Renewable Revolution

Coronavirus And The ‘😈 Shock Doctrine’

By Sam Pizzigati and Sarah Anderson, Otherwords.org
March 20, 2020 | STRATEGIZE!

In times of crisis like the current coronavirus pandemic, these sorts of calls for cooperation become the drumbeat of our daily lives. Unfortunately, no drumbeat ever gets everybody marching in sync. In deeply unequal societies like our own, a wealthy few can exploit such catastrophes to make themselves even wealthier. Back in 2007, Naomi Klein explored this phenomenon brilliantly in her landmark book The Shock Doctrine. -more-