<story><title>Leaked Brexit Document Predicts &apos;Catastrophic Collapse&apos; of U.K. Infrastructure</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2019/08/18/752173091/leaked-brexit-document-depicts-government-fears-of-gridlock-food-shortages-unres</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Havoc</author><text>&amp;gt;and does not reflect the preparations spearheaded by Johnson that are now underway.&lt;p&gt;All the more reason to be alarmed. The guy seems like a complete loose cannon - more likely to cause additional chaos that help.&lt;p&gt;Really starting to wonder whether this isn&amp;#x27;t one big geopolitical campaign to short an entire country.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>arethuza</author><text>Jacob Rees-Mogg&amp;#x27;s father actually wrote a book called &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;The Sovereign Individual: The Coming Economic Revolution and How to Survive and Prosper in It&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Leaked Brexit Document Predicts &apos;Catastrophic Collapse&apos; of U.K. Infrastructure</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2019/08/18/752173091/leaked-brexit-document-depicts-government-fears-of-gridlock-food-shortages-unres</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Havoc</author><text>&amp;gt;and does not reflect the preparations spearheaded by Johnson that are now underway.&lt;p&gt;All the more reason to be alarmed. The guy seems like a complete loose cannon - more likely to cause additional chaos that help.&lt;p&gt;Really starting to wonder whether this isn&amp;#x27;t one big geopolitical campaign to short an entire country.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>persistent</author><text>Ever read &amp;quot;The Shock Doctrine&amp;quot;?  It lays out how the rich cause and exploit catastrophe to consolidate and strengthen their holdings.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Shock-Doctrine-Rise-Disaster-Capitalism&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;0312427999&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Shock-Doctrine-Rise-Disaster-Capitali...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>