* Section D: How do statism and capitalism affect society?

** D.1 Why does state intervention occur?

*** D.1.1 Does state intervention cause the problems to begin with?

*** D.1.2 Is state intervention the result of democracy?

*** D.1.3 Is state intervention socialistic?

*** D.1.4 Is laissez-faire capitalism actually without state intervention?

*** D.1.5 Do anarchists support state intervention?

** D.2 What influence does wealth have over politics?

*** D.2.1 Is capital flight really that powerful?

*** D.2.2 How extensive is business propaganda?

** D.3 How does wealth influence the mass media?

*** D.3.1 How does the structure of the media affect its content?

*** D.3.2 What is the effect of advertising on the mass media?

*** D.3.3 Why do the media rely on government and business “experts” for information?

*** D.3.4 How is “flak” used as a means of disciplining the media?

*** D.3.5 Why is “anticommunism” used as control mechanism?

*** D.3.6 Isn’t the “propaganda model” a conspiracy theory?

*** D.3.7 Isn’t the model contradicted by the media reporting government and business failures?

** D.4 What is the relationship between capitalism and the ecological crisis?

** D.5 What causes imperialism?

*** D.5.1 How has imperialism changed over time?

*** D.5.2 Is imperialism just a product of private capitalism?

*** D.5.3 Does globalisation mean the end of imperialism?

*** D.5.4 What is the relationship between imperialism and the social classes within capitalism?

** D.6 Are anarchists against Nationalism?

** D.7 Are anarchists opposed to National Liberation struggles?

** D.8 What causes militarism and what are its effects?

** D.9 Why does political power become concentrated under capitalism?

*** D.9.1 What is the relationship between wealth polarisation and authoritarian government?

*** D.9.2 Why is government surveillance of citizens on the increase?

*** D.9.3 What causes justifications for racism to appear?

** D.10 How does capitalism affect technology?

** D.11 Can politics and economics be separated from each other?

*** D.11.1 What does Chile tell us about the right and its vision of liberty?

*** D.11.2 But surely Chile proves that “economic freedom” creates political freedom?