“I was asked for a photo while walking between hearings, accommodating as I do for all photo requests, and was not aware of the individuals’ identity or affiliation with these hate groups that stand in stark contrast to my personal beliefs.”

If this explanation be true, it serves to reinforce the suspicion that the differences between neoliberalism and neofascism need not be so repellent as to prevent diplomacy and repeated collaboration with one another, as Ukraine’s foreign relations from 2014 to the present have already suggested.

I am sure that some of us believe that neoliberalism and neofascism are best friends or even synonymous. I find that exaggerative, personally, but there is one perspective that I won’t deny: they’re certainly next‐door neighbors, neither of whom seems particularly eager to move out (even if, on occasion, one will threaten it…only to subsequently fail to follow up).