Chris Hedges: The Illusion of Freedom

[ljm2002]

5. I like Chris Hedges a lot...

...and I read or watch most of his stuff that is posted on DU.

But his viewpoint is unrelentingly grim. Yes, it is informed by his time covering revolutions in other parts of the world -- but that does not make him infallible, either.

He doesn't think Bernie Sanders can or will make a difference. I differ with him on that point.

Either one of us could be wrong, but I choose to be more hopeful. Unrelenting dourness seems to me a bad way to approach life, and Hedges definitely takes that approach. But I still love him and think he has a lot of good things to say. And, of course, he *could* be right about this too. He certainly has some very relevant first hand experience, and he has spent a lot more time than I have in the poorest enclaves of this country, where things are far far worse than most of us have to deal with.