What I Did:
I went to King Street in downtown St. Catharines to watch a documentary called “The Shock Doctrine”. This documentary was about how one man by the name of Milton Friedman changed the world, so far for the worse, in my view. This documentary was very interesting as I learned more about what goes on in the government, and what the media chooses not to tell us. This documentary night was in a little room off of King Street; this confused me as it looked like I was supposed to go into an apartment. However, when I kept walking a bit it turned out to be maybe the lobby of the building. When my friend and I got there most of the seats had been taken by tenants, but we still managed to snag a seat on a couch. I found this documentary very interesting as I saw how horrible the citizens were treated and that Milton Friedman thought that these ideas were brilliant. I found him to be a sick horrible person who liked to torture innocent people; he electrically shocked people, locked them up and blindfolded them so they could not talk or move, and he also killed many innocent people including children. I thought that this was just some crazy guy who got a bunch of followers in the past and now it is over, but I was very wrong. The United States government was doing it to people of Iraq, the soldiers would kill innocent people and those who were not killed were tortured, so the soldiers could get information out of them. Milton Friedman believed that you need to shock people in order for you to get them to do what you want; when he was the government in Chili he ruined the economy then when the population rebelled he got enforcements to beat them. This man believed that if you tear them down as much as possible that you can rebuild them however you want. The bad thing was he wanted the rich to become richer and the poor even more poor, as well as torture and kill those who got in his way and did not believe what he was doing was best for them. This documentary was very graphic and showed how horrible it would have been to have someone like Milton Friedman be our Prime Minister. It is so sad that all these people died horrible deaths and were tortured multiple times because he thought it was a good idea.
What I have been asking myself:
This documentary has raised many questions and made me think more about the information the media shares with the public. How could one man cause all this harm? Why did we not know more about what was happening in Iraq? Is torture and “shock” the only way to get what they want from people? Why have I not heard about this before? What goes on behind government’s closed doors? This documentary has taught me so much and confused me a bit too; I am not sure what to think about this information as the public is closed off from a lot of what goes on. I have learned that one person can make a difference whether it is for the better or worse. I have also learned that the public is closed off from a lot of information about what goes on in the government.
What I learned:
I have learned that he public is closed off from a lot of information, a lot of the horrible things we thought had stopped have not. I also learned about what goes on behind the public’s back and how the government hides it from us.
I learned this when I went to the documentary night, on King street. By watching this movie and discussing it after I was able to learn more about what goes on.
This learning matters because the public needs to know what the government is doing. The public has the right to know what they are really voting for and what their money is paying for.
In light of this learning, I will never be able to fully understand why the government does this and why the public does not get to know about it.
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