I won't apologise for supporting Jeremy Corbyn. While he got some things wrong (as we all do), his policies offered us the best chance we've had in decades of escaping from the cage of neoliberalism.
I find it phenomenally depressing that, in almost-2022, so many people are asking "what's neoliberalism?" and see me as some pointy-headed loon for mentioning the word. It's the dominant ideology of the past 40 years, that now affects almost every aspect of your life.
It should be as familiar to us as communism was to the people of the Soviet Union. But the greatest success of this tremendously powerful ideology is its anonymity. And by heck, has it succeeded. theguardian.com/books/2016/apr…
There's also a grim anti-intellectualism at play: people block their ears to abstract nouns, as if they were a foreign language. By these means we are kept stupid.
Self-education, especially in politics and philosophy, was once a crucial component of workers' movements.
Self-education, especially in politics and philosophy, was once a crucial component of workers' movements.
Anti-intellectualism always benefits the governing class.
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