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A review by hberg95
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
5.0
Engrossing and horrifying.
Klein's thesis is one of those that just seems obviously correct. From Chile to Israel to Iraq to New Orleans, the shock doctrine and its corresponding economic and political procedures have clearly allowed for incredible amounts of wealth to enter private pockets at the expense of the suffering of the masses.
This book taught me a ton about what happened in Chile with Allende and Pinochet, which I only abstractly understood before. It also taught me how many of the same strategies used in Chile have been used around the world to make effective use of dangerous situations.
Klein's book should be required reading for anyone curious about the Bush administration and/or the dangers of modern imperialism embodied by the United States. It was great.
Klein's thesis is one of those that just seems obviously correct. From Chile to Israel to Iraq to New Orleans, the shock doctrine and its corresponding economic and political procedures have clearly allowed for incredible amounts of wealth to enter private pockets at the expense of the suffering of the masses.
This book taught me a ton about what happened in Chile with Allende and Pinochet, which I only abstractly understood before. It also taught me how many of the same strategies used in Chile have been used around the world to make effective use of dangerous situations.
Klein's book should be required reading for anyone curious about the Bush administration and/or the dangers of modern imperialism embodied by the United States. It was great.