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Quick summary: (Thin finally not so fast)
I thought it was a more general documentary on the manipulation of populations and public opinion by subjecting them to psychological shocks. But in fact this concerns "only" the economic aspect ... well that's already a lot!
This concerns the doctrines of Milton Friedman http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman , Namely as far as possible the disengagement of the state in the management of a country. That is most total liberalism: no price controls or salaries, officials kept to a minimum ...
For him, the freedom of the market economy is the only voice towards "real" democracy (in fact it's quite the opposite ...)
There is presented the well known examples of Chile and Argentina but also Tatcher not gone so far but obviously that has contributed to financial deregulation in 1986, because 1ère crash and economic crises that followed ...
The Falklands War seems quite "logical": it politically strengthened Tatcher considerably, who could not have done what she did without this victory. Would the CIA behind the Argentine on this one that ca not surprise me ...
After the case of the USSR is addressed and that of Iraq (last region is tested doctine ...).
the fun September 10, 2001Rumsfeld, defense minister, made a speech on the heaviness of the administration of the army in the Pentagon and the potential privatization of the latter, the next day the Pentagon takes a miss ... er forgiveness plane!
10 years later it's done almost!
Friedman wanted to liberalize many things except the army ... but the US did in Iraq: there are more mercenaries in Iraq since 2008 that of regular soldiers. And a mercenary not accountable to anyone ... except to his banker!
As the security market in the US has exceeded the audio visual entertainment.
My conclusion on "The strategy of shock": hyper liberalism does not work anywhere except in military dictatorship, it is synonymous with an enrichment of a very small minority and an impoverishment of the popular masses ... but it charms more and more political decision-makers, the current crisis and "austerity" is an application, at our European level, of this ultra-liberal doctrine ...
Another example: in 2010, Sarko wanting to privatize pensions was also quite logical in this ...