The most effective time to impose drastic change on a system is when it is disoriented due to an unexpected shock. During this period events are unfolding faster than information is made available to explain those events, thus leaving people vulnerable to accept any remedy to their condition. With people at their most vulnerable the shock period becomes an invitation for drastic change. The change applied depends on the ideas that are present during the shock. Though these ideas would be considered unconscionable during normal times, the shock period leaves the door ajar for their implementation.
Shock Doctrine
Shock Doctrine
Shock Doctrine
The most effective time to impose drastic change on a system is when it is disoriented due to an unexpected shock. During this period events are unfolding faster than information is made available to explain those events, thus leaving people vulnerable to accept any remedy to their condition. With people at their most vulnerable the shock period becomes an invitation for drastic change. The change applied depends on the ideas that are present during the shock. Though these ideas would be considered unconscionable during normal times, the shock period leaves the door ajar for their implementation.