The depth of Chris Hedges comprehension of ACTUAL reality something that EVERYONE can learn from.....but He's not widely known because we are so SATURATED with "Un-Reality" that the ugliness of True Reality can come straight towards us, reach into our pockets as it passes by, and we, the hypnotized, don't see a f**ing THING.
From the proletarians nothing is to be feared. Left to themselves, they will continue on from generation to generation, from century to century, working, breeding and dying, not only without any impulse to rebel, but without the power of grasping that the world could be other than what it is. - George Orwell
+Spartaculus Jones Orwell wrote fiction. Historical reality is a history of class struggle and the proletarian class have fought and won revolutions ever since the Paris Commune. The problem comes with the fact that just because you win a revolution it does not mean that the elite class is completely defeated and will worm their way back to power. Example, Russia after WW2, China today, and Eastern Europe. When a revolution is won the struggle begins to transform society and its old ways of thinking. In China Mao attempted that during the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. Again, because the elite were in the party itself they were able to defeat the Maoists.
+Hx-Flix & Blog Orwell wrote fiction, yes, but he wrote far more journalism and essays, he fought in the Spanish Civil War alongside anarcho-sindicalists against fascists, and was almost killed by the Stalinist-Marxists that took over the late Spanish Republic. Spartaculus's quote comes from 1984 and was Orwell's call to revolution. Not necessarily violent revolution, but conscious revolution nonetheless.
You’re right. I’m afraid that white supremacy is willing to burn this ship at sea so to speak and let the world go up in flames if they can’t maintain their control over everything.
Chris forgets to mention revolutionaries David Thoreau, "Big" Bill Haywood, Elizabeth Gurley, George Jackson, Huey Newton, Fred Hampton, Joe Hill, among others
A paperback copy of "Wages of Rebellion" can be clearly be seen on Paul Ray's desk. It has been published, but is not available currently. I have tried to buy it.
Oliver Green I am still waiting the book! Chris Hedges is a great writer. Short, concise and brilliant sentences with everyday words. Yes. it'll be a great read. Let me know when you finish reading it. We can exchange what we have learned from it. Cheers,
It cannot be an individual act. There must be solidarity amongst us. The only act that any individual can do is, like Mr. Hedges, is to show, write, make videos, oral speaking to large, small groups of people that need prompting. Otherwise, and most likely, we can all wait until we see, feel, smell, hear, touch the results of low wages, debt, bankruptcy, loss of savings, disease, and the pain of a very low quality of life.
Agreed with Chris, even though I'd go a step further, this idea that we are "more civilized" than we were 400 years ago let alone 50 years is a liberal absurdity. America had a *comparatively* civilizing period during the 60s but that by no means suggests a specific evolution in our overall behavior....is shere absurdity. Doesn't take an evolutionary anthropologist to see this. The idea is partly tied to the larger absurdity of liberal democracy and "civilizing" the "3rd world" i.e imperial genocide. Fact is, most people live under an illusion of civility meanwhile if we ever observed 1 ape in the amazon hoard the entire amazons resources and somehow if the other apes allowed their children to starve while 1 ape sits atop every fucking banana in the jungle--we would surely call this "uncivilized", so what exactly is it that makes humans think ourselves "civilized"--the greed, the sloth, and all the rest realized to their final conclusions and characterized by the entire species? Barbarism has won and its taking an entire planet with it, meanwhile, people concern themselves with Hollywoods fictions. This place is an absolute nightmare for anyone that deserves the designation Homo Sapien Sapien man...that name in and of itself is problematic. "Short" rant fin (brevity isn't my strong suit). Personally I was hoping for, at worst, zombies...this EVERY SINGLE FUCKING apocalyptic dystopian nightmare stacked one atop another is horseshit. I want a refund. P.S We don't even get cool cyborg enhancements with which to fight this radical evil. Fah-ken jipped.
Chris is doing his best to resurrect some white person from the colonizer nation as the model revolutionary. He can't struggle for both a bourgeois revolution and a genuine revolution and hold the distinction of revolutionary imo - he certainly can become THE model revolutionary. Chris is still identifying heavily with the colonizer.
John Rundin what about the actual content which we came for, they are human afterall, the 'proffessionals' are the propoganda sources we came to escape from, im sure they will make improvements based on your post.
Continually amazed by this fellow..
The depth of Chris Hedges comprehension of ACTUAL reality something that EVERYONE can learn from.....but He's not widely known because we are so SATURATED with "Un-Reality" that the ugliness of True Reality can come straight towards us, reach into our pockets as it passes by, and we, the hypnotized, don't see a f**ing THING.
"i fight fascists not because im gonna win but because they're fascists." right,right!
+Abiasaf López Because they're fascists we fight to win!
Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious. - George Orwell
yep. sheep don't rebel.
From the proletarians nothing is to be feared. Left to themselves, they will continue on from generation to generation, from century to century, working, breeding and dying, not only without any impulse to rebel, but without the power of grasping that the world could be other than what it is. - George Orwell
+Spartaculus Jones Orwell wrote fiction. Historical reality is a history of class struggle and the proletarian class have fought and won revolutions ever since the Paris Commune. The problem comes with the fact that just because you win a revolution it does not mean that the elite class is completely defeated and will worm their way back to power. Example, Russia after WW2, China today, and Eastern Europe. When a revolution is won the struggle begins to transform society and its old ways of thinking. In China Mao attempted that during the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. Again, because the elite were in the party itself they were able to defeat the Maoists.
+Hx-Flix & Blog Orwell wrote fiction, yes, but he wrote far more journalism and essays, he fought in the Spanish Civil War alongside anarcho-sindicalists against fascists, and was almost killed by the Stalinist-Marxists that took over the late Spanish Republic. Spartaculus's quote comes from 1984 and was Orwell's call to revolution. Not necessarily violent revolution, but conscious revolution nonetheless.
Thank you very much.
Probably the most searching interview of Chris Hedges. 🌈🦉
Yeah, this Paul Jay guy really knows a lot of stuff himself.
I concur, this system is the end of empire, and possibly the end of humanity, unless we change.
Don't flatter yourself, the world moves on after this empire is dead.
You’re right. I’m afraid that white supremacy is willing to burn this ship at sea so to speak and let the world go up in flames if they can’t maintain their control over everything.
Chris forgets to mention revolutionaries David Thoreau, "Big" Bill Haywood, Elizabeth Gurley, George Jackson, Huey Newton, Fred Hampton, Joe Hill, among others
A paperback copy of "Wages of Rebellion" can be clearly be seen on Paul Ray's desk. It has been published, but is not available currently. I have tried to buy it.
James Sylvester Available now!
Axmed Bahjad just scooped it, should be a good read
Oliver Green
I am still waiting the book! Chris Hedges is a great writer. Short, concise and brilliant sentences with everyday words. Yes. it'll be a great read. Let me know when you finish reading it. We can exchange what we have learned from it. Cheers,
It cannot be an individual act. There must be solidarity amongst us. The only act that any individual can do is, like Mr. Hedges, is to show, write, make videos, oral speaking to large, small groups of people that need prompting.
Otherwise, and most likely, we can all wait until we see, feel, smell, hear, touch the results of low wages, debt, bankruptcy, loss of savings, disease, and the pain of a very low quality of life.
An example Lithuanian history, a long way rebellion... Juozas Luksa to Sąjūdis movement.
they misspelled empirical
On Tom Paine... (Don't be fooled, America. Jay is actually semaphoring Bolshie plans to Hedges.)😉
Check "As I went out one morning" on Dylan's 'John Wesley Harding' album, 1968. 🤨 NB: Thomas Paine was one of America's Truly Great.
And there's a movie about American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr on TH-cam. ☑
Agreed with Chris, even though I'd go a step further, this idea that we are "more civilized" than we were 400 years ago let alone 50 years is a liberal absurdity. America had a *comparatively* civilizing period during the 60s but that by no means suggests a specific evolution in our overall behavior....is shere absurdity. Doesn't take an evolutionary anthropologist to see this. The idea is partly tied to the larger absurdity of liberal democracy and "civilizing" the "3rd world" i.e imperial genocide. Fact is, most people live under an illusion of civility meanwhile if we ever observed 1 ape in the amazon hoard the entire amazons resources and somehow if the other apes allowed their children to starve while 1 ape sits atop every fucking banana in the jungle--we would surely call this "uncivilized", so what exactly is it that makes humans think ourselves "civilized"--the greed, the sloth, and all the rest realized to their final conclusions and characterized by the entire species? Barbarism has won and its taking an entire planet with it, meanwhile, people concern themselves with Hollywoods fictions. This place is an absolute nightmare for anyone that deserves the designation Homo Sapien Sapien man...that name in and of itself is problematic. "Short" rant fin (brevity isn't my strong suit). Personally I was hoping for, at worst, zombies...this EVERY SINGLE FUCKING apocalyptic dystopian nightmare stacked one atop another is horseshit. I want a refund. P.S We don't even get cool cyborg enhancements with which to fight this radical evil. Fah-ken jipped.
Chris is doing his best to resurrect some white person from the colonizer nation as the model revolutionary. He can't struggle for both a bourgeois revolution and a genuine revolution and hold the distinction of revolutionary imo - he certainly can become THE model revolutionary. Chris is still identifying heavily with the colonizer.
The typos and misspellings in the initial pull-quotes were embarassing. I love your work, but that was not professional.
yep, "imparitive" - but they got cut right in the video title
John Rundin what about the actual content which we came for, they are human afterall, the 'proffessionals' are the propoganda sources we came to escape from, im sure they will make improvements based on your post.
Call me a pedant, but I stopped watching when you couldn't spell imperative. Brush it up, and maybe it will have better impact.
chronecro you love initial glitter but cant stay for the righteous content, kinda laughable, great series.