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

[Brussel Morton K.]

What? 
Explain.


On Oct 1, 2013, at 6:31 PM, E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森 wrote:

> 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.
>>  
>> 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
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>> 
>> 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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