Putin’s authoritarianism has been accepted in the neoliberal global order because it doesn’t care about democracy or rights as long as labor is kept cheap and resources flowing.
But the fabled “peace” and “stability” of it is infinitely fragile. We’re watching it self-destruct.
But the fabled “peace” and “stability” of it is infinitely fragile. We’re watching it self-destruct.
Neoliberalism’s acceptance and even approval of illiberal authoritarianism, part of its original thrust, is going to be its undoing as there was always going to come a time where market forces demanded invasions and interruptions of the status quo.
Deep down, American neoliberals truly believed they were going to be able to dam up capitalism, control it and direct it forever, all while allowing and even encouraging illiberalism to grow. It was an absurd, self-destructive idea, and it was never going to last.
The same illiberalism that was intended to suppress human rights and freedoms in service of the market also inherently breeds militarism and authoritarianism and the urge to invade and conquer. It was always going to come to this as long as that was necessary.
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