Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine
The Shock Doctrine has been buzzing around the net all week, but a clip of Naomi Klein interviewed by Bill Maher up on rawstory really condenses the main point nicely: politicians are using shocks to our national psyche (e.g. 9/11, Katrina, Iraq) to advance a corporatist agenda, and it’s working.
I believe we have to watch out for this kind of shock corporatism at the State level as well as at the national level. CHIP not working well? Privatize! Schools not “performing?” Privatize! Prisons getting out of hand? Privatize!
And watch out for the new lie that privatized government is good because it’s a “free market system.” Whether or not you believe that a free market system is the best way to accomplish the goals of society, corporations and government working together very rarely do so in a free market manner. The Halliburtons of the world will always have the hook-up with those in power.
Corporatism is a form of fascism, and that’s exactly what’s shock-and-awe-ing America today.
See also: shockdoctrine.com and the video by Alfonso Cuaron below.
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