Disaster Capitalism

Amid the pandemic, superintendents are gaining the power to sell out public education for private gain.

Klein showed how corporate elites worldwide have repeatedly and brutally used "the public’s disorientation following a collective shock—wars, coups, terrorist attacks, market crashes or natural disasters—to push through radical pro-corporate measures."

Powerful interests used the Great Recession to hardwire more inequality into our system. This time, let’s do the opposite.

Nihilism is about to become the best worst possible life strategy.

As the crisis grows, so does the danger and potential for more harm—but also the possibility for positive change.