Trump’s Reign of Cruelty

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Neoliberalism’s Embrace of Cruelty and Its Assault on Social Bonds

Neoliberalism has always been more than an economic project; it is a political and educational weapon designed to erode social solidarity and dismantle the foundations of democracy. It does not merely defund public institutions like healthcare, education, and welfare—it delegitimizes them, recasting them as burdens rather than essential public goods. As a pedagogical and ideological assault,........

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