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I was born in the early 90s so I don't think I don't think I'll ever understand the earlier 20th century on a personal/emotional level, but do older folks feel that some of these issues are neoliberal attitudes becoming a bit long in the tooth? I feel like they've likely resulted in a lot of growth, but the pain points of their paradigms are starting to seem really apparent to me.

I can understand how those visions of the world felt fresh a few decades after the New Deal, Keynesian economics, etc. (especially due to big events like hyperinflation or the oil shock). These days though whenever I hear a neoliberal demagogue online saying that we need to press the gas pedal of the market to the floor and it feels so tone-deaf. I can't tell if it's my lack of experience or I'm looking at the progressive era and New Deal with rose-tinted glasses.