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Kobi · 12-14-2011, 10:06 AM

The Shock Doctrine

Documentary on the implementation of the economic theories of Milton Friedman and his crew at the U of Chicago. These theories posulate that successful free market capitalism depends on deregulation, privatization of the infrastructure, union busting, intimidation and coercion, tax cuts etc - sound familiar?

It highlights how this "disaster" capitalism i.e. inflicting capitalism after inflicting a "disaster" was implimented in Chile (and other SA countries), Russia( Gorbachev-Yeltzin era), Great Britian(Thatcher era), and the USA (Nixon -Obama).

It also shows how this ideology has repeatedly made billionaires out of a select few while wreaking economic havoc on the masses.

Had to watch it in segments. Stopped when I hit the wtf stage of comprehension.

Good stuff given the upcoming election season.

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