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malaise

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3. The brazen ways in which we see the wholsesale theft of oil and other valuable resources
Thu Mar 13, 2014, 04:20 PM
Mar 2014

across this globe is beyond frightening. This is raw naked imperialism in its new garb known as The Shock Doctrine posing as neo-liberalism via the multilateral lending agencies.
Foment unrest
Kick out the government
Replace with clones with unpopular technocrats (from the Chicago model used in Chile and anywhere they can since) all of whom were trained in overseas anti-people business schools and sold out Economics Departments.
Devalue, Deregulate, Divest -expect more debt despite all the promises.
Privatize all the good resources

Keynes should be rolling in his grave.

I'm tired - I've watched this madness since 1973.

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