kafiro_ka_kafka's review
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
My queen.
eva_e's review
5.0
this lil book is very dense. I read it twice and still feel I'm retaining a small % of what's there. Yet, what I am retaining has been provocative, expanding and sharpening my understanding of capitalism and neoliberalism. my heart was also impacted learning about ways the Empire has implicated India, and observing the many parallels with Indigenous Peoples and much of the Global South under imperialism &/or [neo]colonization.
the 3 main things i'm left thinking about are:
(1) ways foundations & philanthropy shape concepts, dialogue, and activity in regards to justice, equity, etc., on mass, international scales
(2) the high profitability of weapons industry, and the need to create war to sustain capitalism, the 1% (wealthy elite)
(3) war strategically used to redirect mass growing consciousness of the increasing severity and spread of inequality
the 3 main things i'm left thinking about are:
(1) ways foundations & philanthropy shape concepts, dialogue, and activity in regards to justice, equity, etc., on mass, international scales
(2) the high profitability of weapons industry, and the need to create war to sustain capitalism, the 1% (wealthy elite)
(3) war strategically used to redirect mass growing consciousness of the increasing severity and spread of inequality
dgattey's review
4.0
A brutal exposé of India’s adoption of the American Way of capitalism, exported through NGOs, think tanks, and international organizations more than I ever realized. Dismantling capitalism feels more foreign than ever, yet utterly necessary.
mikiher's review
2.0
God, what a manifest of unsubstantiated data and conspiracy theories. I concede, the situation in India is probably far from being any good, and inequality is definitely a huge problem, but to dump everything on capitalism? I'm sorry but this sounds very similar to the revolutionary propaganda that brought Russia 70+ years of utter misery.