[Peace-discuss] Hedges vision of what's needed

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

Hedges as an intellectual believes that the US is a
nation of intellectuals.  It is not.



On 10/02/13 0:29, Karen Aram wrote:
> I read the whole article, brilliant.
>
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> From: mkb3 at mac.com
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:13:10 -0500
> To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Hedges vision of what's needed
>
> Worth thinking about, from the impassioned Chris Hedges:
>
> http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_sparks_of_rebellion_20130930
>
>
> A tiny excerpt:
>
> …The state, in its internal projections, has a vision of the future 
> that is as dystopian as mine. But the state, to protect itself, lies. 
> Politicians, corporations, the public relations industry, the 
> entertainment industry and our ridiculous television pundits speak as 
> if we can continue to build a society based on limitless growth, 
> profligate consumption and fossil fuel. They feed the collective mania 
> for hope at the expense of truth. Their public vision is 
> self-delusional, a form of collective psychosis. The corporate state, 
> meanwhile, is preparing privately for the world it knows is actually 
> coming. It is cementing into place a police state, one that includes 
> the complete evisceration of our most basic civil liberties and the 
> militarization of the internal security apparatus, as well as 
> wholesale surveillance of the citizenry.…
>
> --mkb
>
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