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The best way to make young people love neoliberalism is to call them morons

Why didn't anyone think of this before?

Normal Island News
Feb 04, 2025
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In a recent column, someone called David Mitchell had the perfect response to young people who are giving up on western-style neoliberal democracy: he talked down to them and called them stupid! The headline of Mitchell’s column in The Observer read:

Here’s a shocking finding, gen Z: democracy isn’t perfect

If that headline wasn’t quite patronising enough…

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