Has anyone read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"?

[Sosa]

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plRiapEX8Dw

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ifd1uuI3Q

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKa9QYY1OUE

John Perkins: America's Secret Empire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0JCJ4pIFEw

[RadioRaheem84]

The State Department has totally denied him.

Then again they also denied the missing reporter in Chile during the '73 coup.

Funny, isn't it. And it's still a credible source to journalists.

[Sosa]

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Discuss...

[Prometheus Unbound]

I don't know, the book didn't impress me at all. My main problem with it is that it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. Also, there's no way to verify his story. The US gov. not liking the book says something, but not that much, imo.

One thing that bothered me throughout the book is his use of the word "corporatocracy" when he should have really used "capitalism"; the assumption is that if only the wealthy few didn't hijack the system, capitalism would be much nicer.

[Sosa]

I haven't read the book yet. Didn't know if it was worth it or not. He was on Alex Jone's radio show and I took that as a bad sign. I'm not so sure if this guy is credible or not.

[RadioRaheem84]

Noam Chomsky was on the Alex Jones show too.

[Sosa]

Noam Chomsky was on the Alex Jones show too.

What? I can't stand Alex Jones though.

[RadioRaheem84]

Jones is a nutbag.

[Sosa]

Jones is a nutbag.

That goes without saying...but why would Chomsky go on his show?

[RadioRaheem84]

He goes where he is invited in order to spread the message. Simple as that.

[Barry Lyndon]

Noam Chomsky was on the Alex Jones show too.

Yeah, and when it was over, Alex Jones was claiming Noam Chomsky was an agent of the 'New World Order'. Basically because the intellectual pygmy felt intimidated by a giant.

Fuck Alex Jones.

[JanModaal]

Unfortunately Perkins falls quite nicely into the conspiracy-theorie camp even though he points out some of the systemic problems of capitalism.

Indeed, as someone pointed out, he blames the corporatocracy instead of blaming capitalism, much Alex Jones and Ron Paul seem anti-policestate and anti-imperialism but at the same time they think free market capitalism is the way to go.

Confessions of an economic hitman is a fairly interesting read, but really only for newcomers to the scene. For them, the book may reveal of the first time the imperialist nature of the American (Western) corporations and their role in creating mass poverty in the third world.

Perkins has himself pointed out that the system does not need to change, but instead we, the people, should demand that corporations treat their workers nicely, respect the environment and we should elect politicians that do the right thing for a change.

In short, if you disagree with a corporations' policies, don't buy their products....

No, really, that's actually his solution.

In other words, his personal experiences cannot be verified, the general idea of exposing imperialism has been done much better by other authors and he offers absolutely no solutions at all.

And let's not forget, he was one of those bastards that helped corrupt and assasinate third world leaders, locking millions of people in poverty deliberately.

Long story short, I don't like or trust him.

[Sosa]

Unfortunately Perkins falls quite nicely into the conspiracy-theorie camp even though he points out some of the systemic problems of capitalism.

Indeed, as someone pointed out, he blames the corporatocracy instead of blaming capitalism, much Alex Jones and Ron Paul seem anti-policestate and anti-imperialism but at the same time they think free market capitalism is the way to go.

Confessions of an economic hitman is a fairly interesting read, but really only for newcomers to the scene. For them, the book may reveal of the first time the imperialist nature of the American (Western) corporations and their role in creating mass poverty in the third world.

Perkins has himself pointed out that the system does not need to change, but instead we, the people, should demand that corporations treat their workers nicely, respect the environment and we should elect politicians that do the right thing for a change.

In short, if you disagree with a corporations' policies, don't buy their products....

No, really, that's actually his solution.

In other words, his personal experiences cannot be verified, the general idea of exposing imperialism has been done much better by other authors and he offers absolutely no solutions at all.

And let's not forget, he was one of those bastards that helped corrupt and assasinate third world leaders, locking millions of people in poverty deliberately.

Long story short, I don't like or trust him.

Yea, I don't think I'll like him then. I probably wont waste my time on his book either. I just came across Perkins and I wasn't sure how credible he was.