The Shock Doctorine and American politics...

[Sparkle]

Wow, that is an incredibly powerful clip.

I do want to see the whole film now.

The principles of her theory don't come as a 'shock' to me... not in the least.

Purported WMD and our 'war(S) on terror' post September the 11th are thinly veiled attempts to gain control over oil in the Middle East.

The only thing that shocks me is how many people are unaware. How huge percentages of the population choose to remain in their state of shock and refuse to really look around, to search out alternate news sources, to learn about the state of the world outside their own personal borders and to cast a critical eye.

'the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation' -hdt

on a side note: the banksy graphics are really effective.

[katsarecool]

Very interesting video! I learned about this theory after President Kennedy was assasinated from my mother. She warned me that the people behind his killing were big corporations that stood to benefit hugely from the Viet Nam war. She asked me to observe the behaviors of Lyndon Johnson who supported the war and stood to benefit financially as well.

So I observe that and the murder of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, all the wars and conflicts up to and including 9/11. My mother was very intelligent and taught me to be ever watchful of behaviors of politicians and the events that follow disasters. So little can "shock" me now.