Reply #12: She cites Central America in the 70's, and Russia in the 90's [View All]

[Pale Blue Dot]

(as well as others) of examples of Milton Friedman's neoliberal economic polices (unfettered capitalism without regulation) brought to their natural conclusion: huge disparities of wealth, followed by economic collapse, followed by civil unrest that is violently repressed by the government. She lays out each case in detail, using facts and sober analysis. She closes the book by predicting our own economic collapse (she wrote the book 2 years ago, and noting that because of 9/11 and our spineless Democrats, we have given the President the power to declare martial law in the case of a "national emergency."

I highly recommend that you read it. She uses facts and evidence to make her points rather than resorting to hyperbolic accusations and wild conjecture.