THE SHOCK DOCTRINE November 19, 2007
Posted by wmmbb in Natural Environment, Social Environment.trackback
Naomi Klein, speaking at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alterantives said:
We need the CCPA to remind us that our dreams of a decent, egalitarian society are reasonable — indeed that with a little work, they are practical. And I love that practicality, that protection of the dream of the possible.”
It seems that somebody has already spoken for our future, and it is not our future if they get their way, but theirs.
Her speech can be following sequentially on youtube:
I acknowledge my debt to nasking commenting at The Road to Surfdom. The moral of the story is that the power of fascism, doubly seconded with wealth and science tailored for disaster, even as we see global warming coming with manifold implications not to be underestimated.
Somewhat tangentially, just remember the beer halls, the dispirited young men filled with violence, the brown shirts and Adolf Hitler. The Nazis had the advantage of the propaganda techniques first discovered by the British in the First World War.It can happen again, if allowed. Can violence be stopped with non-violence?
Are we ready?
Postscript: 20 November 2007.
Brad DeLong joins the chorus of Naomi Klein critics.
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