[dragonwriter]

> Neoliberals want to use the state as an enforcement vehicle for private interests

Which is exactly true of libertarianism, which sees the only role of government as protecting it's model of property rights, which are precisely private interests.

> For example, Trump is a neoliberal in libertarian clothing,

Trump is neither a neoliberal norte does he dress in libertarian clothing. He's more a kleptocrat in authoritarian populist clothing, which is about as far from a neoliberal in libertarian clothing as you can get.

> while Clinton is a neoliberal in democrat clothing.

Neoliberalism is overtly the dominant ideology of the Democratic Party; Hillary Clinton is (and has for a long time been) a neoliberal in neoliberal clothing; though in the 2016 campaign she did try to preempt Sanders by adopting some progressive populist accessories.

[gremlinsinc]

I'd like to say, Trump is more of a nationalist/protectionist candidate, not neoliberal, and he definitely didn't run on neoliberalism, Clinton and the other Republicans (center/right and center/left) are two sides of a narrow coin, but the coin being a neoliberal coin.

Sanders ran as a populist/egalitarian candidate. I feel that neoliberalism will die, in fact the fact that Trump won, is the nail in the coffin, I lean towards Sanders philosophy more, personally, -- but with technological unemployment going to rise to more than 40% of existing jobs being gone by 2030, and income inequality only going to rise even more, there will eventually be a revolution of sorts.

If not a bloody one, then one of ideals, you can see it already in red states turning blue, or more people running for elections than normally would. In Utah for example more people are running as democrats than ever have before during an election cycle. Chances of winning are slim, for sure -- but more people are getting involved because they're starting to realize it's the only way to make a difference. Scientists are even jumping in, because for some reason the 'right' seems to hate science and education.

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Parent from 2 up here. For the record I agree with both of the comments under me. All good points. I guess it’s not much help to call Trump a neoliberal. I’ll take that back.