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A review by poisoncaprisun
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
informative
4.75
super enjoyable read. i have nothing but admiration for the clear devotion to research and compilation of data/testimony/history that is here
i do agree that it is quite repetitive at times. i especially hated how she would say "and things were horrible.... JUST like they would be x years later in iraq....." after every single example leading up to iraq lol. i think at some point i wrote down "we get it it happened in iraq too." and yes she basically says the same conclusion after every country has gone through the outlined disaster course, but i dont think she included 'too many' examples. she could have gone through them a little more quickly instead of framing them as if they all revealed something new but more proof is not a bad thing.
interesting to me that people are critiquing her lack of a solution. i felt the ending paragraphs quite clearly described what she viewed as a preferable alternative to privatized disaster relief and war industry. but at the same time, i dont think authors of books like this necessarily owe anyone a solution, especially when the primary focus is reporting/journalism.
i do agree that it is quite repetitive at times. i especially hated how she would say "and things were horrible.... JUST like they would be x years later in iraq....." after every single example leading up to iraq lol. i think at some point i wrote down "we get it it happened in iraq too." and yes she basically says the same conclusion after every country has gone through the outlined disaster course, but i dont think she included 'too many' examples. she could have gone through them a little more quickly instead of framing them as if they all revealed something new but more proof is not a bad thing.
interesting to me that people are critiquing her lack of a solution. i felt the ending paragraphs quite clearly described what she viewed as a preferable alternative to privatized disaster relief and war industry. but at the same time, i dont think authors of books like this necessarily owe anyone a solution, especially when the primary focus is reporting/journalism.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture