"The Shock Doctrine, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism"...................

[socialist_n_TN]

by Naomi Klein. I'm sure most of you have read that. Does this European crisis remind anyone of what they tried to do (and did for a while) to South American countries during the 70s? I haven't studied it in much detail I'll admit, but the broad outlines seem to be VERY similar. I wonder if this is just another step in the effort to dismantle European social democracies. Or am I just being paranoid?

[DURHAM D]

1. Its Coming to America.

Actually it is already here.

[arthritisR_US]

7. yep, look at the homes they took over after Katrina and are putting condos and

hotels in their place.

[LiberalLoner]

2. Yes. There seems to be a worldwide move now to break all of us, to return us to pauper status. n/t

[DJ13]

3. Greece is a test case to see if the IMF can (ab)use it outside of the 3rd world

[Arctic Dave]

4. Yep. n/t

[Auggie]

5. No paranoia -- I had the same thought yesterday

[corpseratemedia]

6. and they are counting on Americans to not take t it to the streets like the Greeks

I hope the rest of Europe makes it very hard for the IMF

[dana_b]

8. definitely

the rich will not have to give up anything - the workers will and that's why they are fighting. They will have to have stagnant wages, reduced to little pensions and more hours of work. The banks will be saved - not the people.

Perfect time to swoop in, pay their bills (IMF) and they will be slaves to them. Free market capitalism!! Woo hoo!!

[xxqqqzme]

9. The only difference is

this time the black ops didn't go in and assassinate the elected head of government w/ a hand picked RW general waiting in the wings to do 'whatever was necessary'. Other than that, it is disaster capitalism all the way.