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socialist_n_TN

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12. And that's part of the Shock Doctrine that I could NEVER get used to......

Reply to malaise (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 08:02 PM

Dec 2013

It wasn't just South Africa as I recall from the book. The Latin American countries that underwent the Shock Doctrine were on the hook for the debts that their former authoritarian rulers took out in order to buy the means they used to OPPRESS the people.

As a Bolshevik-Leninist I would consider those debts to capital that were used to buy truncheons, tear gas, guns and bullets, and training in torture null and void.

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Wow... Posted This Part Earlier... Came Back To Hit Me Like A Ton Of Bricks... [View all] WillyT Dec 2013 OP

Yup. I remember what happened in S. Africa was discussed in the closing chapter truebluegreen Dec 2013 #1

Yeah... And Is White Capital Resisting Reforms In THIS Country ??? WillyT Dec 2013 #2

Without doubt. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #11

The media focuses on something I don't Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #3

"The Media"... Amy Goodman Is "The Media" ??? - We Could Only Be So Lucky !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #4

My post was just a generalization of the media overall Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #5

They Tend To... Yes... But NOT Amy Goodman...She's The Closest Thing We Have To Walter Cronkite... WillyT Dec 2013 #6

OK Willy Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #7

Peace My Friend... WillyT Dec 2013 #8

Un huh... Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #9

It;s the truth malaise Dec 2013 #10

And that's part of the Shock Doctrine that I could NEVER get used to...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #12

Naomi Klein's book had a full chapter on South Africa's malaise Dec 2013 #13