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Neoliberalism is a broad-term ideology that is considered to be economically centrist to right-wing (depends on how much they support/oppose government interventionism, spending and welfare), inspired by monetarist/Friedmanite policies, culturally variable but nowdays usually left leaning, it also commonly supports atlanticist foreign policy and economic globalization. although there is general disagreement on what exactly the term means on both the left and the right.

On the right, the term "Neoliberalism" is occasionally thrown around for Managerial Capitalism, which is an economic phenomenon that originates from the end of World War Two. Managerialism differentiates itself from traditional Capitalism, while the latter is oriented on the economic power generally being held by the owners within society, managerialism is seen as diluting ownership within society to a point where owners can no longer exert power over businesses and rather this power being moved towards a professional manager class. Neoliberalism in this sense is seen as being pro-government involvement in the economy.

It's also used by some Libertarians as a defense when they're called neoliberals, by the meaning the ideology of Alexander Rüstow, Ordo-Liberalism, which he also called Neoliberalism, as an in-between ideology between the kind of English Laissez-Faire Classical Liberalism of Adam Smith and File:Soc.png Socialism.

The term is also sometimes used by Right-Libertarians to call Neoliberalism simply the current status-quo but characterizing it and its model as a Pro-Keynesianism. Neoliberalism is also accused of being a corporate ideology that favors big businesses over small ones by regulations and taxes that hit harder small businesses or simply lobbying and giving direct benefits towards big businesses such as subsidies, tax exemption, etc...

On the Left, the term "Neoliberalism" is used for the doctrine that was theorised by Hayek, Friedman, Mises et al. and popularized by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan applied at the time, harkening back to Classical Liberal doctrine. Neoliberalism in this sense is rather pro-competition, favouring lenient tax policies and low regulation, except in the area of regulation of trade unions. It would be erroneous to characterize this description as "anti-government involvement", as those who use this definition acknowledge that Neoliberal governments frequently involve themselves in the economy if it's to further the interests of market competition, such as bailing out "too big to fail" banks.

In Right-Wing Populist circles, neoliberalism simply just means "woke capitalism". Even though the ideology has no inherent social/cultural views, aswell as many of it's early proponents such as Reagan and Thatcher being socially conservative.

To many, however, neoliberalism just means anything they hate, the more they hate it, the more neoliberal it is.

History

Amidst the Great Depression, many liberals with different tendencies gathered together in Colloque Walter Lippmann. There were two distinct camps at play, the   classical liberal group and the   social-liberal group much more open to Keynesian policies. Although the participants couldn't agree on a comprehensive philosophy, they all agree on the necessity of new liberalism (aka neoliberalism) to combat File:Soc.png socialism,   collectivism, and   laissez-faire.

Despite being largely ineffective, it served as a precursor to a much more significant Mont Pelerin Society. During the post-war   Neo-Keynesian consensus, their ideas weren't very popular, being known only in think tanks and universities. It wasn't until the stagflation in the 1970s that the sustained effort by an aforementioned group of economists caused neoliberal thought to be widespread globally.

  Chile

Main article:   Pinochetism

Chile was among the earliest nations to implement neoliberal reform. Marxist economic geographer David Harvey has described the substantial neoliberal reforms in Chile beginning in the 1970s as "the first experiment with neoliberal state formation", which would provide "helpful evidence to support the subsequent turn to neoliberalism in both Britain...and the United States." Similarly, Vincent Bevins says that Chile under Augusto Pinochet "became the world's first test case for "neoliberal" economics."

The turn to neoliberal policies in Chile originated with the Chicago Boys, a select group of Chilean students who, beginning in 1955, were invited to the University of Chicago to pursue postgraduate studies in economics. They studied directly under   Milton Friedman and his disciple, Arnold Harberger, and were exposed to   Friedrich Hayek. Upon their return to Chile, their neoliberal policy proposals—which centered on widespread deregulation, privatization, reductions to government spending to counter high inflation, and other free-market policies—would remain largely on the fringes of Chilean economic and political thought for a number of years, as the presidency of Salvador Allende (1970–1973) brought about a socialist reorientation of the economy.

During the Allende presidency, Chile experienced a severe economic crisis, in which Chile's GDP fell by 14.3%, its unemployment rate rose to 23.7%, and inflation peaked near 150%. Following an extended period of social unrest and political tension, as well as diplomatic, economic, and covert pressure from the United States, the Chilean armed forces and national police overthrew the Allende government in a coup d'état. They established a repressive military junta, known for its suppression of opposition, and appointed army chief Augusto Pinochet Supreme Head of the nation. His rule was later given legal legitimacy through a controversial 1980 plebiscite, which approved a new constitution drafted by a government-appointed commission that ensured Pinochet would remain as President for a further eight years—with increased powers—after which he would face a re-election referendum.

The Chicago Boys were given significant political influence within the military dictatorship, and they implemented sweeping economic reform. In contrast to the extensive nationalization and centrally planned economic programs supported by Allende, the Chicago Boys implemented rapid and extensive privatization of state enterprises, deregulation, and significant reductions in trade barriers during the latter half of the 1970s. In 1978, policies that would further reduce the role of the state and infuse competition and individualism into areas such as labor relations, pensions, health and education were introduced. Additionally, the central bank raised interest rates from 49.9% to 178% to counter high inflation.

Pamphlet calling for a protest of economic policy in 1983 following the economic crisis

These policies amounted to a shock therapy, which rapidly transformed Chile from an economy with a protected market and strong government intervention into a liberalized, world-integrated economy, where market forces were left free to guide most of the economy's decisions. Inflation was tempered, falling from over 600% in 1974, to below 50% by 1979, to below 10% right before the economic crisis of 1982. GDP growth spiked (see chart) to 10%. However, inequality widened as wages and benefits to the working class were reduced.

In 1982, Chile again experienced a severe economic recession. The cause of this is contested, however most scholars believe the Latin American debt crisis—which swept nearly all of Latin America into financial crisis—was a primary cause. Some scholars argue the neoliberal policies of the Chicago boys heightened the crisis (for instance, percent GDP decrease was higher than in any other Latin American country) or even caused it; for instance, some scholars criticize the high interest rates of the period which—while stabilizing inflation—hampered investment and contributed to widespread bankruptcy in the banking industry. Other scholars fault governmental departures from the neoliberal agenda; for instance, the government pegged the Chilean peso to the US dollar, against the wishes of the Chicago Boys, which economists believe led to an overvalued peso.

  United Kingdom  

During her tenure as Prime Minister,   Margaret Thatcher oversaw a number of neoliberal reforms, including tax reduction, exchange rate reform, deregulation, and privatisation. These reforms were continued and supported by her successor John Major. Although opposed by the Labour Party, the reforms were, according to some scholars, largely left unaltered when   Labour returned to power in 1997.

The Adam Smith Institute, a United Kingdom-based free-market think tank and lobbying group formed in 1977 which was a major driver of the aforementioned neoliberal reforms, officially changed its   Libertarian label to neoliberal in October 2016.

According to economists Denzau and Roy, the "shift from   Keynesian ideas toward neoliberalism influenced the fiscal policy strategies of the   New Democrats and   New Labour in both the White House and Whitehall....  Reagan,   Thatcher,   Clinton, and   Blair all adopted broadly similar neoliberal beliefs.".

  United States  

While a number of recent histories of neoliberalism in the United States have traced its origins back to the urban renewal policies of the 1950s,   Marxist economic geographer David Harvey argues the rise of neoliberal policies in the United States occurred during the 1970s energy crisis, and traces the origin of its political rise to Lewis Powell's 1971 confidential memorandum to the Chamber of Commerce in particular. A call to arms to the business community to counter criticism of the free enterprise system, it was a significant factor in the rise of   Conservative     and   Libertarian organizations and think-tanks which advocated for neoliberal policies, such as the Business Roundtable, The Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Accuracy in Academia and the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. For Powell, universities were becoming an ideological battleground, and he recommended the establishment of an intellectual infrastructure to serve as a counterweight to the increasingly popular ideas of Ralph Nader and other opponents of big business. The original neoliberals on the left included, among others, Michael Kinsley, Charles Peters, James Fallows, Nicholas Lemann, Bill Bradley, Bruce Babbitt, Gary Hart, and Paul Tsongas. Sometimes called “Atari Democrats,” these were the men — and they were almost all men — who helped to remake   liberalism into neoliberalism, culminating in the election of   Bill Clinton in 1992. These new liberals would recoil in horror at the policies and programs of mid-century liberals like Walter Reuther or John Kenneth Galbraith or even Arthur Schlesinger.

Early roots of neoliberalism were laid in the 1970s during the Carter administration, with deregulation of the trucking, banking and airline industries, as well as the appointment of Paul Volcker to chairman of the Federal Reserve. This trend continued into the 1980s under the Reagan administration, which included tax cuts, increased defense spending, financial deregulation and trade deficit expansion. Likewise, concepts of supply-side economics, discussed by the   Democrats in the 1970s, culminated in the 1980 Joint Economic Committee report "Plugging in the Supply Side". This was picked up and advanced by the Reagan administration, with Congress following Reagan's basic proposal and cutting federal income taxes across the board by 25% in 1981.

During the 1990s, the Clinton administration also embraced neoliberalism by supporting the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), continuing the deregulation of the financial sector through passage of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act and the repeal of the Glass–Steagall Act and implementing cuts to the welfare state through passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. The neoliberalism of the Clinton administration differs from that of Reagan as the Clinton administration purged neoliberalism of conservative positions on family values, opposition to multiculturalism, and neglect of ecological issues. Writing in New York, journalist Jonathan Chait disputed accusations that the   Democratic Party had been hijacked by neoliberals, saying that its policies have largely stayed the same since the New Deal. Instead, Chait suggested these accusations arose from arguments that presented a false dichotomy between free-market economics and socialism, ignoring mixed economies. American feminist philosopher Nancy Fraser says the modern Democratic Party has embraced a "progressive neoliberalism," which she describes as a "progressive-neoliberal alliance of financialization plus emancipation". Historian Walter Scheidel says that both parties shifted to promote free-market capitalism in the 1970s, with the Democratic Party being "instrumental in implementing financial deregulation in the 1990s". Historians Andrew Diamond and Thomas Sugrue argue that neoliberalism became a "'dominant rationality' precisely because it could not be confined to a single partisan identity." Economic and political inequalities in schools, universities, and libraries and an undermining of democratic and civil society institutions influenced by neoliberalism has been explored by Buschman.

  Jimmy Carter

  James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. is an American   Democrat who served as the 39th president of   the US from 1977 to 1981. Jimmy Carter began his political career as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967 and became the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 through a campaign that appealed to   racist and ultraconservative voters. However, once becoming the governor of his home state he changed his stance and began to and began to speak against Georgia's racist politics shocking many of his pro-segregationist voters who previously supported him.

Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th President of the US on January 20, 1977, and one of his first acts was the fulfillment of a campaign promise by issuing an executive order declaring unconditional amnesty for Vietnam War-era draft evaders, Proclamation 4483. One of his main challenges as president was that of economic crisis, recession, and inflation. Carter signed the Airline Deregulation Act into law on October 24, 1978, with the purpose of removing government control over fares, routes, and market entry (of new airlines) from commercial aviation. In 1979, Carter deregulated the American beer industry by making it legal to sell malt, hops, and yeast to American home brewers for the first time since the prohibition.

During his presidency, Jimmy Carter attempted to reorient U.S. foreign policy towards a new emphasis on human rights, democratic values, nuclear non-proliferation, and global poverty. He ended U.S. support for the   Somoza regime in   Nicaragua and cut back or terminated military aid to   Augusto Pinochet of   Chile,   Ernesto Geisel of   Brazil, and   Jorge Rafael Videla of   Argentina, ordered a withdrawal of troops from   Park Chung-hee's   South Korea, all of whom he criticized for human rights violations. He negotiated the Torrijos–Carter Treaties, which provided for the return of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999, and in an effort to end the Arab–Israeli conflict, helped arrange the Camp David Accords between   Israel and   Egypt. Carter attempted to improve relations with   Cuba upon taking office, to no avail due to the Cold War. However, through The Refugee Act of the 1980 and Mariel boatlift, the Carter Administration managed to provide refuge for 125,000 Cubans who fled from Castro's regime.

In 1979, the Carter Administration extended formal diplomatic recognition to   the People's Republic of China now under the leadership of   Deng Xiaoping, for the first time, which led to a boom in trade between the two countries and even began a military partnership motivated by shared opposition to   Soviet and   Vietnamese influence in South and South East Asia. Carter ended the policy of detente with the Soviet Union and began a period of military build-up, started a grain embargo, and initiated Operation Cyclone a decade-long expensive   CIA program that provided aid to   mujahideen rebels in   Afghanistan, in coordination with   Pakistan,   Saudi Arabia, China, Israel, among other countries.

The end of Carter's presidency was marked by the Iran hostage crisis, which began in 1979 during the Islamic Revolution when a group of   Iranians in support of   Ruhollah Khomeini stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 66 Americans captive. While Carter vowed to secure the release of the hostages he refused the Iranians' demand for the return of the former leader of Iran,   Mohammed Reza Pahlavi who lived in exile in the US. In an attempt to rescue the hostages, Carter launched Operation Eagle Claw in April 1980 which ended in disaster and the death of eight US soldiers and badly damaged Carter's reputation as a whole. US-Iran negotiations continued until an agreement was reached in January 1981. In return for releasing the 52 captives, Iran accepted over $7 billion in monetary compensation and the unfreezing of Iranian assets in the US.

Jimmy Carter continues to enjoy an active political life after his presidency ended in 1981. In 1982, he founded the Carter Center, a non-governmental and non-profit organization with the purpose of advancing human rights and alleviating human suffering, in more than 80 countries. Among these efforts has been the contribution of the Carter Center working alongside the WHO to the near-eradication of Guinea worm disease.

  George Soros

  George Soros is a Hungarian-born American   businessman and philanthropist and perhaps most notably a subject of (often   Anti-Semitic) conspiracy theories from people on both the left and right.

The future billionaire was born in 1930 in Budapest,   Hungary to a non-observant   Jewish family, In 1936, Soros's family changed their name from the German-Jewish "Schwartz" to "Soros", as protective camouflage in increasingly antisemitic Hungary under   Miklos Horthy's   dictatorial regime. The Soros family survived   Nazi Germany's occupation of Hungary and World War II by purchasing documents to say that they were Christians. In 1947, 17-year-old George Soros moved to Horthy's   England.

Soros began his business career by taking various jobs at merchant banks in   the UK and then   the US, before starting his first hedge fund, Double Eagle, in 1969. Profits from his first fund furnished the seed money to start Soros Fund Management, his second hedge fund, in 1970. Double Eagle was renamed Quantum Fund which by the time of its funding had $12 million in assets under management. As of 2011 Quantum Fund had $25 billion, the majority of Soros's overall net worth. Soros is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England" because of his short sale of US$10 billion worth of pounds sterling, which made him a profit of $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis.

The Hungarian-American billionaire is notorious for Open Society Foundations (OSF) a grantmaking network founded and chaired by George Soros, himself. OSF is active in over 30 countries and financially supports civil society groups around the world, with a stated aim of advancing   justice, education, public health and   independent media. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s during the fall of communism, OSF played an important role helping various   Eastern European countries transition from communist dictatorship to   free-market capitalism and   liberal democracy. OSF lucrative activities across the world have gotten Soros into several feuds with various   dictators and strongmen such   Mahathir Mohamad in   Malaysia,   Viktor Orban in   Hungary,   Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in   Turkey,   Xi Jinping in   China,   Min Aung Hlaing in   Myanmar, among countless other’s who accuse him of fomenting regime change on behalf of “Globalist Elites.”

  France  

WIP

  Germany  

WIP

  Sweden   

  •   Carl Bildt is a   Swedish politician and diplomat of the Moderate Party who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and Minister for Foreign Affairs during the Premiership of Fredrik Reinfeldt from 2006 to 2014. In 1991 Bildt became the first right-wing Prime Minister of Sweden in 61 years, leading a four-party coalition government that sought to expand upon the   market liberal reforms that were introduced by the previous Prime Minister   Ingvar Karlsson. The policies of Bildt's government aimed at giving Sweden a "new start" in the middle of a rapidly mounting economic crisis caused by a speculation bubble in housing, focusing on privatizing and de-regulating the economy in order to improve the conditions for big   businesses.

The most notable change was a major education reform in 1992 that allowed privately run primary schools and gymnasiums, called independent schools (friskolor) to receive public funding for each student at a level similar to what public schools receive. The number of independent schools has exceeded over a thousand since the 1990s. The independent school system has in recent times been harshly criticized mainly by the left-leaning parties for being   kleptocratic with public funds ending up in the pockets of Private Shareholders who own the schools instead of being spent on improving the quality of education and for causing segregation in underfunded public schools which have become places of recruitment for   criminal gangs. However, Bildt and other right-wing politicians have dismissed these claims and argues that the independent school system gives the students a choice to choose where and what they want to study after primary school and that it encourages them to embrace their individual talents.

Carl Bildt is mostly known for his stances on foreign policy. He has constantly been a champion of European Integration, seeing the nation-state as an outdated concept and during his premiership negotiated Sweden's membership in   the European Union. Like most Swedish right-wing politicians he's a strong supporter of NATO and has long called for Sweden to join the alliance. Yet he has come under scrutiny for his time as a mediator during the Yugoslav Wars when he opposed NATO intervention against the Bosnian Serb forces during the ongoing genocide against Bosnian Muslims, due to alleged business ties in the region.

In 2000, Bildt joined Lundin Energy's board of directors, a company with oil interests in   Ethiopia and   Sudan. His 7 years at Lundin Energy made him a multimillionaire and has been accused of profiting from and being complicit in the crimes against humanity committed by   Omar al-Bashir's dictatorship in Sudan. Bildt supported the Iraq War and is known to have lobbied personally for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

While formerly highly regarded by fellow Moderate Party members for moving Sweden to the economic right and representing the country in the international area, Bildt's reputation within his own party has declined significantly in recent times. This is due to his   anti-nationalist and   anti-populist views and his opposition to the Moderate Party's recent collaboration with the anti-immigrant   Sweden Democrats due to growing   Islamophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment within Swedish society. Bildt may be the sole member of his party who still supports a two-state solution to the   Israel/  Palestine Conflict as most of the Moderate Party fully supports Israel's annexation of remaining Palestinian territories and his outspoken criticism of Israel has led to multiple accusations of   anti-semitism. Bildt, unlike most Swedish politicians also supports maintaining diplomatic ties with   Iran and   China despite Sweden's less than stellar relations with the respective countries.

  Poland

WIP

  Italy

WIP

  South Korea

WIP

  Japan  

WIP

  South Africa  

WIP

  Georgia  

WIP

Common tenets

Economics

Neoliberalism is not a comprehensive philosophy in and of itself but rather a set of ideas in which adherents can find common ground. Its central proposals are:

  • Pro-private property rights
  • Pro-market, but market failures are corrected
  • Pro-fiat money
  • Free trade
  • Free flow of capital
  • Open immigration
  • Individualism
  • Opposition to   populism,   collectivism, File:Soc.png socialism and   Austrian economics.

Since neoliberals want their policy outcome to be measurable, they usually can be quite technocratic, but not to the point of anti-democracy. Additionally, neoliberals can disagree on the size of the welfare state, the necessary regulations, or cooperative economics, but they're never distrustful of markets. It's a big tent, ranging from   Third Way to   Chicago school of economics. They're generally supportive of New neoclassical synthesis, a combination of   New Keynesianism and neoclassical economics.

Overall, neoliberalism can be described as globalized capitalism (with free flow of goods, capital, and labor) with a strong state and central banking to preserve the market.

International Relations

Along with neorealism, neoliberalism has been the most famous approach since the 1990s. Neoliberalism in IR states that nations should worry about absolute gains, rather than relative gains to other nations. Being a revised version of liberalism, it rejects unscientific applications to be in favor of rigorous testing techniques. The central theory in neoliberalism is the democratic peace theory. It says that no two mature democracies have ever waged wars with each other. By promoting free trade to tie countries together along with encouraging the middle class and   liberal democracy, neoliberals want to decrease the chance of war.

Personality

Neoliberalism is usually portrayed as a modern-age businessman and may be portrayed as owning businesses within the comics and will almost always be behind any media within the comics. He is well-spoken and very modern.

Compared to   Liberalism and   Neocon, Neoliberal is very much into "woke culture" and will be very defensive of anything File:Progress.png progressive and will use the state to promote socially progressive values... as long as they're profitable, of course. In later years he has increasingly become friendly to other ideologies such as   Pink Capitalism who he sees as his next hier for the current year.

How to Draw

 
Flag of Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism's symbol is based on the logos of the r/neoliberal subreddit. It is a white globe with red landmasses on it.

  1. Draw a ball
  2. Draw a part of the globe on the ball, using red for land and white for the seas. This does not have to be perfect,.
  3. Draw sunglasses on the ball, and you're done!
Color Name HEX RGB
Red #ED1C24 237, 28, 36
White #FFFFFF 255, 255, 255


Relationships

Friends

  •   Chicagoan Libertarianism - Thanks for the economics.
  •   Ordo-Liberalism - Sorry for stealing your name.
  •   Globalism - One world, under the philosophy of Friedman-Hayek-Reagan-Thatcher!
  •   Liberalism - My main ideological predecessor.
  •   Third Way - My child with   Social Liberalism is one of the most successful versions of either of us. Most of my modern followers are very similar to you, just more market based.
  •   Pink Capitalism - Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! Get your June merchandise for [insert a %] cheaper this year! Just don't bring up Reagan or Thatcher.
  •   Monarcho-Capitalism - Good to see that Saudi Arabia is opening up. MBS is based for his economic policies!
  •   Moderatism - My target demographic. Pls ignore fanaticism of     my children.
  •   Neoconservatism - Spread capitalism worldwide baby.
  •   Neo-Libertarianism - Same as above but libertarian. Especially based if Chicagoan and not Austrotard.
  •   Interculturalism - The melting pot model and the promotion of globalization will certainly help unite the people... To make a profit from, of course!
  •   European Federalism - The EU is one of our most important and treasured institutions. We mustn't let the   populists and   nationalists take it away from us!
  •   Liberal Conservatism - Sometimes says he doesn't like how "woke" I can get. But I've taught him well and like discussing economics with him.
  •   Liberal Feminism - Yassss, more female C.E.O.s! :D
  •   Social Liberalism - My dear cousin. Although he says he doesn't like my welfare cuts, I know that he knows deep down that he loves me and my ideas on running an economy, especially in more recent years.
  •   Reactionary Liberalism - I like to say I hate him for his social stance but I care more for economics anyway. Jair Bolsonaro, Yoon Suk-yeol, and Ayelet Shaked are great leaders and I mourn the fall of Mohammed Morsi.
  •   Japan LDPism - Similar to the above, Yasuhiro Nakasone and Junichiro Koizumi were especially based. Also, that Shinzo Abe guy kinda reminds me of one disgusting orange guy.
  •   Gamers - If you vote for me, you'll have better online, more games along with more money, and individual rights to dedicate to your hobby, do we have a deal?
  •   Post-Industrialism - I love outsourcing because it is cheaper than making things at home, but sometimes due to being "green " or whatever.
  •   Scientocracy - I F#!&ING L♡VE SCIENCE!
  •   Conservatism   - Love you Mom and Dad. Ignore the fact that my most modern cadets dislike you.

Frenemies

  •   Classical Liberalism - My grandfather doesn't like my regulations and invasions. Overall, shares many similarities with   them.
  •   Social Democracy - A slightly worse version of social liberalism, you're way too regulatory and collectivist, but at least you support capitalism and are great for de-radicalizing my opposition to support my end goals so I will let it slide.
  •   Dengism - Commie and human-rights abuser, but still functionally capitalist. Thanks for the cheap labor and products.
  •   Ho Chi Minh Thought   - Similar to above. Your Đổi Mới reforms have been pure triumph and too good to see that you accepted IMF loans. Too bad that reactionaries such as Nguyễn Phú Trọng insist on holding back your economic development.
  •   Fordism - Me but scary and off compass and drug-addled.
  •   Pinochetism - One of the most based dicators in modern history, but still a dictator. Salvador Allende deserved to be couped and most of your other victims deserved the ride.
  •   Fujimorism - Same as above. I’d much rather have you in power than   him.
  •   Authoritarian Capitalism - Bad for PR and human rights are required for economic efficiency, but Mubarak, Nazarbayev, Kagame, Medvedev, Đukanović, etc. had based economic policies.
  •   State Liberalism - Same as the previous guys, but with pink paint, so he is a bit better. Might want to learn from him, he seems to be heading in the right direction for the future...
  •   World Federalism - Based ultra-globalism and forcing disparate peoples to come together for the progress of humanity, still a bit too extreme for my taste... I also don't like how you cooperate with leftists. But thanks for creating the UN!
  •   Regulationism - Depends on their impact in GDP growth weighed with reduction of negative externalities.
  •   Bidenism - You used to be a lot cooler before you became all protectionist, isolationist, and anti-Reaganomics. I suppose it could have been worse though, you're still better than   Trump.
  •   National Liberalism - You like Thatcher too, but we had a huge falling out after Brexit.
  •   Korwinism - This is getting out of control!
  •   Hayekism - Upstanding economist and philosopher, but embrace globalism and reject Austrian economics.
  •   Civic Nationalism - You're pro-immigrant...... but want strong borders? Damn dude, you're making me kinda confused here.
  •   Libertarianism - Both of us share credit for aspects of Reaganomics during the 1980s, along with NeoCon. A libertarian originally found me. That said, you can get kinda isolationist, and I don’t support free markets because of some vaguely-defined “freedom,” I support them because they produce the best outcomes.
  •   Imperialism - I like to say we're different but Friedman said that India was better under British rule and indeed you've brought free trade and (sometimes) liberal democracy to many third world countries. Also, Thatcher fought to maintain British control of the Falklands Islands.
  •   Trumpism - We were friends, waaaay back in time but now he's a Tariff maniac and too Anti-open border, also You're The Rigger not me, Joe, "Crooked" Hilary or The "Metropolitan Elite."
  •   Colonia Dignidad - Wait, what? A pedo cult worshipping Chicago economics? That is not what am I. Ignore that I think Friedman is always right on everything, including British Imperialism.
  •   Green Liberalism - On one hand, green laws can get in the way of economic growth as some polluting industries, such as oil, increase GDP. On the other hand, climate disasters will be bad for progress and growth, Bloomberg and Macron like green laws, and I support outsourcing (not always for green reasons but the point stands).
  •   White Nationalism - I did help you and called ANC terrorists, but the 21st-century version of me is multicultural and you are bad for PR.
  •   Liberal Socialism - A fake liberal and a socialist. Prefer   National party over you in South Africa. At least Vaush is Pro-NATO and somewhat supports me. I remember when I and Mikhail destroyed USSR. Although he did it by accident just took it out of control when he wanted reforms.
  •   One-Nation Conservatism - Moans that I "hijacked" The Tories in The 70's and too welfarist and sometimes even protectionist. In recent times you became more open to the market and my ideas, but Brexit was a huge mistake.
  •   Gandhian Socialism - Socialist but at least you have a lot of marketable quotes.

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  1. ↑ While Thatcher herself was not a real libertarian, due to her support for authoritarian domestic policies. She was influenced by right-libertarian economics and ideals.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 [1]
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