# Quote — Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine

> ...extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves. In a way, it had happened already to the antiwar movement.

- Author: [Naomi Klein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-klein.md)
- Book: [The Shock Doctrine](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-klein/the-shock-doctrine.md)
- Page: 327
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> ...This is what Keynes had meant when he warned of the dangers of economic chaos—you never know what combination of rage, racism and revolution will be unleashed. (p264)

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