Disaster Progressivism

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Monday December 20, 2010 · 9:25 PM PST

2010/12/20 · 21:25

I read The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein a while back. If you're a political junkie you have probably read it, or are at least acquainted with the idea of Disaster Capitalism. The idea that after a disaster, there is a window where things the population wouldn't normally accept, can be forced upon them while they are disoriented and desperate.

A window of opportunity....

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Monday January 11, 2010 · 11:48 PM PST

2010/01/11 · 23:48

This is something I've been thinking about for the past week. It started out with musing about how to prevent retired members of the house and senate from becoming lobbyists. My gut reaction was to have them put down, in a Logan's Run Caroselle sort of way, but that was probably unrealistic. If you think members of congress spend a lot of time fundraising for re-election NOW, imagine if their lives depended on it.
Then, with all the healthcare debate, it dawned on me that there are more than enough uninsured terminally ill people who could do the job. They are going to die soon anyway. Why not elect them to congress? After watching the debacle on health care reform, I think we can pretty much agree that we're not getting much of anything. The least we can do is elect 535 terminally ill people so they can get good quality government run healthcare.

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