1. Orígenes Históricos y el Crecimiento de la Brecha Económica.
Los registros señalan un punto de inflexión en la década de 1970 y 1980, donde el cambio de doctrina económica inició un proceso de concentración de riqueza sin precedentes.
- Inequality has been worsening since 1976 when neoliberalism surpassed keynesianism as the ruling economic doctrine.
- Neoliberalism is the true economic disaster. Since the 80s, inequality has grown exponentially. Reaganomics and thatcherism never went away.
2. El Desmantelamiento del Estado de Bienestar y Servicios Públicos.
La priorización del mercado sobre las necesidades humanas ha resultado en el deterioro de servicios esenciales como la salud, la educación y la vivienda.
- Neoliberalism has entrenched inequality, hollowed out our public services, transferred wealth upwards, and created powerful corporate monopolies.
- Neoliberalism has weakened public services, fueled inequality, and prioritized profit over peopleleaving younger generations burdened by debt, unstable jobs, and unaffordable housing while wealth concentrates at the top.
3. La Conexión entre Desigualdad Extrema y el Auge del Autoritarismo.
El descontento social derivado de la precariedad económica es identificado como el principal motor para el surgimiento de movimientos fascistas y populistas.
- Neoliberalism leads to inequality leads to fascism. It feeds it and certainly could never fight it.
- Arguably fascism is the logical end point of neoliberalism as inequality as it strips us of our wealth, funnels it upwards, and creates enormous levels of inequality and precariousness in society.
4. El Fracaso de la Teoría del Goteo y la Captura Corporativa.
La promesa de prosperidad generalizada a través de la desregulación ha demostrado ser un mecanismo de transferencia de riqueza hacia las élites financieras.
- Neoliberalism aka trickle-down economics only perpetuates growing income wealth inequality and concentrates wealth into a few elite hands of billionaires.
- Neoliberalism was always a long con. Sure, billionaires got richer, markets boomed, but most of us were left behind. We were promised prosperity, but all we got was austerity and a level of wealth inequality we may never recover from.
5. Erosión del Tejido Social e Individualismo Radical.
La ideología neoliberal ha transformado la relación del individuo con la comunidad, fomentando la atomización social y la alienación.
- The problem is that neoliberalism has transformed peoples relationship to themselves, to the state, and to society. The economic theories and policies might be expired and rotten, but peoples sense of comfort and survival in the suburbs now depends on maintaining the inequality.
- The fetishization of individualism has led to the erosion of community and the rise of neoliberalism which has created unprecedented levels of economic inequality.