[Peace-discuss] Progressive shock doctrine

[Barbara kessel]

I think you are on to something important, Bob. Wayne, our corn expert, what
do you think? Barbara

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> There is nothing to prevent progressives from using the shock doctrine in
> the same way that the U. Chicago "free" market folks do. It looks to me like
> the cascade effects from the price of corn that Wayne describes could easily
> bring the economy to its knees. If this happens just after we get a new
> president, this would be a very good time to REALLY crank up the heat on the
> government to get out of the war business.
>
> For those who haven't read Klein's book, the Shock Doctrine includes the
> notion that substantial political change is possible only during a disaster,
> with the advantage going to the prepared.
>
> Curiously, it is possible to identify the source of carbon in people via
> the isotope mix, and most of us are made largely of corn. Even more than the
> Aztecs, it has been pointed out, we are the people of corn. Sound
> impossible? Consider corn fed meat, corn sweetener in soda, corn cereal,
> corn chips, bourbon (the right way to use corn ethanol), etc.
>
> Bob
>
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