Changed Opinions

Reich was Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor. Together with Clinton, they laid the foundations for the following tragedy:

Reich was one of the main proponents of NAFTA, arguing that shipping jobs to Mexico would be great for US labor. Here’s an example of his statements from the Clinton era which readers of this blog will immediately recognize as neoliberal:

Great change demands great flexibility — the capacity to adapt quickly and continuously, to change jobs, change directions, gain new skills.

In the past few days Reich tried to show the flexibility that he so likes. He didn’t change jobs or gain new skills, remaining the rich, self-serving douche he always was. But he completely changed his opinion that “the stock market is not the economy”:

Still, there are limits to Reich’s flexibility. He still believes that shipping US jobs overseas is a wonderful idea. And workers who are affected should simply learn to be more flexible and embrace change.

Every neoliberal architect of de-industrialization and economic globalization is wailing that Trump’s tariffs are just absolutely horrible. That these people received no punishment for the horror they inflicted with their insane economic policies is shocking. That they still have an audience after everything they’ve done is even more so.

Reich is one angry neoliberal among many. They are currently wailing on social media, newspapers and TV like cats with chopped off tails. Something is causing their neoliberal souls a lot of pain. I, for one, am glad for it.