A FB IPS thread has been started on this theme, which linked to this article. As to the meaning of the term neoliberalism this one from Wikipedia is my meaning:
"Neoliberalism (neo-liberalism) refers primarily to the 20th-century resurgence of 19th-century ideas associated with laissez-faire economic liberalism. These include extensive economic liberalization policies such as privatization, fiscal austerity, deregulation, free trade, and reductions in government spending in order to increase the role of the private sector in the economy and society."
Setting
aside the article on neoliberalism, it is definitely one of the show's
major themes. The origin of the entire plot is Walter getting cancer and
not having the healthcare he should have to pay for it. Hence he's left
with no better choice then to do what he did. It's an obvious statement
on a system that is so broken that it could care less for some of its
best citizens, dedicated teachers.
Neoliberalism
then continues to drive the story in that slowly Walter can not only pay
for his treatment and take care of his family, but has a lot of
surplus. But the big business of drug production and distribution,
like legal big business, creates a sense of never enough, of needing
more and more money and power in a never-ending, destructive cycle. That
process also excludes care and concern for the other, in this case
those addicts of the product. That is neoliberalism in a nutshell. Walter
becomes the very thing that fucked him over in the first place.
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