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Thread #105528 Message #2274440
Posted By: TIA
28-Feb-08 - 01:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: Disaster Capitalism & The Shock Doctrine
Subject: RE: BS: Disaster Capitalism & The Shock Doctrine
Forget 911.
There are enough other historical examples (thoroughy documented) of disasters specifically wrought by agents of the US (and other) government agencies in order to foment disasters that would make people amenable (or at least non-resistant) to economic/societal/political upheavals which they would ordinarily oppose.
No one should tie Ms. Klein's disater capitalism too closley to 911. It stands quite well without that specific, controversial, overly emotional, and frankly nuttiness-prone example.
Don't think 911. Instead, think:
Chile Indonesia Argentina Tiananmen Solidarity Russia New Orleans the Falklands the Christmas Earthquake Iraq Reconstruction
Don't even mention 911 and conspiracies. Examine the list above, and there is irrefutable evidence for secret government (not just US) complicity in shocking occurences.