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Neoliberalism: Society’s political and economic institutions should be…

- - - - The violent reigns
        
        Nazi Germany reduced the Jewish community to their economic usefulness. The word economy derives from the greek 'oikos' (work) versus 'pathos' (feeling).
        
        Propelled by Hitlers regime of radical eugenics, it seems that there was the idea that Jews belonged to a different people than the Germans. The illegitimacy of these claims however have been scientifically refuted through genetic discovery
        
        Mao Zedongs China used violence as a staple in striving for the communist China regime
        
        The promise of a brighter future predicated on a utilitarian calculus justifies the use of violent behaviour
        
        The liberty of contemporary western society has historically has been at the credit of war against feudal governance.
        
        There was loss but then there was change)
  - - - The political of reign of Donald Trump was characterised by a commitment to his membership serving as the litmus test for credence in American society
        
        American political arenas are becoming increasingly polarised to an extent where debate is becoming incommensurable. It is as if we are speaking different languages
        
        The cost of tribal acceptance at a communal and national level is a pathology of the collective human psyche. What it is to be an integral human functions along a single axis of membership. For those who do not give credence, therein lies a different form of collectivism: a collective unconscious suffering as a result of this willingness to condemn each other.
- - - - Likened to "Helping out the little guy" through provision of public education and housing.
        
        Education System
        
        The Westernised education system
        
        Being organised in a rich tapestry of relationships and connections invites us to being exposed to a range of social, ethical and religious beliefs. Westernised schools of thought such as the Darwinian theory of evolution are treated as 'gospel' for young, impressionable students.
        
        Views on these matters are mirred within religion where a wide range of postulates exist for the ontology of human life. This suggests a level of ambivalence should be mixed within the education system to allow us to become more hospitable to others. There is a sense of virtuosity in allowing for a certain withholding of hasty judgment; the willingness to linger in the interval between two options
    - - Espoused by the neoliberal agenda with decreased social intervention and an increased reliance on non state providers and places a greater emphasis on achieving economic prosperity
        
        The reappearance of early 19th-century associated with free market capitalism
        
        Capitalism
        
        Free market capitalism has energised competition in contemporary Western Society where economic commitment is rewarded with prestige, identity and praise among others. These function under meritocracies in a winners and loosers market where those who are unable to function under this regime are framed as the 'drunkard in the gutter' as quoted quite bluntly by Thomas Hobbes
        
        Swiss Economist Friedrich Hayek constructed the conceptual basis of neoliberalism where with saw human beings as being deemed efficient economic calculators
        
        Consumerism
        
        Nowadays, we are trained to think of ourselves as ‘competitive entrepreneurs’ where we are not prepared to give up a ‘red cent’ to anyone according to Scott Stephens of the ABC Minefield podcast.
        
        This lack of solidarity which is required for a shared democratic space is being 'milked dry' according to Scott Stephens of the Minefield podcast due to the allure of consumerism.
- - - - These algorithmically optimised systems of content distribution are excellent at doing two things; engaging the user and retaining it. These tech-savvy alchemists activate the same neural pathways as cocaine and chocolate does. It is as if we are licking the dopamine lollipop whilst users continue to be drip fed with content designed to solidify addictive behaviours.
        
        Allowing oneself to be watched, and learning to watch others, is both seductive and dangerous. We moan about a lack of privacy yet willingly and routinely trade it for conveniance. I no longer need to remeber my friends birthdays, Facebook will nudge me (Uber, Google Maps).....
        
        The modern day version of a 'Panocpticon' where innmates are observed from a central tower manned by a visable occupant, his watchfu eye seeing but unseen
        
        The Media
    - - Global Technocracy (Big Data). The GAFA Tetrarchy (Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook)
- - - - 'Tall poppy syndrome' is a term which epitomises the egalitarian culture of Australia and New Zealand. Devaluing a person's success and aiming negative behaviours at high-achieving individuals functions as a celebrated form of reasoning. It is much easier to say why something is inherently bad or wrong as opposed to why something is beautiful or deemed to be celebrated. It is as almost as if you are credulous and stand as a sheep in a pack of wolves
    - - In Contemporary Western Society, we are often situated in a 'doer' mindset without devoting a great deal of though behind the feelings and contexts which arise from such actions. There lies the power of culture, Unconscious narratives are derrived from lack of interrogation into the pretenses which change our human. behaviour and therefore not taking necessary responsibilities for succumbing to the byproducts of culture
    - - There is a social axiom associated with commentary being a perquisite when an ‘event’ happens in wider society. Even if the opinion is cheaply formed, the obligation to allow speech to run ahead of conviction leads to engaging in ‘conformity’