The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
Picador Press, 2007
(New York)
I had put off reading
Shock Doctrine for a long, long time until a good friend had reminded me about it about a year ago. It wasn’t necessarily about negligence or laziness; rather, it was more a situation where I almost knew what she was going to say. Like the tough subject of her earlier book,
No Logo, I knew the subject matter contained in
Shock Doctrine fairly well due to my studies at university. After reading
No Logo I remember being depressed and sad, angry and outraged at corporations and the governemnts that allowed them to ply their wickedly effiecient trades. I knew that
Shock Doctrine would be the same: governments exploiting other governments and their peoples; “visionaries” in effieciency and technological advancement held up as idols to millions of believers; and piles upon piles of dead or dying, abused, tormented, broken victims, albeit flecked with a few equally broken but nevertheless defiant survivors. And in spite of all this, I read it.
I was (and still am) outraged, angry, depressed, and sad. But nevertheless, it is a book more than worthy of your time. Hereafter are my thoughts on the matter...
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