#culturalhomogeneity — Public Fediverse posts

"#Neoliberals had always been concerned with the extra-economic conditions for capitalism’s survival, but they had usually focused on law, religion, and morality. The growing influence of Friedrich #Hayek’s ideas of cultural evolution and the mainstream popularity of neuroscience and evolutionary psychology led many to turn to the harder sciences. Changing demographics—an aging white population matched by an expanding nonwhite population—made some right-wing neoliberals and libertarians rethink the conditions necessary for #capitalism. Perhaps some cultures, and even some races, might be predisposed to market success while others were not? Perhaps #culturalhomogeneity was a precondition for social stability, and thus the peaceful conduct of market exchange and enjoyment of #privateproperty?"
#QuinnSlobodian
@zeithistoriker
https://pca.st/episode/e9fcff27-95f8-4a81-bb26-c5279587999a