Shock Doctrine - "Economic Shock Treatment"

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.

The basic concept is that an individual, or society, after receiving a "shock" to the system is more open to suggestion and far more likely to comply than just before receiving the shock.

Such shocks, or disasters, come in the form of 9/11, Katrina and the tsunami in India. A terrorist attack or a natural disaster, puts us all into a state of shock, making us all susceptible to suggestion and direction. The idea is to prevent the individual, or society, from relaxing and recovering from the shock.

Milton Freedman, the most famous economist during the Reagan era, understood this concept and implemented it since he and his disciples were unable to implement his profit agenda democratically.




At the most chaotic juncture in Iraq's civil war, a new law is unveiled that would allow Shell and BP to claim the country's vast oil reserves. Immediately following September 11, the Bush Administration quietly out-sources the running of the "War on Terror" to Halliburton and Blackwater. After a powerful tsunami devastates the coasts of Southeast Asia, the pristine beaches are auctioned off to tourist resorts. New Orleans's residents, still scattered from Hurricane Katrina, discover that their public housing, hospitals and schools will never be reopened.

The concept of "Beware the Military Industrial Complex" is no longer applicable. The new concept that has surpassed Ike's message is the "Disaster Capitalism Complex." This platform works. It works towards the profiting of global corporations at the expense of the masses.

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Naomi Klein speaks on the Shock Doctrine – Part I


Shock Doctrine – Part 2


Shock Doctrine – Part 3



Shock Doctrine – Part 4


Shock Doctrine – Part 5


Shock Doctrine – Part 6