It seems like anger against the exact kind of neoliberal technocracy you propose was a major source of energy for the 2016 Trump campaign, as well as the highly contentious Sanders campaigns.
The policy proposals I quoted are probably heavily mood-affiliated with candidates or policy wonks that both Trump and Bernie supporters wouldn’t like, yes. But I don’t think either campaign was fueled specifically by anger against specific proposals to repeal the Jones act or NEPA or anything else Balsa lists as low-hanging fruit.
There was some anger at specific policy proposals, e.g. Trans-Pacific Partnership. But the TPP isn’t actually in the list above, since (for precisely this reason) it’s not exactly low-hanging fruit. So I think your choice of the word “exact” is a bit too strong; it’s more like anger against this general flavor of neoliberal technocracy was a driver of some reactionary campaigns on the left and right.
It seems like anger against the exact kind of neoliberal technocracy you propose was a major source of energy for the 2016 Trump campaign, as well as the highly contentious Sanders campaigns.
The policy proposals I quoted are probably heavily mood-affiliated with candidates or policy wonks that both Trump and Bernie supporters wouldn’t like, yes. But I don’t think either campaign was fueled specifically by anger against specific proposals to repeal the Jones act or NEPA or anything else Balsa lists as low-hanging fruit.
There was some anger at specific policy proposals, e.g. Trans-Pacific Partnership. But the TPP isn’t actually in the list above, since (for precisely this reason) it’s not exactly low-hanging fruit. So I think your choice of the word “exact” is a bit too strong; it’s more like anger against this general flavor of neoliberal technocracy was a driver of some reactionary campaigns on the left and right.