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HughBeaumont

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8. The Shock Doctrine opened my eyes to lots of things.

Wed Jul 31, 2013, 12:55 PM

Jul 2013

Particularly at how blind Americans are that their leaders pay so much fealty to a guy whose policies did so much wholesale damage to this and other nations. It was means-tested in South America before coming here. Even before he died, he tried to profit off of Katrina victims by using that disaster as an excuse to sweep in and institute the charter schools scam that the GOP is so proud of.

We have a major news network celebrating his birthday.

Then again, his blueprint was never designed with us in mind . . .

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CNBC: "Happy Birthday Milton Friedman!" Verbatim. [View all] HughBeaumont Jul 2013 OP

Yechhh. Link? DirkGently Jul 2013 #1

It was their news ticker on TV. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #2

Milton Friedman is a monetary fascist. Octafish Jul 2013 #3

And a supporter / enabler of fascist fascists. DirkGently Jul 2013 #4

The Shock Doctrine opened my eyes to lots of things. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #8

Put it another way malaise Jul 2013 #5

And yet . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #6

Well even Sachs jumped shipped and presented evidence that malaise Jul 2013 #7

There Ought To Be A Hell For This Vicious Reptile To Spit-Roast Eternally In, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2013 #9

Vicious in the sense that he was grandfatherly and nice in tone. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #10

Kinda like Ronnie Reagan, eh? YoungDemCA Jul 2013 #11

He Has Killed Millions, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2013 #12