ANT204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neoliberalism
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The lines that divide the classes are horizontal: however, race, sex, disabilities and sexual orientation are not divided horizontally like class but rather vertically, although the traits should divide equally, in reality, they don"t, the people who are discriminated are held up by the social safety net, which is held up by the state, neoliberalism is an economic philosophy that states that the government is way too big and that it interferes way too much with the economy, such that smaller governments would result in better system, wealthy people think that smaller governments are better, poorer people think that bigger governments that support them better through taxes are better, as tax reduces, the people at the top of the pyramid move further away from the poor people at the bottom, making it harder and harder for those at the bottom to climb up.
