2003. During these disasters for their country, “this is where neo-liberalist see the opportunity to sympathize to the people” and also profit out of these difficult times for the people (Bello). Klein is “appalled by the ways in which US foreign policy and economic influence has been used to ‘shock’ nations into accepting its ideology” (Williamson). One of the evens that happened in the book was the case in Chile in 1973. Chile had democratically elected socialist President Allende was overthrown in a coup d’état led by army general Pinochet, with the US support. The economic downturn in Chile, “Milton Friedman suggested that Pinochet implement a ‘shock program’ of sweeping reforms including privatization of state-owned industries, elimination
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Liberalism is “no longer enough to keep populations in check and keep economic growth rising, so a more extreme form has emerged” (Fisher). In this case, the Iraq War is one example. Iraq is a country that has been ‘shocked’ into submission so many times, which makes the companies behind it really unpopular and not being able to make a powerful change in Iraq. This shows “as proof that neoliberalism is being pushed to its limits—forces to reveal itself as a force that creates the disasters required to shock subjects into releasing to corporations their resources, their wealth and their labor” …show more content…
Looking through the biographical lens, Naomi Klein used her childhood to become who she is today, a social activist on so many levels. Naomi Klein’s family background has helped persuade her parents into doing what they have done, so that also persuades Naomi Klein on what to do as well. For example, her parents were “hippies” who moved to Montreal as ware resister to the Vietnam War, so they were activists against war. In addition, her grandparents were communist who began to turn against the Soviet Union and they end up abandoning communism by 1956. Her grandparents were activists against communism because they realized that there is inequality. Finally, Naomi Klein’s grandpa was fired from Disney after a Disney animator’s strike and they went to work at a shipyard instead. Even before Naomi Klein, her family was activists for all sort of different things. Her families background has helped shaped who is she today. Throughout Naomi Klein’s early years, she spent much of her teenage years obsessing over labels from designer labels to fast-food sings and labels. Naomi Klein did not like the idea of a “very oppressive to have a very public feminist mother” because both of her parents were peace activists, so they were involved with media a lot. That moved Naomi Klein to hate politics and to embrace “full-on consumerism”,
Liberalism is “no longer enough to keep populations in check and keep economic growth rising, so a more extreme form has emerged” (Fisher). In this case, the Iraq War is one example. Iraq is a country that has been ‘shocked’ into submission so many times, which makes the companies behind it really unpopular and not being able to make a powerful change in Iraq. This shows “as proof that neoliberalism is being pushed to its limits—forces to reveal itself as a force that creates the disasters required to shock subjects into releasing to corporations their resources, their wealth and their labor” …show more content…
Looking through the biographical lens, Naomi Klein used her childhood to become who she is today, a social activist on so many levels. Naomi Klein’s family background has helped persuade her parents into doing what they have done, so that also persuades Naomi Klein on what to do as well. For example, her parents were “hippies” who moved to Montreal as ware resister to the Vietnam War, so they were activists against war. In addition, her grandparents were communist who began to turn against the Soviet Union and they end up abandoning communism by 1956. Her grandparents were activists against communism because they realized that there is inequality. Finally, Naomi Klein’s grandpa was fired from Disney after a Disney animator’s strike and they went to work at a shipyard instead. Even before Naomi Klein, her family was activists for all sort of different things. Her families background has helped shaped who is she today. Throughout Naomi Klein’s early years, she spent much of her teenage years obsessing over labels from designer labels to fast-food sings and labels. Naomi Klein did not like the idea of a “very oppressive to have a very public feminist mother” because both of her parents were peace activists, so they were involved with media a lot. That moved Naomi Klein to hate politics and to embrace “full-on consumerism”,