How shocking events can spark positive change | Naomi Klein

Things are pretty shocking out there right now -- record-breaking storms, deadly terror attacks, thousands of migrants disappearing beneath the waves and openly supremacist movements rising....

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There's a question I've been puzzling over and writing aboutfor pretty much all of my adult life.Why do some large-scale crisesjolt us awake and inspire us to change and evolvewhile others might jolt us a bit,but then it's back to sleep?Now, the kind of shocks I'm talking about are big --a cataclysmic market crash, rising fascism,an industrial accident that poisons on a massive scale.Now, events like this can act like a collective alarm bell.Suddenly, we see a threat, we get organized.We discover strength and resolve that was previously unimaginable.It's as if we're no longer walking, but leaping.Except, our collective alarm seems to be busted.Faced with a crisis, we often fall apart, regressand that becomes a window for ...