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KingCharlemagne

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27. So I take it you disagree with Hedges' thesis statement (in his first paragraph):

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Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:57 AM

Jan 2015

It was a harbinger of an emerging dystopia where the wretched of the earth, deprived of resources to survive, devoid of hope, brutally controlled, belittled and mocked by the privileged who live in the splendor and indolence of the industrial West, lash out in nihilistic fury.

Do you disagree that the Paris attack was a "harbinger"? Do you disagree that there is an "emerging dystopia"? Or both ideas?

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We Have Engineered the Rage of the Deluded [View all] TygrBright Jan 2015 OP

I think religion can be used in both ways. witness mlk. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #1

Yes, religion has sometimes been the tool of the oppressed-- Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #3

Thank you for that; critical thinking is needed and welcome. Scuba Jan 2015 #8

+1 Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #36

This. ^^^^ I think religion can be used in both ways, going both directions. calimary Jan 2015 #14

I think we spend way too much time with upaloopa Jan 2015 #2

it's all part of a secret master plan hfojvt Jan 2015 #4

No, they don't. They have a well-paid class of helots to do that thinking for them. n/t TygrBright Jan 2015 #6

"The very privileged don't give us much thought at all." Phlem Jan 2015 #13

They don't think about you when they run the country. upaloopa Jan 2015 #17

That's why I quit the Catholic Church WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2015 #20

I never said I was afraid of my opinion. Phlem Jan 2015 #21

You don't get that what you post here is your upaloopa Jan 2015 #29

You don't get that what you post here is your opinion" Phlem Jan 2015 #30

I must be too dense to get your message upaloopa Jan 2015 #31

"The very privileged don't give us much thought at all." - Truer words KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #24

Bashar Assad, of all people, made a good point in his interview with Paris Match. CJCRANE Jan 2015 #5

They are zombies. Full of rage and without hope. Avalux Jan 2015 #7

While I agree with most of your post, I would caution against viewing religions Maedhros Jan 2015 #9

You nailed it, Maedhros RobertEarl Jan 2015 #19

TWO WORDS SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2015 #10

Religious fundamentalism is a tool of the mic Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #11

I agree. Religion is always a tool of the privileged. If it didn't brainwash people effectively, valerief Jan 2015 #12

Tastes great, less filling! DeSwiss Jan 2015 #15

Chris swung and missed Android3.14 Jan 2015 #16

So I take it you disagree with Hedges' thesis statement (in his first paragraph): KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #27

I disagree with who he is holding responsible Android3.14 Jan 2015 #32

Please indicate the specific passages where you think Hedges is KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #33

The title seems to be a good start Android3.14 Jan 2015 #34

Small point (but one suggestive of something more): the title of the KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #35

Small point taken Android3.14 Jan 2015 #37

Religion is the ineffective and illusory "tool of the dispossessed" Tom Ripley Jan 2015 #18

Yawn. Union Scribe Jan 2015 #22

Thank you for posting your thoughts in GD. NT Trillo Jan 2015 #23

I'm not sure that Hedges believes religion is a 'tool' of the dispossessed. In this piece to KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #25

k & fucking r! n/t wildbilln864 Jan 2015 #26

Or ... NanceGreggs Jan 2015 #28