The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

[TheGrossBuffet]

The main difference between Friedman and Klein is that Friedman actually cared about providing the best for everyone. He didn't try to feed people things that they wanted to hear, but what he felt were truly solutions. Klein has become a superstar of the left by defacing Friedman, even though their positions aren't that different on quite a few issues. It is absurd that people will just eat up everything she says and choose to believe Friedman is a monster based on loose connections.

[JoeSchmo2012]

@TheGrossBuffet Friedman was an obfuscating mouthpiece.

[shishkabobby]

@TheGrossBuffet Read about the connection between the Chicago School and the people that went out into Chile. Were the students of Friedman interested in what is best the best for everyone? Look at the fruits of the ideas.

[SuperTrancend]

youtube employs psychologists to do things like place "....and i'm a mormon" video in the suggestions tab. Association is a psychological technique people. think about it.

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

I think everyone ought to read Naomi Kleins Shock Doctrine. This is a great speech, may Naomi continue to keep us informed.

[Kristianssand]

So important. Thank you for uploading!

[MrMikenotts01]

This is just brilliant.

[CHRIS1974100]

Thanks Ms. Naomi Klein for this very informative and inspirational talk

[examinfo]

the New Deal the greatest restriction on capitalism in 20th century America and presumably beloved by Ms. Klein that was imposed in a time of crisis. Many of the crises of the 20th century resulted from anti-capitalistic policies, rather than from capitalism: China was falling apart because of the murderous and tyrannical policies of Chairman Mao, which then led to bottom-up demands for capitalistic reforms; New Zealand and Chile abandoned socialistic policies for freer markets .

[gorgorybmus]

@examinfo So how do you explain the rise and prosperity of the middle class during the New Deal era?

[Braindrain3]

@gorgorybmus why am I not surprised that "examinfo" did not respond to your question.

[whitesox889]

youtube Johan Norberg vs. Naomi Klein and The Shock Doctrine

[meadbert]

So why is this called Disaster Caplitalism? I do not see how politicians taking example of disasters to pass laws has anything to do with Capitalism. It should be called disaster politics.

[Englishdosser86]

@meadbert Because they use it to implement very right-wing economic policies (like tax free systems or free trade systems). It is also because it is an ideology that seeks to support large corporations. Re-watch the talk with capitalism in mind and it all makes sense.

[libertits]

I am a witness that the Shock Doctrine is a fact, especially in the last 7 months after the coup in my country, Honduras.

All of a sudden, the Congress "ratified" a so called "Nation Plan" for the next 30 years. The worst thing is that NO ONE knows about what this plan is about, it was not consulted to anyone and no one knows one single point of it. Micheletti privatized a Honduran tax paid newly built dam to an Italian enterprise, a vast region of campesinos is being expropiated, continue

[libertits]

the state electricity company is threatened to be sold to another of the richest men in Honduras who has a gasoline monopoly in my country, owner of several thermoelectric plants(6 of them for fucks sake!),energy plants, owner of Petroleo de Honduras (huge oil company), and so many energy related things I can't even list them all.. This cannot mean progress for my country in view we are owned by few hands and this government will finish giving everything away to them..

[ebon123]

i think we should take obamas words serious! lets give him a change he doesnt want!

[Bonapartess]

This was highly informative, not for the obvious misuses of power we have seen, or even the obvious confirmation that shock doctrine exists, but for the Argentinian story - the uprising of people who weren't going to be intimidated by the power elite any longer and took the government on in revolt. Great story!

[Konform2zoidberg]

Here here. It's nice to hear from these guys about the 3 percent of the time we're successful. Like the Whiskey Rebellion. "Failed" but achieved it's goals.

These guys are always such pessimists.

[shortysmagic]

I highly suggest this video to you all if you have any real interest in this sort of thing, you will be glad you watched it zeitgeist addendum, find it right here on youtube.

[strasheep]

shes very good..

[scottliberty]

Wait, Naomi starts this talk by commenting on the value of a book store. A place where, in many authoritarian socialist and/or communist worlds, some books would be banned. Corporatism is NOT free market-ism, it is fascism. If she calls a spade a spade I agree with her. The proper role for government and the free market is clear. Can we just agree to get rid of corporations, and stop accusing 'the market' for the sins of corporate and government collusion? Capitalism is evil, buy my book?!? ovo

[benmcfee]

Perhaps it's just the flip-floppy liberal in me, but I really think it isn't that simple.... and yet, you're fucking right! It is hypocrisy to denounce capitalism, and then sell your books... but still people need to eat... if you live in a free market society, does that mean you are forced to pander to the free-market agenda? If so, how do you beat that?

[benmcfee]

And, by the way, to set the record straight, I'm not calling her a hypocrite. She's a voice for the people, if anything. What I'm saying, is that we live in a system that forces us to play ugly games. The game of having to sell a ware to make a living. If we challenge that game, then we are called "hypocrite." That's what I think is wrong.

[Finnhawc]

Sorry, your point is not valid. Her point is that Shotgun capitalism is evil especially when it uses crisis as a means to leverage legislation that is grossly undebated and rammed down our throats as medicine we must take for our own good. Fear can always frighten up disciples when timed right.

[enkelin32]

Google "Adrian Salbuchi" and see what is to come for us. He is an Argentinian Economist, and will tell you what is the Result of Disater Capitalism, He lived through it

[toodance]

hey there...thanks for the comment

enjoyed persuing. great recomendation

[singledad1234]

another bailout

I THOUGHT americans would revolt

YOUR patriots in Canada

want to support you its time to get ten million people

to THE WHITE HOUSE

STAND UP FOR YOUR CONSTITUTION

[clemmer22]

Aldous Huxley said to Eric Blair (george orwell) in one of their correspondence that he saw that in the future

"rational debate" among citizens would be replaced with the saturation of "polls and expert opinions"

People don't read anymore... they may read crap that doesn't teach them anything or simply scan their eyes over pages but what is the value of that ? You almost can't expect them to be responsible for their future... but they are more like sheep than humans.

[Bonapartess]

The times where I am overwhelmed by the complacency of the public and feel like nobody is listening to or even cares about the truth, I am compelled to wonder if the sheep mentality isn't practically BEGGING to be herded. If people allow themselves to be herded, then can we really blame the shepards who crop up and take advantage of that? As disheartening as financial globalization has become, part of me just wants to scream "I told you so!" to all of them!

[Research0digo]

Thanks again TalkingstickTV!!!

[Research0digo]

When Naomi says 'khaki' at 37:08, she is speaking of CACI. If you are driving north on Hwy 5 out of San Diego, trying to ignore (one of) the Mor(m)on cult's "temple", there is a white building, sort of amongst a bunch of eucalyptus trees, with CACI in huge letters on the side. It's easy to spot this if you are on Genesee heading east, getting ready to exit to get on the 5 north bound.

[Gangularis]

haaallpppp!!!!

[PrisonerOfTheCube]

9/11 shock and awe planned in Israel. Both McCain and Obama went to Israel to kiss the emperor's ring (Sharone is not in a coma). $850 billion just stolen from the American taxpayer and things are only getting worse.

[neothomist1275]

"$850 billion just stolen from the American taxpayer and things are only getting worse"

And worse because more than $10 trillion of America's $17 trillion in retirement savings has been stolen through credit default swaps and naked short selling.

[Naraphim]

I enjoyed the analysis. (However, I would caution against one taking the concept of regression literally) The presentation was in the tradition of Chomsky - it provided a necessary historical context that is absent from the mainstream newstainment provided by Fox and the miopic punditry of bigmouth Bill O'Reilly.

[changeziasghar]

But to curtail liberties a bogeyman is always helpful. And the bigger u make him (this bogeyman) the easier your job will be.

[prayfertrey]

I would tweak the point a little by saying that most, or at least enough, people are already childish and that trying times when they feel insecure don't make adults regress so much as cause already childish adults to clamor for security and to listen to one dimensional rhetoric from politicians. Mass compulsory schooling began creating these childish adults. John Taylor Gatto's history of school and Klein's history of disaster capitalism need to inform each other...

[dexterriley]

i had seen this speech in clips, but was compelled to watch it again what with the recent story about contractors that overbilled 175 million re-building katrina victims homes. thank u so much for posten in its entirety

[Deadbeat1000]

Klein rhetoric is a bait and switch away from Mearsheimer & Walt's thesis of the Israel Lobby influence on foreign policy. In the final analysis Klein is offering a deceitful diversion in order to distract people away from analysis the role of Zionism upon U.S society. She is just another "Israeli firster"

[laotsu7777]

shut up, your narrow specialists analysis is nothing but the non proportional narrow uniformed analysis if a specialist. learn to think with the prefix "inter" infront of each and everyone of your cute little ideas.

[ducbukowski]

Thank you Ms. Kline! You are certainly a modern day gadfly.

[fuzzywzhe]

> David, stop listening to Ann Coulter.

Stop being divisive this way. The person you are responding to will simply be insulted and will stop listening to you, and you won't be able to explain your point.

If you're both honest and patient, you can see each other's point of view, and that's the only way you will.

[laotsu7777]

by then it will be too late...

[davidmesaaz]

FDR used the Great Depression as a reason to pass his New Deal reforms. Many reforms that had stalled in congress for at least 25 years. But no one said that because FDR used a diaster to his advantage that the New Deal was undemocratic.

[timorekusa]

How was New Deal undemocratic?

IS government helping people out and providing services to its citizens undemocratic?

If so then privatize fire departments and police forces?

Is that what you want, you right wing retard?

[Zapparulez1978]

Yes. It is very UNdemocratic. It violates the rule of law as written by the Constitution. The New Deal has created a nation of idiots who beg the Feds to take care of them.

I prefer freedom and liberty over that and if you think the right wing retards in Office are looking to overturn the New Deal then you are the retard. The Dems and Repubs are one in the same. Big Government Fascists and they are doing everything possible to destroy our founding principals.

[patient0Studios]

@Zapparulez1978 Your founding principles aren't anything to get excited over. You're only a republic because they were afraid of public backlash if they created a monarchy, led by a King George even.

[83169]

@Zapparulez1978 Wow... They're NOT trying to undo the New Deal?!? Are you on pot?

[IgorDraskovic]

The economic depression of the 1920's, which was a global phenomenon, was not triggered by any ones intervention. What she is talking about is the disruption of political and economic systems by capitalist nations for the sake of integrating the world into their sphere of economic dominance. There is little simelarity between the two.

[Antaraton]

the federal reserve invented it....

[vwlf]

He did not use it; the new deal was passed to help the poor people who were devastated by the depression, and it worked by helping citizens instead of giving profit to corporations; the opposite of the shock doctrine.

[purin172003]

very interesting doctrine

i'm definately buying this book

[Red46Films]

This is, indeed, wonderful.

[PUCKSPELL]

War is rooted in empires robbing resources and geographical positions. Bechtel was behind the CIA coup in Iran back in the 5o's and made billions in the decades they were there. Today very little PR is required and absolutely no evidence entertained. The media dictates a lie enough times it is embedded and to question it is to be labeled a conspiracy addict since the lie promulgates that everything is an accident. Naomi is a penetrating voice.

[4ourthofjuly]

I didnt hear anything about Bechtel as a CAUSE, but maybe they benefitted. I thought it was the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. and brittish intelligence that got that ball rolling?

[undercurrentspaulo]

Superb Naomi. Our activist videos compliment your talk perfectly!

[yahoodie]

excellent speech. Naomi is a inspiration

[westphalianprinz]

This is a good book. A good primer to the crimes of neoliberalism.

[ToddBoyle]

I nominate this as speech of the month. View it in a quiet place, in a state of relaxed concentration and reflection I also recommend the speeches of John Bogle, Michael Hudson, and Antonia Juhasz.