Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Noam Chomsky - Privatisation

 In China the state industries performed so well during Covid that the CPC decided to increase their influence.

“That’s the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.”

— Noam Chomsky

5 comments:

Mike Norman said...

That's 100% the model in neoliberal West.

Tom Hickey said...

And it is why China is the target. It contradicts the model.

The West is willing and seemingly anxious to go to war over this, which is really the extension of the last half millennium of imperialism and colonization "justified" by racism (whiteman's burden, liberal internationalism).

Peter Pan said...

The MIC contradicts the model.
Privatize the US military and get Uncle Sam (the "socialist") out of the empire business.

Matt Franko said...

But if then a corporate institution can get the job done for less munnie, that means those people working there are more efficient than those at govt institution that was attempting it before... this is why non Art Degree people go to school, ie to learn how to do this... ie increase efficiency not just jerk off...

Peter Pan said...

A cut in pay, a crack of the whip... they help boost 'efficiency'