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disalitervisum

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3. Disaster capitalism as described by Naomi Klein

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 03:12 PM

Sep 2017

in her book, "The Shock Doctrine. Both artificially induced and natural disasters are used to implement unregulated free-market policies. This is what destroyed progressive society in Latin America starting in the 70's with Chile and continuing to this day in the United States.

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The flooded landscape of 21st century capitalism [View all] guillaumeb Sep 2017 OP

DURec leftstreet Sep 2017 #1

And capitalists see the bottom picture as "progress" rather than destruction. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #2

Disaster capitalism as described by Naomi Klein disalitervisum Sep 2017 #3

Welcome to DU, and this conversation. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #4

crapitalism is profit 1st. pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #5

I would say that capitalism is profit ONLY. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #7

Agree with all of you......... socialist_n_TN Sep 2017 #6

Yes, the dreaded "s" word. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #8

That's one of the biggest propaganda victories of the bourgeoisie.......... socialist_n_TN Sep 2017 #11

Agreed. Even on this site there are some who defend exploitation by the owners and call it the guillaumeb Sep 2017 #12

Which is why the "jobs and growth" argument is a dead end for humans. jalan48 Sep 2017 #9

Unregulated growth is called "cancer" when it occurs in an organism. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #10