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

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

I had written a description of one view of what constitutes
the society.  I decided it was too negative, too easily
misconstrued, and too difficult to defend writing such a
pessimistic and overly critical description of the
various components of the society.

It is dangerous to advocate violence.


On 10/02/13 12:24, Brussel Morton K. wrote:
> 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.
>>>
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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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