While I haven't had a chance to dig back through The Shock Doctrine entirely to bring out my notes here are some highlights.
The shock of 9-11 happening stole the freedom of security of many people and replaced it with the security theatre we have in place at airports now.
During the COVID-19 pandemic1 Canada decided to have its national mask delivery done by Amazon instead of funding our national mail carrier Canada Post and getting them to do the delivery. This is capitalism at work stealing public services. Next, some other companies will be just delivering mail after Canada Post continues to be underfunded and the government points to them as if they're surprised that Canada Post is struggling when they forced them into that position.
As my friend regularly points out, the United States illegally annexed Hawaii to use as a strategic military base. Now it's poisoning the water, forcing native people's into homelessness, and continues to punish children for speaking their native languages. Before the United States invaded Hawaii they had universal health care, electricity and submarines.
After reading The Shock Doctrine I see how capitalism and rich countries regularly use some boogeyman as a method to steal resources from other countries and enforce more draconian rules on its people. Unfortunately at this point in history, if the country speaks English....we call it freedom. If they speak Russian, we actually care and condemn the action.
- Which is still ongoing, we just decided to give up. ↩