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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
2 reviews
zosiablue's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
5.0
7000 stars. I'm always going to remember reading this slowly over two months at Wild Grind each morning as summer turned to fall, and feeling the most bonkers emotions from grief to rage to hope. There has never been a book that so cleanly makes the case that free market capitalism and the US's involvement in "rebuilding" other countries is a blatant and cruel scam. And this was published in 2007! To know what's transpired since publication is to know the worst was yet to come. Astonishing,
Graphic: Islamophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Torture, War, and Xenophobia
zombiezami's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.75
Klein masterfully ties a lot of seemingly disparate events together in a clear and understandable way. Since so many of the events she describes happened either right before I was born or when I was a small child, I am grateful to have this context, since I didn't learn most of this in school. I only wish that she had commented more on the role of trade agreements.
Graphic: Torture, Islamophobia, Violence, Child death, Death, Genocide, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, and Racism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual violence
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