Naomi Klein referred numerous times to the "ideas lying around" at the time of a disaster. I know at least one U of R student made the point that this was not solely a republican endeavor but I would like to think a little deeper about what ideas we have lying around on a consistent basis and how they get implemented. At any given moment there are likely thousands of think tanks working all around the country, many coming up with different and new ideas. Which one of these ideas is going to "make" it and get implemented into policy? It seems at times that the answer is anyone's guess. But is it? Isn't just the decision of those in power? I know that we choose who is in power and thus we are also responsible for some of what they do but past that I am curious as to how the ideas get implemented. Are they always self serving as in the case of Cheney and Halliburton? Or is it really just a matter of overall ideals as in the case of true free market radicals?
I thought Naomi Klein was fantastic last night and I was so stoked that she came to our campus. She brought up a lot of thinking points and I sincerely hope that her purpose of giving us a way to think about these issues and understanding them before they happen is put to great use.
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