Lots of infuriating moments in this piece. The official rationale for the water shut-downs – the Detroit Water Departments need to recoup millions – collapses on inspection. Detroits high-end golf club, the Red Wings hockey arena, the Ford football stadium, and more than half of the citys commercial and industrial users are also owing – a sum totalling $30 million. But no contractors have showed up on their doorstep. The targetting of Detroit families is about something else. It is a ruthless case of the shock doctrine – the exploitation of natural or unnatural shocks of crisis to push through pro-corporate policies that couldnt happen in any other circumstance.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:34:10 +0000
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