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minus-squareExLisper@linux.communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoWhat historical record? Can you point to another country taking such a extreme turn to the right while being in similar situation? And not being met with sanctions like in Afghanistan for example. I’m genuinely curious.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months ago Can you point to another country taking such a extreme turn to the right while being in similar situation? While that isn’t what I was talking about, Weimer Germany is the canonical example of a similar situation, but there are many examples. What I was talking about is the historical record of neoliberal shock therapies, which Naomi Klein documented well.
What historical record? Can you point to another country taking such a extreme turn to the right while being in similar situation? And not being met with sanctions like in Afghanistan for example. I’m genuinely curious.
While that isn’t what I was talking about, Weimer Germany is the canonical example of a similar situation, but there are many examples.
What I was talking about is the historical record of neoliberal shock therapies, which Naomi Klein documented well.