On Jul 2, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Wojtek S wrote:
> http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/07/2012722615392786.html
>
> [WS:] One thing that puzzles me is that despite the colossal failures
> of neoliberalism and austerity measures it brought about, neoliberal
> parties keep "winning" elections. There seem to be two logical
> explanations 1. It does not matter who casts the votes, but who counts
> them; or 2. The majority of the voting population (i.e. the
> professional-managerial class) still supports neoliberalism despite
> the setbacks. I lean toward #2. I wonder what others think.
I'm afraid you're right. This is one of my criticisms of Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine - she has no way to account for the degree of popular assent to neoliberal policies. It's not just fraud and force and trickery - there's a real acceptance of this shit.
Doug