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I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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Chaos and confusion. Somebody read @naomiaklein.bsky.social The Shock Doctrine as a manual, it seems. Time for people to read it again for countermeasures also.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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I never thought in 2025 we would be dealing with fascists who have the ear of the president. Elon Musk is wrong. There is no such thing as "getting over" the guilt of mass murder.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day we say Never Again. And we commit to never forgot.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day we say Never Again. And we commit to never forgot.
January 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I never thought in 2025 we would be dealing with fascists who have the ear of the president. Elon Musk is wrong. There is no such thing as "getting over" the guilt of mass murder.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day we say Never Again. And we commit to never forgot.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day we say Never Again. And we commit to never forgot.
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Deporting people for their political views or for participating in protests doesn’t make our country safer and is antithetical to free speech.
No president should be allowed to remove people from our country just because they dissent.
No president should be allowed to remove people from our country just because they dissent.
January 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Deporting people for their political views or for participating in protests doesn’t make our country safer and is antithetical to free speech.
No president should be allowed to remove people from our country just because they dissent.
No president should be allowed to remove people from our country just because they dissent.