EMPIRE OF ILLUSION
source: http://pulsemedia.org/2010/01/13/chris-hedges-on-the-empire-of-illusion/
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How Are We Kept In Line By Our Own Shallowness & Well Entertained Psychopath & Sociopath Tendencies ?
According to Award-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges, we live in two societies:…one, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world and can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth; the other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic where serious film and theater, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins.
Washington has become Versailles. We are ruled, entertained and informed by courtiers. The popular media are courtiers. The Democrats, like the Republicans, are courtiers. Our pundits and experts are courtiers. We are captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political theater as we are ruthlessly stripped of power. It is smoke and mirrors, tricks and con games. We are being had. - Chris Hedges
Empire of Illusion: the End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
http://pulsemedia.org/2010/01/13/chris-hedges-on-the-empire-of-illusion/
Chris Hedges Writings...
http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/hedges/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges
I REST MY CASE !
"Politics is the showbiz of industry." - Frank Zappa
HAVE A RED PILL ;)
According to Award-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges, we live in two societies:…one, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world and can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth; the other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic where serious film and theater, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins.
Washington has become Versailles. We are ruled, entertained and informed by courtiers. The popular media are courtiers. The Democrats, like the Republicans, are courtiers. Our pundits and experts are courtiers. We are captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political theater as we are ruthlessly stripped of power. It is smoke and mirrors, tricks and con games. We are being had. - Chris Hedges
Empire of Illusion: the End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
http://pulsemedia.org/2010/01/13/chris-hedges-on-the-empire-of-illusion/
Chris Hedges Writings...
http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/hedges/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges
I REST MY CASE !
"Politics is the showbiz of industry." - Frank Zappa
HAVE A RED PILL ;)
