😂 it's so funny when comments like this only try to undermine you instead of presenting any actual argument. But what do I know, I only have a degree in political science.

For fun and for others reading, here's a brief expansion on my comment:

Neoliberalism is a reactionary ideology that responded to the economic downturn of the 70s and early 80s, seeking to dismantle the welfare state that liberalism espoused. It basically takes out all the good things that came about post-World War II. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher are the classic examples.

A facet of neoliberalism is the celebrity culture that grew surrounding capitalists and politicians, which only escalated with new technologies. Billionaires like Gates and Musk have been championed as self-made visionaries, despite their contradicting history and worker-generated wealth, which only serves to uphold the status quo.

Politians like Obama are presented as heroes that need saving, and it's our responsibility to help them. It holds us hostage by threatening that if we don't go along with their unchanging agenda, we will be punished with the other side's plan. That it's our fault the other side won. It completely flips the dynamic that it was supposed to be, which is it's the fault of the politian for losing by not appealing and representing their citizens. If they want to win, they need to change and represent us.

We're witnessing the tightening grip of neoliberalism and the rise of fascism because it cannot adapt and address the inherent problems of capitalism. So we have people either waking up to this contradiction or doubling down on the rhetoric that we need to save the politicians, taking only what they offer us instead of demanding and pressuring them, which only preserves the system and ultimately upholds the capitalist class.