Government of, by and for the middle man
As Naomi Klein illustrates so forcefully in Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, human calamity is great for business, at least in a macro sense. Houses get knocked down by tidal surge? Sales of lumber and nails go up. “Shock and awe” reigns over a decrepit, tin-pot power? The business of contracting “freedom” (and, of…