Market-liberal doctrine was used to justify state violence against political opponents.
Evidence
Just as Mises had argued that economic autarky was a just cause for war, the argument that a functioning market was the necessary condition for domestic peace licensed state violence ‘to crush the onslaught of peace-breakers’. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 327
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Neoliberal market freedom required state violence to enforce submission to the market — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 328; Ideological language precedes and enables state violence against target groups; Neoliberals pathologised political struggle by framing the market as peaceful and politics as violent — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 64 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Neoliberal market freedom required state violence to enforce submission to the market
#corroborates(1.00) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 328 - Neoliberals pathologised political struggle by framing the market as peaceful and politics as violent
#expands(0.80) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 64 - Neoliberal human rights legitimize state violence to protect global markets.
#exemplifies(0.80) - Ideological language precedes and enables state violence against target groups
#expands(0.75) - Liberal rights discourse has historically been used to justify imperial domination and war.
#exemplifies(0.75)