Naomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author, Naomi Klein, talks about her latest book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism".

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Producer: William Seaman

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[Kanben Severn]

Really? Is that why she's highly educated, has written books and made films, and does lots of talks and lectures? And you sit at your computer jerking off and writing comments?!

[criticalviewer1959]

A very good book and a great woman. Thanks for uploading this great speech.

"The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles." This has not changed...

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point however is, to change it." (Karl Marx, 1818 - 1883)

No higher being saves us, no God, no emperor nor tribune; to redeem us from the misery we can only do ourselves!

LIBERTY - EQUALITY - HUMANITY - PEACE

One road to freedom is courage!

[John Maloney]

Show me a rich country where 12 hours of any work only buys a bowl of rice. If you can't, then the question is, how do countries grow their wealth?

[Ruthmarie Hicks]

You can't compare the world as it was under Thatcher to the world as it is today. There was stagflation and wages were rising at alarming rates to counter the stagflation. Unions were strong and it became a war between those on salary and those on more fixed incomes and investment incomes. But it was an equal opportunity destroyer of wealth. Interest rates in the US were near 20%. It is the OPPOSITE situation from what we have today. The solutions have to be different this time around.

[Ruthmarie Hicks]

Judging by this thread - you have waaaaaay too much time on your hands. There is no "international norm" unless you think working 12 hours for a bowl of rice is some fanciful "international norm."  That's what "civilization" is for. It is there to regulate rank exploitation. Removal of those dollars from the hands of Americans will inevitably destroy the nation's wealth except for a very few at the top. If you want a banana republic, move to South America. Leave us with our civilization.

[John Maloney]

They were government workers striking to get more taxpayer money and they were taking the cities hostage to do it. Have you forgotten the garbage strikes? Or were you not there? Freedom grew under Thatcher, the right to keep the profits of your labor is a freedom. The right to trade freely is a freedom. In any event, PPP soared under Thatcher and it dropped the cost of living for Ukers dramatically. It is the reason the UK now has a PPP greater then that of France.

[aseenoevil]

thats only because people were striking, they fucked it up for themselves it hadnothing to do with the government, what thatcher did was bring is a fascist type of government which doesnt give people so many rights, anyway since thatcher came in the UK has been doing well largely due to north sea oil and their new relationship with the zionist bankers, in the future no will have any rights at all, we will be microchipped and be slaves to the system and be the goyim that we are, we have no rights

[JeMartele]

If capitalism is the political & economic doctrine of individual rights and non-violence, then this Marxist dogmatic idiocy is its antithesis

[John Maloney]

Silly statement. A country's wealth is measured by how much it produces. Not by how many jobs it ships overseas because wages are higher then what is accepted internationally.

[JeMartele]

If capitalism is the political & economic doctrine of individual rights and non-violence, then this Marxist dogmatic idiocy is its antithesis ...

That religious freaks like her exist .. and Marxism IS a religion, which greedily resorts to violence when guilt fails to loot sufficiently -- only shows the refusal of some to engage their brains

[John Maloney]

Didn't the UK used to be called the sick man of Europe b/c of high inflation, striking and a decline in stature? What PM turned that around and saw record GDP growth. Pretty sure it was Thatcher. Inflation rates near 17% when she came in, has it ever hit double digits again since the reforms she passed?

[John Maloney]

Yes! The government must run the lives of all people, let them say what you can and can't do with your livelihood. Then we will all be free! Once you need government permission for everything, and they can take all they want there is nothing we can't do! Except those things that the people in power disagree with. Everything else will be fair game! Power to the powerful!