10878 - This graphic tried to lays out The Neoliberal Playbook—a step-by-step manual for dismantling the public good and then blaming it for falling apart.
1. Starve the System
First, you cut funding. Schools, hospitals, housing—they all get less. Services begin to struggle, not because public systems don’t work, but because they’re running on empty.
2. Frame the Failure
Next, you point to the dysfunction you created. “The system’s broken,” you say. “Government can’t do anything right.” A crisis of confidence takes hold—and the public starts to believe it.
3. Offer Market ‘Solutions’
Enter the private sector, promising shiny, efficien...