# 2026-05-03 - [[Read]]: - [[The shock doctrine of the left - Uneven Earth]] - [[Zettled]]: - [[Change brought through parliamentary politics tends to be slow, incremental, and easily reversible]]. - [[The second Iraq War was exploited by the neoliberal shock doctrine]]. - [[The financial crisis of 2008 was exploited by the neoliberal shock doctrine]]. - [[Climate disasters are exploited by the neoliberal shock doctrine]]. - [[We must intervene informed by a map of how things are and how our intervention can shape them productively]] - [[Systems thinking is helpful for political transition]]