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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But what on Earth does it have to do with this thread, @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world?

  That’s why I deleted it lol, because it was a weird hijacking of the conversation lol

  it seems to me like he was kicked out by zionism, which might have a lot of overlap with neolibs, but isn’t the same concept

  He was kicked out by neoliberals who didn’t like that he was taking the party back to its left wing roots. The zionism was just a pretext, a means to their ends of getting rid of him.

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The zionism was just a pretext, a means to their ends of getting rid of him.

    Oh interesting. I didn’t know that.

    Although amusingly, the zionism itself was not the direct pretext, because they didn’t say “we’re getting rid of him because we’re zionist and he’s against that.” They said “he’s antisemitic”, the all-too-common dogwhistle used on people who are actually just anti-zionism. So if it was actually about neoliberalism, that means there were two layers of misdirection involved.

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So if it was actually about neoliberalism, that means there were two layers of misdirection involved.

      Yup, that’s actually how neoliberals operate more often than not. Just like how their social politics provide (usually purely symbolic) support for some disadvantaged groups while conducting economic policy that hurts EVERY disadvantaged group more than it helps.

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    weird

    Yep

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