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BelgianMadCow

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14. Well, I thought so too. The I read this bit from him, about The Shock Doctrine

Reply to byeya (Reply #12)

Fri May 17, 2013, 03:57 PM

May 2013

What Smith didn’t note, somewhat surprisingly, is that his argument is very close to Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine, with its argument that elites systematically exploit disasters to push through neoliberal policies even if these policies are essentially irrelevant to the sources of disaster. I have to admit that I was predisposed to dislike Klein’s book when it came out, probably out of professional turf-defending and whatever — but her thesis really helps explain a lot about what’s going on in Europe in particular.

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Well, I thought so too. The I read this bit from him, about The Shock Doctrine BelgianMadCow May 2013 #14

So there's a chance he'll see when he eventually is forced to connect the dots Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #16

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