How Capitalism Exploits Natural Disasters
Episode three of my Nebula Original Series, The New F-Word, is live! Get free access to Nebula and watch the whole series when you sign up for CuriosityStream! https://curiositystream.com/secondthought We all know hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires can be bad...but did you know that capitalist regimes LOVE natural disasters? Come enjoy this week s dose of "wow, they really are that evil" and learn about how capitalism exploits natural disasters. Hope you enjoy! New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Hurricane Fiona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Fiona#Puerto_Rico https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/12/power-outages-puerto-rico-hurricane-fiona https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210318/fema-public-assistance-funding-tops-3-billion-puerto-rico https://www.npr.org/2022/09/23/1124345084/impact-hurricane-fiona-puerto-rico Hurricane Ian https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-ron-desantis-storms-florida-weather-a775186161b80f6ce706c03fa04fe978 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/by-the-numbers-hurricane-ian-catastrophic-damage https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/04/hurricane-ian-statistics-deaths-winds-surge/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/05/hurricane-ian-was-less-a-natural-disaster-than-a-human-made-one-we-must-stop-building-on-swamps “Natural disasters” and disaster capitalism https://youtu.be/v2ZVx8QiEUg https://www.preventionweb.net/news/why-natural-disasters-arent-all-natural https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/why-hurricane-katrina-was-not-a-natural-disaster https://naomiklein.org/rise-disaster-capitalism/ https://books.google.com/books?id=cpmRBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/rise-disaster-capitalism/ https://socialistrevolution.org/hurricane-ian-devastates-florida/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/07/how-cuba-is-dealing-with-the-devastation-of-hurricane-ian/ https://theintercept.com/2018/09/21/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-disaster-capitalism/ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/18/first-hit-privatization-puerto-rico-total-blackout-fiona-makes-landfall Hurricanes and climate change https://time.com/6218075/hurricane-ian-climate-change-impact/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/climate/climate-change-hurricanes.html Fossil fuel companies hid climate change science for decades https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/30/climate-crimes-oil-and-gas-environment Hurricane Katrina https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/06/naomi-klein-how-power-profits-from-disaster https://books.google.com/books?id=pTvGAcSEn4gC&printsec=frontcover Real estate developments in Florida https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/09/12/the-cost-of-coastal-capitalism-how-greedy-developers-left-miami-ripe-for-destruction/ Violence during Katrina https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/blackwater-down/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/06/naomi-klein-how-power-profits-from-disaster https://books.google.com/books?id=pTvGAcSEn4gC&printsec=frontcover FEMA money https://books.google.com/books?id=pTvGAcSEn4gC&printsec=frontcover Courts back insurance companies https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3442801&page=1 Republican Study Committee ideas http://www.columbia.edu/itc/journalism/cases/katrina/Press/Nation/Nation%20Reconstruction%20Ideas.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/06/naomi-klein-how-power-profits-from-disaster Privatization of Puerto Rico’s electricity, schools, and pro-business tax laws https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/10/10/23391700/puerto-rico-hurricane-recovery-colonialism-debt https://theintercept.com/2017/09/12/in-wake-of-hurricane-irma-vultures-eye-puerto-ricos-electric-grid-for-privatization/ https://youtu.be/pTiZtYaB3Zo https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/naomi-klein-interview-puerto-rico-the-battle-for-paradise Condoleezza Rice’s words https://www.c-span.org/video/?184974-1/secretary-state-nomination-hearing-day-1 Florida House Republicans vote against disaster relief https://truthout.org/articles/every-single-florida-house-republican-voted-against-disaster-relief-funding/ Postcard company tells workers to come in https://twitter.com/jonahfurman/status/1574813494070878210 Florida real estate expected to go up https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2022/10/07/for-florida-real-estate-that-survived-hurricane-ian-a-price-bump-awaits/?sh=135d23e45bd4 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/13/climate/florida-real-estate-hurricane-ian.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/us/florida-hurricane-housing-crisis.html https://www.npr.org/2022/10/06/1127083845/hurricane-ian-florida-property-insurance Follow Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought
