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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris Hedges: We Must Grasp Reality to Build Effective Resistance
Published on Jul 18, 2013
In the continuation of Paul Jay's Reality Asserts Itself interview with Chris Hedges, they discuss the fantasy that we can have everything we want and the reality of the grave dangers facing us.
Im sorry. The climate science reports are bleak. Im not making it up. This kind of mania for hope is really a kind of sickness because it prevents us from seeing how dire and catastrophic the situation is if we dont radically reconfigure our relationship to each other and the ecosystem. And so of course people dont want to hear it. You know, they want to become entranced or mesmerized with the trivia that dominates the airwaves and the sagas of soap operas. And, you know, we are fed this mantra that is really fiction. And the mantra goes that we can have everything we want, that reality is never an impediment to what we desire. And thats given to us by Oprah, and its given to us by Hollywood and its a lie. Its not true. And I think we cant even use the word hope until we confront reality and begin to resist against the real.
To see all 7 parts of this interview as they are released please go to http://therealnews.com
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Chris Hedges: We Must Grasp Reality to Build Effective Resistance (Original Post)
marmar
Jul 2013
OP
Of course, Hedges's idea of starting a revolution is to keep saying the same stuff to the same
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#4
xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. du rec.
cali
(114,904 posts)2. That was a really interesting interview
I agree with Hedges on just about all the issues he touches on. I think his analysis of the Green Party was particuluarly insightful.
Right on the money.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)4. Of course, Hedges's idea of starting a revolution is to keep saying the same stuff to the same
people every week of every year, while encouraging people to stop voting.
UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)5. Chris Hedges
Is one of the few people who speaks up against the PNAC Empire.