tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543717098552457095.post5842206753562957404..comments2023-05-10T00:29:43.419-07:00Comments on The Clown At Midnight: Red HerringsMr. Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06319748084679909911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543717098552457095.post-79644351264843249642014-09-11T17:12:24.346-07:002014-09-11T17:12:24.346-07:00Close. Klein's book argues that we live in a g...Close. Klein's book argues that we live in a globalized economy full of shocking shockmaster shock therapists who administer shock therapy to Marxist countries when they heroically try to resist global capitalism. So you can have a Marxist country here and there but the corrupting influence of *global* capitalism makes it impossible for them to function correctly. This is how Hugo Chavez was able to blame Venezuela's problems on rich people, and how Kathleen Wynne is able to blame Stephen Harper for Ontario's problems. <br /><br />Chow, Horwath, and Mulcair are not to be condemned personally (even though they kind of are being condemned personally) because it's not their fault that they're being led astray. We, and they, are unconsciously influenced by the patriarchy and white privilege and other terrible conspiracies and as a result we are not rational adults capable of making our own decisions without the government to do it for us. Marxist governments may be doing terrible things to their people, but that's just because they're being unconsciously influenced too. That's why they're a bunch of fauxgressives who are doing it wrong. Mr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319748084679909911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543717098552457095.post-58622166235247066932014-09-10T16:17:27.814-07:002014-09-10T16:17:27.814-07:00My understanding of progressive thinking is that t...My understanding of progressive thinking is that the only way to get rid of white privilege, global warming, the patriarchy, capitalism and pop-up ads is to become a communist nation, not just education. Once you're living in a real Marxist state- not the fake ones like North Korea, Cambodia and the Soviet Union who were doing it wrong- everything will be sunshine and roses. Wasn't that the thesis of Naomi Klein's book?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com