C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who has taught and worked in numerous universities and research centers in Europe and the United States.
A few years ago, Noam Chomsky warned about the return of fascism in contemporary capitalist societies.
Economic liberalization, deregulation, privatization, and the dictatorship of finance capital have forced social democracy on the retreat across the Western world. In its turn, popular mainstream media reinforces the neoliberal ideology in multiple ways, such as by what Noam Chomsky calls “the strategy of distraction” and by “treating the public like children.”For the past 40 years, neoliberal capitalism has been hard at work in making people think not like citizens but rather like consumers.
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