Listen to Naomi Klein talk about the recent bailout in detail.
Her book, the shock doctrine, is beginning to ring true. The latest outcomes to the bailout seem to fit her Disaster Capitalism theory.
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Naomi Klein Talks Bailout
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What’s not to like about Klein. She has assured us that the myth of complexity should not stand as a barrier to our understanding of antisocial economic policies purposefully imposed by a small minority of class warriors upon those of us who want to believe that hard work and discipline pays off. She has engaged people in discussions which – for the first time in our nation’s history – allow for recognition of class distinctions but with a vocabulary and sensibility that moves away from both high academic theory and rageful Marxist pontifications. I am still working through her book but am delighted by her shorter writings and appearances which ALWAYS sound original, topical and optimistic. She is also to be commended for her candid and well founded concerns about Obama’s economic posture – - there is no doubt about it, while the Republicans are distressted about his ideas regarging maldistribution of wealth (calling him names even), Obama & Rubin must display an iconoclastic and more redistributive policy orientation to move this country forward.
Thanks you Naomi for busting the myth of complexity, increasing our level of discourse and keeping Obama & Rubin honest.
Michael
Austin, Texas
I was persuaded too until I actually read Milton Friedman to get a better sense of how such a person could have become so influential. I was quite shocked at what I found. Friedman, as best as I can tell from his writings, believed none of the things that Klein ascribes to him. In fact, my impression is that he believed exactly the opposite of what Klein claims. He certainly advocated the opposite. He was a defender of individual rights and freedoms. Actually, I’ve never seen a more persuasive or compelling defense of human liberty. He also hated and fought against corporate welfare and dangerous combinations of corporations with the government. So, although I’m sure you have good intentions (as I did when I expressed agreement with Klien early on), you should take the time to read the writings of people like Friedman (if you haven’t — maybe you have) instead of taking her word for what he says. I’m afraid that the least fortunate among us are the ones who are actually hurt by the kinds of dishonest arguments that Klein advances. It pains me to say it because I’d like to believe. It’s just not true unfortunately.