A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
The shock doctrine
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(1) The strategy by the worlds economic elites of imposing an extremely neoliberal economic regime on communities they control, using some form of shock: a natural disaster, a [coup detat], a war, a [financial crisis], etc. Once the community has been crippled by this first shock, the economic reforms are imposed suddenly, creating a secondary blow. Then, as the community begins to recover and fight back, the authorities use torture and police brutality to (literally) shock the community a third time.
(2) title of a book by Naomi Klein describing def. 1
(Please see [disaster capitalism].)
The shock doctrine meaning & definition 1 of The shock doctrine.
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