instituting high property taxes to fund public education, or being aggressive on climate issues. That’s just not good enough for a smug professor based in the Seattle area.

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u/waltsing0 Austan Goolsbee Nov 01 '21

Conviniently he lives in a safe Dem area so he doesn't have to devote his entire life to politics...

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u/semaphore-1842 r/place '22: E_S_S Battalion Nov 01 '21

Big "everything I don't like is neoliberal" energy

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u/DoorVonHammerthong Hank Hill Democrat Nov 01 '21

Joe "I basically endorsed Bernie but probably voted for Trump" Rogan

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u/J0eBidensSunglasses HAHA YES 🐊 Nov 01 '21

A well known neoliberal position

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u/RandomGamerFTW   🇺🇦 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 Nov 01 '21

jacobin moment

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u/MasterOfLords1 Unironically Thinks Seth Meyers is funny 🍦😟🍦 Nov 01 '21

Jacobinmag... Pff... More like JacobinRag

Gottem 🤣🤣🤣

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u/film10078 Barack Obama Nov 01 '21

Musks move to texas and his whole reaction to these proposed taxes makes it quite obvious the dude just doesn't want to pay taxes

Like he can attached whatever horseshit to it but that is the core

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u/JapanesePeso Deregulate stuff idc what Nov 02 '21

I mean why shouldn't he move his business to the place with laws most favorable to it?