Naomi Klein

You actually cannot sell the idea of freedom, democracy, diversity, as if it were a brand attribute and not reality -- not at the same time as you're bombing people, you can't. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#freedom #image #impressions #peace #war

Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#war #violence

Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#politics #voting #dignity

When it comes to paying contractors, the sky is the limit; when it comes to financing the basic functions of the state, the coffers are empty. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#capitalism

The parties with the most gain never show up on the battlefield. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#war #capitalism

Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#because #creditors #investors #poor #rich

We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#brands #communities #each #getting #looking

When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration? ↗

— Naomi Klein

#inspiration #just #just do it #message #nike

Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#fill #filled #hates #hope #politics

The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#dine #fast #fast food #feed #food