Chris Hedges: "America is a Tinderbox"

[marmar]

Published on Jul 19, 2013

On Reality Asserts Itself, Paul Jay asks Chris Hedges if the American Left bears responsibility for the weakness of the mass movement; Hedges says the gravest mistake of the left is not articulating a viable vision of socialism

[populistdriven]

1. Who needs Socialism when you can buy insurance?

Because for profit insurance is legal organized crime. Socialism is in fact far more efficient than the system we have now where executives are the richest 1% and demand millions of dollars per year in compensation so that they can decide who gets treatment and who dies. They have rigged the system so that costs are so high that most people can't afford them and are dependent on insurance for routine healthcare until one day they are at their sickest and most in need so they get dropped by the 1%.

[brush]

2. Good points but did you forget the sarcasm icon in your hed?

[Civilization2]

3. This is a very good interview so far,. do watch all available segments!

This a rather deep discussion of the current situation,. and yet is rather accessible.

Indeed alternatives to the current corporate-fascism are what people really want, and are what we need to be pushing forward.

Here is one very well articulated alternative; Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

http://steadystate.org/

[Dustlawyer]

4. We need to push for publicly funded elections to get the old corrupt white guys out along with

The Shadow government that controls them!

[rbnyc]

5. he has it right.

I wish more people would listen.