Neoliberalism in Fallout 4's Post-Apocalyptic World Shows How We Treat Money Like it Is Magic

A Culture Made of Algorithms

Neoliberalism is a socio-economic model that exists everywhere, but what happens when it exists inside a media text that is set in a world that has been destroyed by nuclear war? Well, I go to town explaining what that's a thing and how it's a problem because lets be honest, we treat money like it's magical.

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