Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" was one of the best books on politics I've read in a long time. She's just published a new book on the Trump presidency, which continues her basic thesis that present-day capitalism engineers huge shocks to political systems so as to disorientate and confuse any opposition. Under cover of "defending against terror", it enacts laws to open up new markets and remove legal and constitutional obstacles to corporate takeover. Chile in the 70s, Russia post Gorbachov, Iraq and Libya are obvious examplesWhickwithy said:Maybe I'm just being paranoid but it seems to me a game is being played. The usual game of distraction...
whispered said:
Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" was one of the best books on politics I've read in a long time. She's just published a new book on the Trump presidency, which continues her basic thesis that present-day capitalism engineers huge shocks to political systems so as to disorientate and confuse any opposition. Under cover of "defending against terror", it enacts laws to open up new markets and remove legal and constitutional obstacles to corporate takeover. Chile in the 70s, Russia post Gorbachov, Iraq and Libya are obvious examplesWhickwithy said:Maybe I'm just being paranoid but it seems to me a game is being played. The usual game of distraction...
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