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dixiegrrrrl

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5. Further along in the talk, he cites facts we have discussed here at DU

Reply to just1voice (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 05:27 PM

Apr 2013

examples of America being dumbed down, and no mass outcry at the loss of our civil rights.
Really worth the time to listen to him.

He cites a U of Michigan study that ran for 30 years beginning in 1979, and now shows there has been a 48% drop in empathy among college students, in the ability to understand another person's point of view.

(I see that reflected here on DU, when serious comments become hijacked often, by infantile name calling and insults.)

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"There is not a single American institution that is not seriously corrupt" [View all] dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 OP

Americans, the country of good mushrooms, always in the dark and clueless. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #1

The media's fault. proverbialwisdom Apr 2013 #2

Yep! Exactly! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #4

"I don't know when it became journalistic protocol to give the benefit of the doubt to people who midnight Apr 2013 #14

Actually, he points to another source of the problem. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #17

Outstanding, this guy nails it. just1voice Apr 2013 #3

Further along in the talk, he cites facts we have discussed here at DU dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #5

I was seriously chastized Plucketeer Apr 2013 #10

Berman points out that the increase in MH symptoms and meds are a result, dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #18

not to mention the thousands of bombings our great USA has done NoMoreWarNow Apr 2013 #20

All those "collateral damage" kids Plucketeer Apr 2013 #23

ehhh, maybe lrellok Apr 2013 #12

My bumper sticker 90-percent Apr 2013 #6

about 3/4 of the way thru the talk, he gives his reasons why civil breakdown will happen dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #8

"violence is reflective of a search for identity" bbgrunt Apr 2013 #7

Yikes... ljm2002 Apr 2013 #9

Shit I could tell you that years ago.... WCGreen Apr 2013 #11

I wish I had more time to comment on this. PotatoChip Apr 2013 #13

Now I know that I'm not crazy� MrScorpio Apr 2013 #15

Isn't that a great feeling????? dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #19

I agree with most of Mr. Berman's discussion, however drynberg Apr 2013 #16

Even for someone that thinks himself disabused of the Matrix, that's a hard watch BelgianMadCow Apr 2013 #21

Tons of Hedges' talks on YouTube. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #22

He's very inspiring. Especially, to me personally, in his support of OWS BelgianMadCow Apr 2013 #24

K&R. Excellent essay. Overseas Apr 2013 #25

Excellent Antidote To The Endless Left And Right Cheerleading cantbeserious Apr 2013 #26

aka the "tilting at windmills" crowd. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #27

k/r marmar Apr 2013 #28