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# We need the return of the state
- URL: https://werd.io/we-need-the-return-of-the-state/
- Published: 2022-12-13T17:26:54.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-13T17:26:54.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“The biggest lie that neoliberalism promotes is that all value is created by private sector business, which claim is contrasted with a claim that government destroys value. So, apparently, a teacher working for a private school adds value. The same teacher in front of the same children in a state school would, apparently, not do so. The idea is obviously absurd, and yet is key to understanding neoliberal’s approach to public services, which is built on this lie.” [#Democracy](https://werd.io/tag/Democracy)

\[[Link](https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2022/12/13/we-need-the-return-of-the-state/)\]