The question is, how do you stop the power elite from doing as much damage to you as possible? That comes through movements. It's not our job to take power. You could argue that the most powerful political figure in April of 1968 was Martin Luther King. And we know Johnson was terrified of him. We have to accept that all of the true correctives to American democracy came through these movements that never achieved formal political power and yet frightened the political establishment enough to respond.
The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug. - Chris Hedges
The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
- Chris Hedges
We have to grasp, as Marx and Adam Smith did, that corporations are not concerned with the common good. They exploit, pollute, impoverish, repress, k… - Chris Hedges
We have to grasp, as Marx and Adam Smith did, that corporations are not concerned with the common good. They exploit, pollute, impoverish, repress, k…
Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jail and prisons, how… - Chris Hedges
Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jail and prisons, how…
It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and t… - Chris Hedges
It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and t…
It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm, grandiosity a… - Chris Hedges
It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm, grandiosity a…
A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom. - Chris Hedges
A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.
A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth. Take thi… - Chris Hedges
A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth. Take thi…
Economics dominates politics - and with that domination comes different forms of ruthlessness. - Chris Hedges
Economics dominates politics - and with that domination comes different forms of ruthlessness.
The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear… - Chris Hedges
The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear…
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