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Trumpism, whether full-strength or in the watered-down form seen in Australia, is not an answer to the failure of neoliberalism. But until centre-left parties can escape the mental prison built by decades of soft neoliberalism, it is what we are likely to get.

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[–] ms_lane 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The 'centre-left' party you're talking about brought Neoliberaism to Australia in the first place...

Bob Hawke was a full on cunt, a complete dickhead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Spoiler: The fact that the ALP is Neoliberal is kind of the point of the article.

[–] goodthanks 1 points 2 days ago

It was a well meaning but failed ideological experiment that was never revised because it was locked in by the voters when benefited from it. Short term gains, short term thinking.