Tag: Shock Doctrine

After 9/11, the first thing Republicans did was to pass the Patriot Act, a major step toward right wing dictatorship. .It was written before 9/11 and kept in waiting. Such a bill could never get popular support.  9/11 insured its passage. In 2007, Naomi Klein wrote “The Shock Doctrine; The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” detailing […]