Scott Walker's reversals on #RighttoWork and abortion follow a pattern of governing by sneak attack

[riversedge]

also on immigration this weekend on ethanol (Iowa ag summit)


CMD's PR Watch ?@prwatch 31m31 minutes ago

Scott Walker's reversals on #RighttoWork and abortion follow a pattern of governing by sneak attack http://shar.es/1foLEK

[postulater]

1. "Divide and Conquer" and then "Drop the Bomb".

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

2. It's classic "Shock Doctrine" - might be time to reread the book!

I remember reading that and having one aha moment after another. All of a sudden, everything made sense - national politics, why we went and occupied Iraq and various other places.

I remember reading the book and thinking no one would try pulling that here - after all, we are Wisconsin! Little did I know that 5 yrs later... well here we are.

Bottom line: that we are numbed and shocked by a barrage of outrageous legislation is by design, its been done in various places all over the globe and does not always require a war or natural disaster to shock people into submission, sometimes a manufactured crisis will do quite nicely.

[ewagner]

3. Correct

I've read the book and you are correct.

The tactic is clear:

Destroy the system

let "capitalism" rush in to fill the gap

the "Magic of the Market" will create (Conservative) Utopia..

only problem...it's never worked anywhere in the world where it has been implemented....not even in the conservative wet-dream of post-Saddam Iraq, where the entire country was dismantled in order to build a Republican utopia....it was (and remains) a dismal failure and stark reminder of Von Hyek's and Friedman's failed economic theories.