The Neolibs Won

Prior to Clinton/Blair, the left were united as one in indicting a capitalist system that oppressed Black people, minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, feminist women, and working-class people (including working-class white men), but as soon as Clinton and Blair came to power, they maintained the Reagan/Thatcher Western capitalist consensus, but simply tinkered with the system so that it was *a little* fairer.

We now see Black capitalists, Latino/Latina capitalists, Gay capitalists and feminist capitalists. The needs of the perpetually poor and socioecomically marginalised has been consigned to the scrapheap, as corporations, like Netflix and Disney, impose a sort of 'corporatist socialism', which has all the BAD parts of socialism (i.e. a lack of accountability, monopolisation of services, and a one-size-fits-all agenda which ensures ALL product adheres to a SINGLE agenda/vision of society), and NONE of the GOOD parts (support for workers, an emphasis on socioeconomic equality, justice and fairness, a focus on quality of service, and an attempt to bridge the wealth gap). Greed and materialism is as predominant in society if the public's brainless idolisation of celebrity culture, and the likes of the Khardashians, and other bling-decked 'celebs', is anything to go by. Material success is regarded as every individual's innate *right*, and anyone who questions the materialism of a Black person or a woman, is immediately labelled as a 'racist' or a 'misogynist', rather than a *progressive* socialist/egalitarian, who wishes to end the capitalist/pseudo-'meritocratic' system.

That shows like Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte, along with the monarchy-simping Black Panther, are now so popular, along with all the self-righteous controversy regarding titles for H&M's children (and the suggestion that the wife of the fifth-in-line to the throne should somehow be coronated) further emphasises, beyond all reasonable doubt, that we have truly abandoned socialism and moved into a fake-'leftist' world thaat rejects all the defining traits of previous leftism (i.e. a focus on equality, workers' rights, blue-collar pride and solidarity) in favour of aspiration, materialism, socioeconomic success, and even inherited wealth/privilege (just as long as one is of the *right* identity...)