Re: Neoliberalism & alt-rght trolls

2017-05-15 Thread Florian Cramer
It's a yes and no, depending on the definition of neoliberalism you use. If you define neoliberalism along the lines of Hayek and Mises as libertarianism light, then yes, there are overlaps, particularly in cyber libertarianism. Within the larger current network and discourse of the "Alt-Right", t

Re: Neoliberalism & alt-rght trolls

2017-05-15 Thread Geert Lovink
I would say no. Neo-liberalism comes with politically correct identity politics. It does not allow weirdness and ‘freedom of speech’. Neo-liberalism is out to claim consensus and cannot argue in public. It has to silence the fringe and ignores it in a deep and, until recently, effective way. That’s

Neoliberalism & alt-rght trolls

2017-05-15 Thread Robert Tynes
To what extent are alt-rght trolls a product of neo-liberalism? -nb # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/net