On Neoliberlaism

Privatization = Profitazation = Free-Market NeoLiberalism =

Nixakliel - 08/26/2012 - 10:38

Milton Friedman's Univ of Chicago School 'Shock Doctrine' [he was that harmless / studious looking U of C economics Prof - proving that looks can be deceiving]. Naomi Klein's book lays it out- Friedman's first real world test of his so-called 'economic theory', was in the wake of the US backed coup in Chile against constitutionally elected Pres Allende'- spear-headed by that notoriously brutal regime of Gen Pinochet. Shortly after the coup Friedman came to Chile as the personal econ advisor to Pinochet. Around this same time the Nobel committee award Friedman their prize for economics [These are the same folks who gave the likes of war-criminal Kissinger along w Menakhem Begin & O-Bomb-er nobel 'Peace' Prizes.].

 

Apparently in the latter 1980s or early 1990s [prior to the advent of 'Slick Willie'] Michael Parenti did a lecture entitled: 'Fascism & the Free-Market' [@ www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2ZR9a_vvfk ]- where Parenti shows parallels between Reaganomics & Thatcherism to the fascism of Hitler & Mussolini. Parenti doesn't mention Friedmanomics role in Reaganomics & Thatcherism, but Naomi Klein's does so extensively in her book- 'The Shock Doctrine- Rise of Disaster Capitalism'. She also documents that every-where Freidmanomics = so-called 'Free'-market / NeoLiberal capitalism has been tried it's either been imposed by ruthless brute force &/or deception & ruthlessly covert manipulation. Just as the myth has been propagated that so-called 'privatization' [= profitization] is inherently better than publically run services, there's also the myth that 'privatization' / profitization via unrestrained 'free'-market capitalism = democratic freedom. Yet seemingly everywhere its been tried the ruling class was either running a fascist police-state or seemingly moving [edging] closer to it in stages. Ironically even though Parenti's lecture focussed on comparing the Reagan / Thatcher era to the Hitler / Mussolini era- most of what he talked about can also easily apply to the past 12 yrs under Bush Jr & Obama. Some of Parenti's key points:

 

- Corp / Power Elites in Germany & Italy [& also US & UK] both used Hitler & Mussolini's goon-squads to break up unions & strikes & subsequently backed their rise to power. Reagan showed his 'metal' by firing the Air-Traffic Control Union & Thatcher became the 'Iron Maiden' after she went after UK's striking coal miners.

- Gov'ts bailing out the Corp / Power elites in NAZI Germany & Fascist Italy during the Great Depression while allowing &/or making the working class & working poor suffer [sound familiar]. - The Gov't under Reagan / Bush Sr deregulating the SNLs- leading to the massive SNL fraud scandal. The Gov't responded by bailing the SNL's out. Which sounds a lot like the Clintonian, Summers, Geithner- Rubenites along w FED guru Alan Greenspan, repealing Glass-Steagal & block ingregulations of Bankster derviatives- which led to the 2007 - 2008 Economic crash- based on that fraudulent housing market bubble [& actually began w the Dot.Com bubble bursting & the Enron & World-Com debacles]. But unlike now, at-least during the SNL scandal some of the main Fraudsters went to jail & the Gov't took direct control of many of the SNLs for a while.

- The guardians of the state [police, the courts, etc] showing their showing their 'true colors' by regularly showing leniency toward those on the so-called 'right' compared to those on the so-called 'left' [Compare how restrained the cops were toward tea-baggers even when they carried weapons in the near vicinity of an official Obama engagement & when they spit on CBC members near the Capitol, as opposed to how brutal they got when dealing w mainly non-violent 'Occupy Wall Streeters.]