Screenshot of paragraph from an article: Neoliberalism Since the 1980s, Australia has been governed under a neoliberal political paradigm. First adopted by the Australian Labor Party, neoliberalism has since received bipartisan support (Andrew et al., 2020). J. Michael Ryan (2020, p. 83) defines neoliberalism as "simultaneously an economic, political, and moral approach to the understanding, development, and enactment of social and economic policies", Economically, it promotes free market capitalism, corporate deregulation and the privatisatio of public services and industries. Politically, it emphasises rugged individualism and a "bootstrap mentality to economic success" (Ryan, 2020, p. 83). Morally, profit is prioritised over people while market and economic indicators are champi oned over the lives and wellbeing of the population. The neoliberal ethos aims to reduce what remains of the Keynesian welfare state by reorienting public resources toward competition and efficiency rather than social justice and equity (Andrew et al., 2020; Lupton, 2022).
So basically, #neoliberalism is about taking us back to the #IndustrialRevolution when the Masters worked people, and children, into early graves for their own profit. Yes? #Thesising #AusPol #COVID19management (Yes, I realise that last one is an oxymoron.)