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49. "We are a society of captives." This is why the normal responses don't work.

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A paragraph from Chris Hedges' piece on Truthdig today that adroitly summarizes where we are..... [View all] marmar Dec 2014 OP

As brilliant and succinct a description as ever there could be. hifiguy Dec 2014 #1

I don't know if 'we' are doomed, but the recurring crises given to us KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #15

doomed? DemandsRedPill Dec 2014 #26

They� will welcome, even foster the great die-off. It will mean more for them. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #37

The die-off part is actually easy to facilitate. hifiguy Dec 2014 #44

Inform Hillary Please billhicks76 Dec 2014 #58

Better yet, inform Nicaraguan Presudent Daniel Ortega! staggerleem Dec 2014 #60

Unfortunately true.... daleanime Dec 2014 #2

TY, marmar, K & R, kudos as always to Chris Hedges, mother earth Dec 2014 #3

Thank you, woo me with science Dec 2014 #4

Pretty phucking great...knr joeybee12 Dec 2014 #5

DURec. bvar22 Dec 2014 #6

By 'Square Deal' were you attempting to refer to Harry S. Truman's 'Fair Deal'? I've KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #14

The Square Deal dates from Roosevelt-- Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #18

Thanks for that. As you probly guessed, I was too lazy to Google search the phrase, thinking KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #20

The early Progressives WERE Republicans. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #34

Yeah, well aware. Hell, Abe Lincoln was probably the last U.S. president KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #38

Yes, I was referring to Truman's "Fair Deal". bvar22 Dec 2014 #54

Please read Jackpine Radical's gloss on this point. Turns out there KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #55

Ah yes 2naSalit Dec 2014 #7

powerful. thanks. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2014 #8

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #9

Heartbreaking. Because it's true. calimary Dec 2014 #10

K&R abelenkpe Dec 2014 #11

Absolutely true. nt truebluegreen Dec 2014 #12

Yep! neverforget Dec 2014 #13

Chris always seems to speak eloquently what I've pondered throughout life. He Get's it and adirondacker Dec 2014 #16

alas, Hedges is right. nt navarth Dec 2014 #17

sacred dimension AlbertCat Dec 2014 #19

Yes, actually we do. GliderGuider Dec 2014 #21

something apart from the mundane. AlbertCat Dec 2014 #24

sacred stone space Dec 2014 #27

I like the archaic definition best. AlbertCat Dec 2014 #28

To be fair to the author, he follows the word with an appositive... Pacifist Patriot Dec 2014 #33

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Well said. nt mother earth Dec 2014 #52

K&R JEB Dec 2014 #22

The Corvair spacecraft thas been taken over -- Moostache Dec 2014 #23

K&R. Well said. Overseas Dec 2014 #25

Good companion piece on YouTube: marmar Dec 2014 #29

K&R blackspade Dec 2014 #30

This is an awesome piece.... N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2014 #31

Absolutely - this needs to reach every citizen. Pass it on, people! polichick Dec 2014 #48

du rec. xchrom Dec 2014 #35

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Dec 2014 #36

Sickening Our prisons have become slave labor colonies for the poor. hedda_foil Dec 2014 #39

all these words concerning heaven05 Dec 2014 #40

voting for one of two corporate candidates..... marmar Dec 2014 #43

The money RUNNING heaven05 Dec 2014 #45

k and r niyad Dec 2014 #41

K&R SalviaBlue Dec 2014 #42

So very true. raouldukelives Dec 2014 #46

nailed nationalize the fed Dec 2014 #51

"They will not rest until it is all gone." hifiguy Dec 2014 #56

Dead on. k&r polichick Dec 2014 #47

"We are a society of captives." This is why the normal responses don't work. polichick Dec 2014 #49

Corporations aren't something else The2ndWheel Dec 2014 #50

And the Corps flaunt their "superiority" in our faces... Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #53

One further caveat - always remember, dear children, that when the Republicans do the truedelphi Dec 2014 #57

I sometimes wonder when corporations will begin fighting each other. KansDem Dec 2014 #59

They'll have to fight reach other to buy up more and more, continued growth as it's called. appalachiablue Dec 2014 #61