Comments on: Norberg on Klein http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/20/norberg-on-klein/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:10:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: La Rana http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/20/norberg-on-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-115516 La Rana Thu, 22 May 2008 20:38:27 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10005#comment-115516 This is what I was looking for, thanks.

]]> By: TGGP http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/20/norberg-on-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-114925 TGGP Wed, 21 May 2008 23:51:15 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10005#comment-114925 A leftist critique of the Shock Doctrine.

]]> By: Andrew Williams http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/20/norberg-on-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-114380 Andrew Williams Wed, 21 May 2008 02:34:16 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10005#comment-114380 “Klein argues that capitalism goes hand in hand with dictatorship and brutality and that dictators and other unscrupulous political figures take advantage of “shocks”—catastrophes real or manufactured—to consolidate their power and implement unpopular market reforms.”
Well, obviously I disagree with the first part–it doesn’t explain Hitler and Stalin, who ostensibly ran socialist dictatorships–but I do agree with her second statement. I would add that dictators are not the only ones to take advantage of such “shocks”–our current lame duck POTUS comes to mind for some reason.
Yeah, Friedman was such a lackey of the bourgeoisie that he was against the Wars on Drugs and Iraq. What a tool, huh?

]]> By: Matt Moore http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/20/norberg-on-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-114241 Matt Moore Tue, 20 May 2008 22:07:55 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10005#comment-114241 Les – Chance doesn’t actually like freedom.

]]> By: Les http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/20/norberg-on-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-114144 Les Tue, 20 May 2008 17:43:58 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10005#comment-114144 Ending conscription was not a good thing.

Because nothing says “FREEDOM” like involuntary servitude.

TomMil,

That’s exactly how I feel.

]]> By: TomMil http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/20/norberg-on-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-114113 TomMil Tue, 20 May 2008 16:28:32 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10005#comment-114113 Klein’s book bothered me a great deal. She had some very valid points but rather than take a measured approach she fell into the trap that commonly ensnares ideologues, she over-reached and allowed some powerful evidence to be damaged by association with the lies/exaggeration. Michael Moore does the same thing almost every time.

]]> By: Chance http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/20/norberg-on-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-114091 Chance Tue, 20 May 2008 15:46:02 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10005#comment-114091 Ending conscription was not a good thing.

]]> By: Jonathan Hohensee http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/20/norberg-on-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-114073 Jonathan Hohensee Tue, 20 May 2008 14:44:09 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10005#comment-114073 How much of a curb job did she give Friedman?
It would take a certain amount of revisionism if she portrayed the guy who fought to get rid of the draft and War on Drugs as a frothing fascist monster.

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