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The Shock Doctrine

The Shock Doctrine

Sep 1, 2009
82 min
Documentary
7.1/ 10
57 votes

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An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.

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7.1/10
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7.6/10
3,132 votes
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