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bulwark

The International Monetary Fund has long been a bulwark of international neo-liberalism

—p.306 Conclusion: A Democratic Revolution (294) by Owen Jones
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Washington Consensus

The US once enjoyed near-hegemony over Latin America, a position initially enshrined by the 1823 Monroe Doctrine and, in modern times, the so-called 'Washington Consensus'.

—p.285 The Illusion of Sovereignty (270) by Owen Jones
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lachrymose

George Osborne, the Chancellor, had painted a lachrymose picture of the 'shift-worker, leaving home in the dark hours of the morning, who looks up at the closed blinds of their next-door neighbour sleeping off a life on benefits'

what he's really saying is that the idea of people on benefits disrupts the dominant ideology of work being something you need to do to live lmao

—p.49 The Westminster Cartel (46) by Owen Jones
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