Neoliberal modernisation aimed to destroy non-market sources of social reproduction

Evidence

Although the means differed, the goal of this modernisation process remained the same as that embraced by the Chicago Boys: depoliticising Chilean society, destroying non-market sources of social reproduction, and producing responsible, entrepreneurial subjects. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 354

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes Nancy Fraser’s argument that neoliberalism dismantles social reproduction — and connects to the reader’s human-rights/economics debate interests. — connects to: Creative destruction, not peace, causes capitalism’s endemic crises — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 428; Neoliberalism required culturally transforming non-capitalist societies to extend markets — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 88; Neoliberals viewed foreign investment as inseparable from exporting capitalist social transformation — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 298 (+11 more)
• SEED: Could feed an essay on how austerity regimes are fundamentally about reframing care, education, and welfare as family/individual responsibility rather than about budget math.

Broader Connections

• Capitalism functions by redirecting social reproduction toward its own ends #expands (0.82) — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 347
• Neo-neoliberalism’s universalizing reach depends on deliberate destruction and neglect #corroborates (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1878
• Neoliberals framed welfare states as existential threats to individual rights and civilisation #epitomizes (0.78)