"What if some of the differences we call #neurodivergence are not products of #neoliberalism at all, but are instead amongst the cognitive differences that make resistance to neoliberalism possible?"
An extraordinarily well expressed and interesting essay from Richard Murphy (npub1j79…rc5v) (which, obviously, I strongly agree with) on the role of #ActuallyAutistc people in social change and resistance.
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/08/18/neoliberalism-noise-and-hearing-the-signal/#gsc.tab=0
Simon Brooke
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