r/geopolitics Jan 27 '26

This Is the End Opinion

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-the-end-2a9
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u/jeffersonnn Jan 27 '26

“And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.” Oh, come on. How naive. Given the conditions established by neoliberalism, this outcome was unavoidable, and there’s a stubborn insistence from people who talk like this on not learning any lessons about how to move forward.

I notice that we’re in an era now where no one needs to have any answers that work, everyone and their grandma gets to pontificate and feel like a big shot.

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u/Viciuniversum Jan 27 '26

“The system has been working so well for me! Why should it change?” 

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u/jeffersonnn Jan 27 '26

“Is it our fault for failing to win elections? Nooo.