In news discourse ‘modernise’ now means ‘privatise and neoliberalise’.

Evidence

In fact, neoliberalism owns the word “modernisation” now. If you hear the word in news broadcasts, it is synonymous with neoliberalisation. Whenever there is a dispute — in, say, Royal Mail — the phrasing used is something like, “Royal Mail is trying to modernise, but its plans are opposed by workers”. But when they say “modernise”, they really mean “privatise” and “neoliberalise”. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1652

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Privatisation is disguised as modernisation in media discourse — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 2239; Capitalism absorbed its critics’ language to legitimize neoliberal privatization — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 439; Neoliberalism has captured the term ‘modernisation’ as a cudgel in labor disputes. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1652 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Privatisation is disguised as modernisation in media discourse #corroborates (0.95) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2239
• Capitalism absorbed its critics’ language to legitimize neoliberal privatization #corroborates (0.78) — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 439