#eoliberalism — Public Fediverse posts

Ideology can become invisible. #Neoliberalism doesn't usually present itself as an ideology; it presents itself as “common sense”, “human nature”, “the economy”, or simply “the way things are”.

That makes it difficult to challenge because people are arguing from inside the framework without seeing the framework itself. You can point to inequality, climate destruction, exploitation or social fragmentation, but the assumptions producing those things remain largely unquestioned.

#eoliberalism's superpower is pretending it doesn't exist. And #mainstreaming reinforces that invisibility by constantly narrowing what is considered reasonable or realistic.

So perhaps the first step is making the invisible visible: learning to recognise the assumptions shaping our thinking, naming them, and creating spaces where we can think outside them.

That is part of what #OMN and the #4opens are trying to do - build practical social structures where different ways of organising, communicating and making decisions can actually be experienced rather than merely argued about.

We are not completely fucked. But we do need to start seeing the cage before we can find the way out.