The Traveling Term

The term “neoliberal” traveled in the same direction as I did. Originally, it was very lefty-coded. But today, it only appears in far-right circles.

Every time I try to use the term in a publication (which is 90% of my publications these days), I get a lot of pushback.

This happened because the left found out how much it enjoyed everything it used to decry. And the right found out that “free markets” and “choice” can very easily be applied to human beings, body parts, and life itself.

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