Comment 14567

By highwater (registered) | Posted November 26, 2007 at 14:45:43

I'm still working my way through the Shock Doctrine so I really only know what I've read so far and from hearing her speak the other night (and from reading No Logo). I doubt you'll agree with everything she says, but I tink you'll enjoy it. I suppose it all the depends on how you interpret the sliding scale of Left and Right. You criticize the Rae government and Cuba and Russia. Alot can be said about the Rae government, but I wouldn't lump them in with the authoritarian regimes you mention. I would add the Scandinavian countries to your list of 'best societies', and I suspect Klein would too. They consistently score at the top of the UN Human Development Index. Would you classify their social democratic policies as "a waste of time"?

Also, I'd love to know how you define "benevolent right". If you are speaking of classic Red Toryism, then I'm with you on that. But if you mean Harper/Bush compassionate conservatism, then yikes! Klein is anti-authoritarian whether left or right. She doesn't advocate the far left policies of the regimes you named, instead advocates balancing capitalism with the greater good, and urges memory and DEEP democracy (imagine what Harper would be doing if he had a majority) to keep us immune from demagoguery in times of crisis.

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