# Straight Dope 3/24/2023: What was neoliberalism, is it dead, and was it really so bad?

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Plus **Stranger** that I would add that Trumpism was/is primarily driven my racial resentment, not economic-induced grudges. As well as a desire to implement fundamentalist/religious-inspired restrictive laws to punish the groups they hate. The economic stuff is just a convenient cover for their actual goals.

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