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2naSalit

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5. For those who have been
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 01:08 PM
Apr 2016

disappointed in PBO, it is important to recall that he taught ConLaw at the U of Chicago, the infamous home and founding institution of disaster capitalism... and Milton Friedman, the father of disaster capitalism and the actual "shock doctrine". So it makes sense that he would help create and promote the horrid :free trade" agreements we suffer from already and the ones we must kill now.

If you watch the movies in the OP, you will see the connection. The U of Chicago churns out little Milton Friedmans every year. Had an econ professor who was a Friedman protege, he made frequent trips to Estonia as an econ advisor, I always had an uncomfortable feeling about that... I ended up walking out of that school after a couple semesters and totally bailed on my doctoral quest after realizing this guy was going to trash my quest anyway.

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Bookmarked daleanime Apr 2016 #1
Thanks! subterranean Apr 2016 #2
A must see. zentrum Apr 2016 #3
simple math and well established history of dis capitalism makes certainot Apr 2016 #4
For those who have been 2naSalit Apr 2016 #5
K & R. Shock Doctrine Neoliberal economics kills and must end.. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #6
It's as if the feudal kings of old were running the world. fasttense Apr 2016 #7
Exactly! ...nt 2naSalit Apr 2016 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author felix_numinous Apr 2016 #8
Interesting way of putting it. n/t fasttense Apr 2016 #10
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Kick libodem Apr 2016 #12
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