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In reply to the discussion: Chris Hedges - We have engineered the rage of the dispossessed (warning - may scare some) [View all]malaise
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Chris Hedges - We have engineered the rage of the dispossessed (warning - may scare some) [View all]
kpete
Jan 2015
OP
I think they knew it too. Forever war. Our country was taken over by extremist psychopaths for a
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#77
Well, the "Imperial West" wouldn't be so successful w/o help of Saudis and other heads of state
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#3
k&r, the attack on Charlie Hebdo was not about images of Mohamed, that was the excuse.
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#4
Agreed. The anti-religion brigade is just another way for 1% to "divide & conquer" the 99% nt
99th_Monkey
Jan 2015
#6
According to the article I posted, the brother worked in a fish market. After getting out
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#26
I didn't read what you read. Please copy the part about gentrification in the 19th.
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#31
I've been to paris, thanks very much. I've been to the 19th, belleville area. what you're
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#83
One lived in the 19th; the other lived in Gennevilliers, as reported by multiple sources.
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#107
and "...devoid of hope, brutally controlled, belittled and mocked..." ? Perhaps one can be "wretched
jtuck004
Jan 2015
#54
So in a school you would have a fairly better chance of identifying people who have something going
jtuck004
Jan 2015
#67
I'm not sure that isn't the lie, that you can't be "broken" while appearing advantaged. n/t
jtuck004
Jan 2015
#70
I was going to tell you all that he is wrong but then I stopped to think. The attackers used a
jwirr
Jan 2015
#9
Exactly and I think if we look at the history of rebellion that would be true in most of them.
jwirr
Jan 2015
#57
I don't know about you, but I wasn't alive in the 1800s. "We" also fought the british, in
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#28
No, I think you're trying to make the case that the US has always had a bad relationship with
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#33
Thanks for posting this. As is so often the case, Hedges reframes the debate and
KingCharlemagne
Jan 2015
#19
"The evil of predatory global capitalism and empire has spawned the evil of terrorism. "
LWolf
Jan 2015
#39
The only understanding I see in all of this is the obvious. A lot of those in power are sociopaths,
BlueJazz
Jan 2015
#49
So I take it you disagree with Hedges' thesis statement (in his first paragraph):
KingCharlemagne
Jan 2015
#60
Why not? We did the equivalent with the Marshall Plan after World War II, when
KingCharlemagne
Jan 2015
#61
I think this is simplifying things. Osama Bin Laden was from one of the wealthiest families in S.A.
Arugula Latte
Jan 2015
#66
Not sure if you read this article, but I think it speaks extremely well to the increase in
adirondacker
Jan 2015
#109
"Capitalists will sell us the rope with which to hang them." ~Attributed
KingCharlemagne
Jan 2015
#96
The same conditions Hedges describes is now festering in cities and towns all over this country .
geretogo
Jan 2015
#87