Neoliberal Fanaticism

A specific form of capitalist fanaticism, based on the neoliberal doctrine of deregulation, privatisation, austerity, and free trade as universal goods. The neoliberal fanatic applies market logic to every domain—education, healthcare, prisons, even personal relationships—and treats any form of state intervention as tyranny. They worship entrepreneurship, scorn welfare, and reduce democracy to consumer choice. Neoliberal fanaticism ignores historical evidence of market failures, the social destruction caused by austerity, and the role of state power in actually creating functioning markets. It is the ideology of financialised capitalism presented as common sense.

Example: “He insisted that selling state assets at fire‑sale prices was ‘efficiency’ even when it led to mass layoffs—neoliberal fanaticism, ideology dressed as economics.”

Neoliberal Fanaticism by Abzugal May 2, 2026

Techno-Neoliberalism

The fusion of neoliberal economic doctrine—privatization, deregulation, market fundamentalism—with technological infrastructure. Techno-neoliberalism treats everything as a platform to be optimized: public services become apps, citizens become users, democracy becomes algorithmic preference aggregation. It champions “disruption” as an end in itself, ignoring that disruption mostly transfers wealth upward. Techno-neoliberalism’s signature move is to frame privatization as innovation: replacing public libraries with Amazon, public transit with Uber, public healthcare with wearables. It uses technology to dismantle the public sphere while claiming to modernize it.

Techno-Neoliberalism Example: "The city sold its public transit data to a ride‑share company, calling it a 'smart city innovation'—techno‑neoliberalism, privatizing public infrastructure under the guise of tech progress."

Techno-Neoliberalism by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 26, 2026

Digital Neoliberalism

The extension of neoliberal principles into digital space: treating data as property, users as markets, public goods as products, and regulation as interference. Digital neoliberalism champions platform privatization of public functions, frames access as a market transaction, and treats the elimination of consumer protection as “innovation.” It is responsible for the transformation of libraries into content subscription services, public discourse into engagement metrics, and social services into algorithmic triage. Digital neoliberalism insists there is no alternative because “the market has already decided.”

Digital Neoliberalism Example: "The public school replaced its library with tablets loaded with corporate‑sponsored learning apps—digital neoliberalism, privatizing education while calling it modernization."

Digital Neoliberalism by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 26, 2026

Late‑Stage Neoliberalism

A phase of neoliberalism where its core tenets—deregulation, privatization, austerity, free trade—have been so fully implemented that they now generate obvious crises (financial crashes, pandemics, climate change) without offering any internal resources for response. Late‑stage neoliberalism continues to dismantle public goods while privatizing profits and socializing losses. Its ideology becomes increasingly strident and divorced from reality, blaming the poor for poverty and the sick for illness. It is neoliberalism in decay: unable to renew itself, yet still powerful enough to block alternatives.

Example: “After the crash, the government bailed out banks, cut social services, and told workers to retrain. Late‑stage neoliberalism: privatization of gains, socialization of pain, and a lecture on personal responsibility.”

Late‑Stage Neoliberalism by Abzugal April 20, 2026

Victims of Neoliberalism Memorial Foundation

A modern-focused entity documenting the casualties of the late-20th-century ideological turn towards deregulation, privatization, free trade, and the dismantling of the welfare state. Its memorial extends beyond direct deaths to include victims of deindustrialization, the opioid crisis, for-profit incarceration, student debt slavery, and communities left behind by globalization. It portrays neoliberalism not as an economic theory but as a lived, lethal social reality.

Victims of Neoliberalism Memorial Foundation Example: The foundation could create a memorial wall with the names of Victims of Neoliberalism like the former factory worker who died of a "disease of despair," the public school teacher who lost their pension after privatization, and the family who lost their home in the 2008 foreclosure crisis—linking each to specific policy decisions.

Victims of Neoliberalism Memorial Foundation by Dumu The Void February 5, 2026

Late-Stage Neoliberalism

A phase of neoliberalism (deregulation, privatization, austerity, free trade) after its peak, when its contradictions become visible and its legitimacy erodes. Characterized by: rising inequality, financial crashes, populist backlash, and the failure of market solutions to deliver promised prosperity. Late‑stage neoliberalism also sees the state becoming more interventionist—but only to bail out banks and corporations (socialism for the rich). It generates political instability: far‑right movements exploit the discontent while offering no real alternative. Critics argue that late‑stage neoliberalism is a transition to either a more authoritarian capitalism or a post‑neoliberal order.

Late-Stage Neoliberalism Example: “Late‑stage neoliberalism is the moment when your government bails out airlines but tells you to beg for unemployment benefits. The market is sacred when profits are private, but public when losses are socialized.”

Late-Stage Neoliberalism by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal June 1, 2026

Justification against Victims of Neoliberalism

The explicit defense of policies—austerity, privatization, deregulation, financialization—that cause precarity and inequality, by arguing they create overall growth, discipline, and “flexibility.” Victims are portrayed as regrettable but necessary sacrifices to global competitiveness and fiscal responsibility.

Justification against Victims of Neoliberalism Example: “We had to privatize the water supply and raise rates to attract investment and ensure long-term efficiency. Yes, some can’t pay, but vouchers are available. The old system was unsustainable.” This justification frames a loss of a public good as a tough, responsible choice, painting victims as casualties of progress against backwardness.

Justification against Victims of Neoliberalism by Abzugal February 8, 2026