[Peace-discuss] Progressive shock doctrine

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Yeah, and don't forget the corn infused into our brains from movies, TV, greeting cards, and those adorable little email "stories"...  
 
Yes, progressives definitely need to take advantage of those shocks just as The Other Side does... But unfortunately, there are (at least) two conflicting shocks in this case -- gas prices and the economy in general... and the problem is that turning corn into ethanol (which we recognise as a big part of the problem) is being proposed by Them as part of the solution (which worsens other problems, e g world hunger).
 --Jenifer  
 
 

--- On Thu, 7/10/08, Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Progressive shock doctrine
To: "Bob Illyes" <illyes at uiuc.edu>
Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 3:54 PM


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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