What does George Bush and natural disasters have in common?
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What does George Bush and natural disasters have in common?
A very interesting article is in the May issue of The Nation. Columnist, Naomi Klein writes about how the wars Bush wages create new frontiers for capitalism in a way that’s not unlike the result of some recent natural disasters.
“Few ideologues can resist the allure of a blank slate--that was colonialism's seductive promise: "discovering" wide-open new lands where utopia seemed possible. But colonialism is dead, or so we are told; there are no new places to discover, no terra nullius (there never was), no more blank pages on which, as Mao once said, "the newest and most beautiful words can be written." There is, however, plenty of destruction--countries smashed to rubble, whether by so-called Acts of God or by Acts of Bush (on orders from God). And where there is destruction there is reconstruction, a chance to grab hold of "the terrible barrenness," as a UN official recently described the devastation in Aceh, and fill it with the most perfect, beautiful plans.”
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Hint for Jim Stone: Click on title to read full article.
“Few ideologues can resist the allure of a blank slate--that was colonialism's seductive promise: "discovering" wide-open new lands where utopia seemed possible. But colonialism is dead, or so we are told; there are no new places to discover, no terra nullius (there never was), no more blank pages on which, as Mao once said, "the newest and most beautiful words can be written." There is, however, plenty of destruction--countries smashed to rubble, whether by so-called Acts of God or by Acts of Bush (on orders from God). And where there is destruction there is reconstruction, a chance to grab hold of "the terrible barrenness," as a UN official recently described the devastation in Aceh, and fill it with the most perfect, beautiful plans.”
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Hint for Jim Stone: Click on title to read full article.
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Both things the press love to hate.jGilder wrote:What does George Bush and natural disasters have in common?
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Just think of it as urban renovation. If it's such a good thing for cities, think how much better it is for countries.
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I was waiting for the punch line to that joke!
You know, both a nighttime tornado and those nighttime bombing raids on Baghdad produce a lot of those eerie blue-green power flashes.izzarina wrote:I was under the impression that the two (George W. Bush and Natural Disaster) were now interchangeable.
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But... Wombat got it immediately! Haven't you ever nicked yerself shaving, then slapped on the aftershave (or cologne)? Talk about natural disasters and the burning and the running around going "aaaargh! ooooogh! Yaaaaagh! Sunnuvva...... waaa!"BrassBlower wrote:I was waiting for the punch line to that joke!
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