“Our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life. What the climate needs to avoid collapse is a contraction of humanity's use of resources; what our economic model demands to avoid collapse is unfettered expansion. Only one of these sets of rules can be changed, and it's not the laws of nature” NeedsHumansWarUseEarthFormLawHumanityEconomyEconomicChangedDemandModelsResourcesClimateIncludingHuman LifeCollapseExpansionLaws Of NatureContractionsEconomic Models Book:This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate Source: This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate
“So the need for another economic model is urgent, and if the climate justice movement can show that responding to climate change is the best chance for a more just economic system.” IfsNeedsShowsJusticeChanceEconomicMovementModelsClimateClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingUrgentRespondingEconomic SystemsEconomic Models Author:Naomi Klein
“A lot of people voted for Trump because of the promises he made around jobs. And so it's a failed political strategy if the goal actually is to get Trump impeached. Trump's not going to get impeached if he's still useful to the Republican party, and the only thing that makes him not useful to the Republican party is if his base turns on him. And that's not going to happen over Russia. That's going to happen over economic betrayal. But that's not going to happen if no one knows that it's happening.” PeoplePoliticalGoalPartyEconomicPromiseRepublicanStrategyBetrayalRepublican Party Author:Naomi Klein
“The reason why nothing sticks to Trump - or very little sticks to Trump - is that Trump created his brand idea that has to do with being the guy who gets away from it. It's this ultimate power through wealth and this dream that represents in an age of tremendous economic precariousness and constrained options for so many people - that watching Trump be able to do whatever he wants to whoever he wants is this obvious vicarious kind of thrill for a certain demographic.” PeopleKindReasonDreamAgeGuyWealthEconomicUltimateObviousGet Away Author:Naomi Klein
“Either greed belongs in a war zone, or it doesn't. You can't unleash it in the name of sparking an economic boom and then be shocked when Halliburton overcharges for everything from towels to gas, when Parsons' sub, sub, sub-contractor builds a police academy where the pipes drip raw sewage on the heads of army cadets and where Blackwater investigates itself and finds it acted honorably. That's just corporations doing what they do and Iraq is a privatized war zone so that's what you get. Build a frontier, you get cowboys and robber barons.” WarNamesEconomicArmyPoliceGreedIraqCorporationsGasZoneShockedCowboyFrontiersAcademyPipeRobbersTowelsContractorWar ZonesSewageCadetsSparkingRobber BaronPolice Academy Author:Naomi Klein
“The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that is rejected by large numbers of the people they are ruling. Just as ecologists define ecosystems by the presence of certain "indicator species" of plants and birds, torture is an indicator species of a regime that is engaged in a deeply anti-democratic project, even if that regime happens to have come to power through elections.” PeopleIfsTryingHappensPoliticalCertainReligiousNumbersEconomicPoliticianProjectsBirdAbuseElectionPlantDemocraticSpeciesEngagedTorturePrisonerRegimesRejectedRulingIndicationLarge NumbersEcosystemsIndicatorsFoolproof Book:The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Source: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
“The triumph of economic globalization has inspired a wave of techno-savvy investigative activists who are as globally minded as the corporations they track.” PoliticsEconomicInspiredWaveTrackTriumphCorporationsActivistGlobalizationSavvyTechnoEconomic Globalization Author:Naomi Klein
“The theory of economic shock therapy relies in part on the roleof expectations on feeding an inflationary process. Reining in inflation requires not only changing monetary policy but also changing the behavior of consumers, employers and workers. The role of a sudden, jarring policy shift is that it quickly alters expectations, signaling to the public that the rules of the game have changed dramatically - prices will not keep rising, nor will wages.” GamesProcessRolesEconomicPolicyChangedTheoryBehaviorExpectationsWorkersConsumersTherapyRelyRisingShockWagesFeedingInflationEmployersMonetaryRules Of The GameMonetary PolicyShock Therapy Author:Naomi Klein
“This same economic system, based on short-term growth and endless profits is also the reason for pretty much everything else that is lousy in our society, from private prisons to Fox News. What I'm arguing is that, in fact, what we've been told is a lie.” ReasonFactsLyingGrowthTermEconomicNewsCapitalismPrisonClimate ChangeProfitArguingEndlessOur SocietyFoxesShort TermEconomic SystemsFox NewsPrivate Prisons Author:Naomi Klein
“It doesn't have the ability to think rationally this economic model. It thinks like a drug addict: 'Where can I get my next fix?' It doesn't learn wisely. Any kind of measure of natural wisdom would be: you make a mistake, you correct it the next time around. But a drug addict feels terrible... and then says: 'I want more'. Unfortunately we have an economic model that thinks like a crack addict.” ThinkingWantFeelsKindWould BeNextNaturalAbilityMistakeEconomicTerribleDrugModelsEnvironmentalCracksBe YouNext TimeAddictDrug AddictEconomic Models Author:Naomi Klein
