In this article, the author discusses neoliberalism as an extension of settler colonialism. The article provides commentary on five recent articles on teacher education and the neoliberal agenda. The article presents an analysis of neoliberalism as despair, and as a form of nihilism. The author discusses an indigenous model of school reform and teacher education that contrasts neoliberal models. The article closes with a call to remember and reclaim other axes of thought and meaning, instead of a neoliberal spectrum which is an unworkable framework for school reform and teacher education. (Contains 2 notes.)