Both left and right fusions with neoliberalism produce exclusive rather than inclusive solidarity.

Evidence

The task at hand is twofold: observe the historical development and expansion of neoliberal ideas, or the morphology of neoliberal world-views in their own right, while also tracking the linkages of elements of those worldviews to competing ideologies, or the mixed morphologies of both conservative-neoliberal and progressive-neoliberal perspectives. Both more progressive and conservative fusions with neoliberalism result in patterns of exclusive solidarity: progressive neoliberals preach recognition but not redistribution, and conservative neoliberals abandon the humanitarian face of social order. Once belief and trust in mutual and comprehensive solidarity is lost, communities of competition constitute themselves against one another: core workforce against peripheral workers, rich communities against poor, and so on. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 32

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: progressive-neoliberal ‘recognition without redistribution’ as a mechanism explaining the rise of right-wing backlash — a testable thesis for an essay.
• XREF: connects to: Neoliberal core ideas mutate to fuse with both left and right worldviews. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 31; The Right gains ground partly because of what the Left does within limits. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1130; The left’s reliance on orthodox economics enabled its co-optation by neoliberalism — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 901 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The Right gains ground partly because of what the Left does within limits. #complicates (0.70) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1130
• The left’s reliance on orthodox economics enabled its co-optation by neoliberalism #complicates (0.70) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 901