Haiti and the Shock Doctrine

This is what Webster Tarpley meant when he said that Milton Friedman's "Capitalism and Freedom" had caused millions of deaths. The only problem I have with this video is it fails to discriminate between state corporatism ('privatisation'), disaster capitalism/shock doctrine, and real capitalism, devoid of threats and uses of force. In fact, the three completely distinct things are treated as one, which is a shame as it detracts from the legitimate criticism of state-corporate corruption and hegemony.



And I think things in China were a little worse during Commie Mao's reign, hmm? 50 million dead? The issue of 'wage slavery' can be dealt with by voluntarily organised labour in a free market, by the way. This doesn't happen in China because they have a brutally oppressive police state...nothing to do with any kind of so-called 'free market'.

Nonetheless, a good video that I mostly agree with. The new Imperialism is almost purely economic/monetary. It is likely that the Haitians - debt slaves to the IMF that they already are - are being deliberately starved out so that they riot. Because if they riot, then the military machine can really move in.

And then it's a war, boys, gotta do what you gotta do to preserve Freedom and Democracy or whatever. Freedom and Democracy, our financial backers' controlling interests, what's the difference. Most important thing is you will be serving your country, and that's paytriotic.

History of US/CIA involvements in Haiti

IMF generously gives new loan to Haiti (how charitable)