Chris Hedges "American Sadism"

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Author, activist, teacher and dissident Chris Hedges spoke at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on June 27, 2021. In this talk Chris speaks about sadism, which he says:
-Now defines nearly every cultural, social and political experience in the United States.
-Is expressed in the greed of an oligarchic elite that has seen its wealth increase during the pandemic by $1.1 trillion while the country has suffered the sharpest rise in its poverty rate in more than 50 years.
-Is expressed in extra-judicial killings by police in cities such as Minneapolis.
-Is expressed in our complicity in Israel’s wholesale killing of unarmed Palestinians, the humanitarian crisis engendered by the war in Yemen and our reigns of terror in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
-Is expressed in the torture in our prisons and black sites.
-Is expressed in the separation of children from their undocumented parents, where they are held as if they were dogs in a kennel.
Chris Hedges goes on to say that...
The historian Johan Huizinga, writing about the twilight of the Middle Ages, argued that as things fall apart sadism is embraced as a way to cope with the hostility of an indifferent universe. No longer bound to a common purpose, a ruptured society retreats into the cult of the self. It celebrates, as do corporations on Wall Street or mass culture through reality television shows, the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm, grandiosity and self-importance; a need for constant stimulation; a penchant for lying, deception and manipulation; and the incapacity for remorse or guilt. Get what you can, as fast as you can, before someone else gets it. This is the state of nature, the “war of all against all,” Thomas Hobbes saw as the consequence of social collapse, a world in which life becomes “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” And this sadism, as Friedrich Nietzsche understood, fuels a perverted, sadistic pleasure.the cultural and social forces that have given rise to extremism in the United States.
Meghan Marohn moderates a Q&A following the talk.
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[@l.w.paradis2108]

You censor too much. I took issue with a point Hedges made about men, using a highly intellectual tone and polite language. It was removed. This is shameful, frankly. If he can say what he said, why can't milder language remain in the comments?

[@collinsfrank1582]

You know, I don't think anyone could get anyone to agree with EVERY word one says in a speech. But I must question the definition of maleness as inherently sadistic.

[@shamakhan2660]

Dude

[@JFKMLKRFKGHWB]

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[@olanneeson3990]

In a "woke "age , folk are reluctant to use strong language in expressing their viewpoint .It can be very cathartic to state ones' case loudly and firmly .Desmond Morris , of "The Naked Ape " fame has apologised for his theory of the alpha male .he ,now , maintains that animals in the wild behave more like a family .There are forces in the world who serve their own interests by clinging to the concept of the alpha male to justify a cruel and savage portrayal of the human condition .@@l.w.paradis2108

[@susiefairfield7218]

"The tyranny we once exploited on others, we now exploit on ourselves" - Chris Hedges

[@Marshmobilise]

this is so true for the UK. our empire is gone so now our elites turn us into the natives and our towns in trading posts. We are cannibalized by our elites because they cant cannabalise India, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas like they used to in great grandparents' days. Its even worse if you are black or muslim, you are second class citizen are subject to insane state violence and racism

[@annalisa14]

@@Marshmobilise hey 🇬🇧 I’m with you. I agree with your statements. I’ve been living in Oregon USA 🇺🇸 for 20+ years. It’s similar. Corporate is at the end of its rope. Things are changing…

[@klauskinski5969]

oh shit the violence expressed abroad now finally comes home? yes! kill everyone that benefitted of the american culture that is born out of cowards avoid facing hardships. usa expelled or killed the only warriors they had that where willing to fight for the benefits of others and payed with their blood with a smile in a manjac crash. and now the fucking sheeps starts to cry when they realize their future. but dont dare to stand up.....in the end you get what you deserve. there is not a single us-citizen who doesnt deserves death. no matter if you are black or white, you put this on yourself by constantly kneeling down. it gets even more funny when hedges recites european scholars. they all basicly tell the same story: "stand up"! but you cant expect anything from a nation of cowards that killed in a francy their own heros.

[@catvisiontv855]

Not Just American leaders and media leaders.... but all around the world where they have been causing wars ... all leaders around the world. Anyone who wants mass murder instead of incarcerating the leaders responsible for causing war is definitely psychopathic and delusional. That's what I think. 1

[@russgreenwood6458]

"You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." - Abbie Hoffman

[@spencedelic]

based if i may say

[@chadlee914]

Thanks

[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

Interesting comments about Occupy movement and love children of the 60’s. Elite afraid of them.

[@MikenNinginThai]

Notice all these people are for capitalism the only difference is how the wealth is distributed. Democracy, voting, is all a hoax on the people as they are born from capitalism "Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich that is the democracy of a capitalists society. : -- Vladimir Lenin

[@smashpoundx8643]

Said the druggie who committed suicide.

[@LolaDeVino]

I weep at these truths that Chris Hedges always reveals. I weep for our deplorable country. We have devolved into a country where soulless, cowardly greed, rules. 😣

[@briobarb8525]

Sooo true! Why do Sooo few Americans see it or even care? 😢

[@DigiologyStudios]

Because most are the same@@briobarb8525

[@robynbrentnall8127]

Alas my country, the supposedly happy-go-lucky down-under Wide Brown Land of Australia, is heading by degrees in the same direction Australia of the Aussie digger, is heading by degrees in the same direction, but it's NOT too late to exert a power for good.

[@blindfreddy9157]

Americans are starting to learn what the rest of the world has known for decades.

[@jean-pierredevent970]

But they have this wonderful heritage of the humanistic psychology and even that period of listening to Indian gurus was not so bad. But now, America has lost it's core. It's needs serious soul searching.

[@bucksfan77]

The rest of the world? Like whi exactly? Because before America became top dog the Russians went full on Communist, the Japanese invaded Korea and China, the Ottomans had gotten as far as Vienna before being pushed back, it's still illegal to be gay in 69 countries (most Islamic and women have virtually zero rights) and China has actual concentration camps and libya has open air slave markets right now. So a great question is as compared to what exactly is America failing at?

[@9UaYXxB]

@@bucksfan77 At rationality, at hubris, at compassion, at a sense of humility and proportion and fair play.

[@bucksfan77]

@@9UaYXxB I don't follow. What are you getting at?

[@disillusionedanglophile7680]

@@bucksfan77 America's failings? Life expectancy, education standards, Election integrity, rule of law from CIA/FBI/DEA/FDA/FED who are all corrupt. Remember Bucks Fan (who are the "Bucks"? Like we care enough to ask?) that America is supposed to be the biggest, the bestest, the most everything but its tops numero uno at exporting terrorism, invading foreign nations on a permanent basis since the Spanish war 1n 1899. America has failed. Look at that cheapskate (american engineered) condo that collapsed, thin weak legs. Now you have Biden to prop you up? LOL. BTW. Chris Hedges is completely polarised so half of what he says is nonsense. The other half is good. But Hedges should let up, he is very negative about your (criminal) republic. I wish you good luck with your republic. I think you should start to disband it and become independent of the vile corrupt Federal Government and their media partners. States rights rule!

[@Matt-hq2ew]

"Truth is treason in the empire of lies." George Orwell

[@unitedspacepirates9075]

@@robertbolstad9465 1984

[@MoyToy84]

Snowden

[@johnshaw8228]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZuzh3alpMqlf9E

[@aksbeixhev]

Manning, Assange and Snowden are all excellent examples

[@markdemell3717]

Ephesians ch 6 .Halleluyah!

[@thegodhead]

I’ve experienced this while an hourly laborer for a giant corporation. Sadists filled middle and upper management. They enjoyed degrading and attempting to ruin the lives and spirits of subordinate workers (many of them immigrants). This is the American way. If justice exist at all, there is a special place in hell for sadists.

[@jamesfeng7010]

This is probably the saddest and most informative speech i’ve ever heard in my entire life about the current state of the world, thank you chris for being brave/honest enough to say what needs to be said

[@derekbrowne4678]

It is referencing America

[@derekbrowne4678]

@@gbird3295 Oh yes it is true and what vital points is he off on. There is nothing that he says that you can actually debunk with facts and truth.

[@mc-lb9dk]

You probably never paid any attention to anything I guess. He is talking about the US of Assholes, not the world

[@garymorgan3314]

It's more about America than the world though as a Briton I cannot be complacent as our leader, Johnson, is a lying incompetent and we tend to follow America in most things... though never the good things that De Tocqueville shrewdly noticed: civic mindedness a gift for the practical, inventiveness and tailgate parties (this last is mine but they are great. And burgers).

[@youngdrosenumbaone8371]

Facts. I'm happy this has so many likes compared to dislikes. If this impeccable update on the world's current state doesn't register. No words will. Edit: I know he is talking about America first and foremost. But you cannot talk about America without talking about global politics and conflicts

[@marygard4608]

The Indigenous Americans believed the white man suffered from the sickness of Greed. I now understand truly what they meant.

[@CliftonBowers-pc2xu]

In England they say glutiny

[@ADebsLife]

Hearing the truth spoken is a balm. Thank you.

[@marcuschan2901]

I respect this very brave man for speaking out. It is indeed sad to see a great country failing miserably.

[@CharlesDorman-uc5sf]

What do you expect from a Christian country that worships the devil

[@kkbroph663]

A good day is when I find a new Christopher Hedges speech. Thank you Media Sanctuary, and thank you, Chris Hedges.

[@scole781]

He is one of the few that speaks truthfully and absolutely. Cathartic to listen to when you have been suffering so long in a society rotten. So much so that it makes one snap from their comatose depression and realize , " I am not alone " , and thus; "it begins"!

[@darleneshriver3270]

Chris Hedges, a great man of courage! Thank God we have him at this time!

[@aek12]

Truth shall set you free.

[@tonyp2865]

The new Gore Vidal

[@GOLDENFLYWARRIOR]

Thank WISDOM not man made GOD. Chris Hedges would laugh at you.

[@martinko4086]

@@GOLDENFLYWARRIOR I laugh at Chris Hedges , look like he is SADIST himself , doing and saying only BAD thing to America and enjoy it . He is taking things out of the contest and trying to prove how BAD is capitalism and America .

[@johnshaw8228]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZuzh3alpMqlf9E

[@kenridge3106]

Succinct. Truth. So much admiration for this man.

[@Andrew_Cotton]

Bullshit. Hes a socialist sell out. EVERYTHING is a narrative.

[@adamiskandar5107]

@@Andrew_Cotton I follow his work, closely. Can you elaborate how he is a sell out? Pls convince me.

[@comingviking]

Andrew Cotton What does "socialist sellout" even mean? To me it sounds like a very silly attempt to combine two "bad words" to smear the subject. If he is a socialist, he is no sellout. Those are mutually exclusive terms. So I would also like some elaboration on the thought process here.

[@Andrew_Cotton]

@@comingviking He's a sellout because he's a corporatist, a statist, is a multimillionaire, owns three homes and got a sweet book deal. As a matter of fact that makes him a hypocrite too. Can you name one single solitary thing he's accomplished in the Senate in 25 years ? Neither can I. He's a corpotatist because he takes corporate campaign contributions, less than other members of Congress but he still takes them. See opensecrets.org. Bernard Sanders isn't special. Hes just as much part of the political Establishment as any member of that Congtess. And he's a statist because when faced with a social problem his first impulse is to ask what can the state do to solve this instead of asking OUGHT the state intervene at all and OUGHT the matter be resolved by the citizenry with limited government interference. See we live down here in the real world in the realm of reapolitik, not up in the rarefied air of your idealistic ivory tower. " All addictions are bad whether the narcotic be alcohol morphine or idealism." -Carl Jung

[@comingviking]

@@Andrew_Cotton You are thinking about Bernie Sanders. And I use the word "thinking" loosely here.

[@l.krueger9172]

It hurts so much to hear this and know it is us. This talk is a hard look in the mirror. Thank you for your work.

[@markdemell3717]

Not us ,but ,you! We all sin and fall short of the glory of YAH.

[@TestTest-ft9xh]

@@markdemell3717 You have shown most of all you need to look in the mirror by your comment. The terror stoping you to look is what causes you to lash out at other people. Only radical honesty can save you from sin or terror and bring you into security from insecurity bro.

[@queenmothervirgomaat9969]

How many of you don’t share Chris Hedges because you can’t find anyone heavy enough to enjoy his honesty and truth!

[@colterino]

Hand Raise

[@maxfastest]

Yep. I tried, but none would even listen

[@traceythompson1092]

I haven't even tried....my friends think I am crazy and lefty enough without trying to parse Chris Hedges with them. I'm going to try though: it had to be done ✔ 😅

[@ronniemiller9762]

I wouldn't dare try.....

[@aschloesing]

I'm so movef by this talk. 62 years old french woman, raised by what I would define as agnostic, vegetarian, organic landowners. Went to a private school based on the freinet method. I've been living in this country since 1986., feeling like I'm drowning. Not that France is doing any better at this time Anyway, no one will read this except for the surveillance apparatus maybe? Chris edges is a hero . Much love, that's this answer

[@susiefairfield7218]

🙌💗💯👌🤘🤗

[@lora97006]

I read your comment. Also agree that LOVE is the answer - Trying to hang onto that belief anyway. Much 💗 to you Anne. 😊 🌿🌻🌿

[@traceythompson1092]

As an American woman of Jamaican descent who's parents came to America in 1966 to make a better life.....I so get what you are saying. Both my parents and my brother passed before Childish Trumpino was elected. I know EXACTLY what my Dad would have said about the Homunculus who was our former president; he saw through Reagan in the late 70s, and Orange Julius Caesar was *no* Reagan!

[@onamemmet]

@@traceythompson1092 Childish Trumpino!😅😅

[@lozensfire]

Shining your wise and wonderful light!We can,we will love

[@craigsmith1365]

I wish the people would rise up in multitudes and flood the streets like they did to stop the Vietnam War.

[@daytonmargramarnsom1641]

Soon comrade

[@kk-wh3hb]

@Elsyanne Pfeifer we get mad at the poor and homeless too

[@kk-wh3hb]

@Elsyanne Pfeifer not you. Your way to busy posting the same Jimmy Dore quote over and over again but, at least you don't hate the poor and homeless. Maybe nobody does and it's just my imagination. ok paleface?

[@kk-wh3hb]

@Elsyanne Pfeifer you may have done more to help the poor and homeless than I have but on the other hand it might just be a cute ignorant assumption. All I did was make the cute ignorant assumption that there is a lot of hate towards the poor. Did you assume that I thought it was a good thing? At least you exposed me for the racist monster that I apparently am. It had to be done. Good job paleface.

[@celtictexan]

@@daytonmargramarnsom1641 so you say, but patriots haven't started to fight back yet.

[@ranter7100]

Breathtaking, spellbinding, terrifying, enlightening, But there is a glimmer of hope If enough of us want to wake up.

[@rhabdoviridae]

Enough of us don’t. Too many of us aren’t even aware that they should.

[@ranter7100]

@@rhabdoviridae I know its probably the bit that frustrates me the most. Im in New Zealand I'm quite vocal about it all . You should see the looks i get. people here by and large have no idsa about anything and are happy to vote against their own best interests and give you a two second sound bite as to why ........end of story. Alot of people are just two busy keeping the neoliberal wolf from the door or their comfortable enough in the system to not want to look at all. Sleep walking of the edge. Well what is going to happen when all these sleep walkers wake up to late?

[@KleineJoop]

Democracy needs a significant part, or majority even, to be awake and vote.

[@KleineJoop]

@@ranter7100 You're in the only anglosaxon country where there is an social/leftist government in power. Ardern is doing great as that exception, as far as i know your politics and people aren't toxic and traumatic like the rest, hence such progressive and constructive government can be voted in. Even my own country the Netherlands, one of the inventors and original/oldest capitalists, is deep into neoliberalism now, so deep that our state is compromised, commiting crimes against us. It tooks decades but they succeeded in keeping the people in that capitalist/neoliberal belief, helped by nationalist/populist memories of the 70/80's when we were indeed perhaps one of the most free and social and progressive countries in the world at that moment. There is nothing left, we moved away from the German Rhineland model to the anglosaxon one shortly after that time, no leftist government since, and like the US and UK, the Netherlands has slit down the drain, and joined them. I believe your country and people have not, that's a great exeption and one to be proud of and indeed defend and spread by staying social and connected to people who don't yet have the knowledge/information to achieve such political and wordly clarity. Keep at it my friend, you're doing invalueable work.

[@ranter7100]

@@KleineJoop I know looking from the outside it looks that way. Jacinda does care I think it shows in the covid response. But Jacinda's govt is neoliberal to the core they to the right economically. A lot of policy with corporations in mind. Are they better than our lunatic right wing outfit yes but its still only a vote for the less of two evils. Center left govts around the world are selling out their citizens and the right is insane. What we need right now is policy that addresses the problems we have Growing inequality, collapsing climate, growing social unrest. and no govts on earth are addressing this. The reason is pretty clear. Some off us have a kind of collative madness a sort of elitist I'm better than you. These people are everywhere in govt, city councils, police, the courts, executives, bankers, corporations and people with a higher education. These people are calling all the shots they are making the rules. The working class on down which is most of us are getting no policy that is helping us. user pays, neoliberal madness. The policy is for the rich the corporations. Chris Hedges is right when he says a corporate coup d'état. Its done they control the govts, the police , the intelligence cabals. Its over and if you speak out...... well Julian tells that story.

[@maggieraynor7134]

Once you see it, you can't unsee it. The tapestry of horror Chris weaves here was validation and brought me to tears. Maybe his most brilliant, unwavering lecture yet.

[@user-uq4zk5rh4i]

Thank you Chris for your existence.

[@blossemdegroat2855]

Thank YOU for articulating what Hell my family and I have been through our whole Life. This is the mose Humane speech I've ever heard. From darkness to light. God Bless You

[@KayHBrown]

We must wake up and reject and resist, and realign our resources. It begins with understanding Chris Hedges' message.

[@remasterus]

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." - Ariel Durant

[@luxwolf8858]

This needs to be shared across the planet immediately.

[@quitefranklysamanthatheres1018]

Everyone in the world needs to hear this speech

[@skeptick6513]

I would be heartened if the majority in amerika would hear and that even a fraction could understand the reality today. As MLK said the USA is the greatest purveyot of violence in the world, which is truer now than ever. Amerikans need to stop enabling the evils perpetrated on the world by their government.

[@eduardocabrera9846]

I applaud your naiveness, I was also in my twenties once. But I regret to tell you that even if the whole world watched this speech, it really wouldn't make much of a difference. Someone once said "Those who don't know their history are destined to repeat it" , but the truth is that the only thing that history has proven is that it keeps repeating itself. If knowing had any weight on the outcome of events, there would be no more wars, slavery, dictators, inequality, hunger, etc. all of which are exacerbated in present times. The only meaningful thing to learn about history, is its insight into our own human nature, that we are basically hairless chimps that are utterly incapable of handling a spoonful of power, that we lose all sense of respect, empathy and love in our pursuit of such power, and when we finally get a firm grip on a big chunk of it, we literally become the most dangerous and insatiable beast on the surface of this beautiful planet. The world we see is a reflection of who we are as a race, we are the world.

[@kinky_Z]

Agreed. Just don't give it at an obscure college in Illinois where parents want to hear uplifting themes, not be buried in the reality of end-stage Capitalism and our imperialistic horror show. (See Rockford College). That was just SO WRONG! There is a time and a place.

[@MyLaura33]

Well ya better get posting it everywhere!

[@xiavosh]

We People from the world are aware and are affected by the action of the empire and its sadistic policy implemented by its satanic rulers.

[@gshaffer84]

Chris Hedges, still rocking the House. Listen and grow Wiser.

[@JamieNixx]

And still a legend!

[@crystalgiddens7276]

@Elsyanne Pfeifer is he anti Christian?

[@abdulraheem415]

Yes exactly....I've been planning to buy his books because I know it will be an education for me.

[@abdulraheem415]

@Elsyanne Pfeifer wow...I agree with you 100%. It seems that we can't seem to learn from our mistakes!

[@abdulraheem415]

@Elsyanne Pfeifer yes and he is beloved in the Muslim community too!!! I love Rev Chris..

[@greenleaf1635]

Chris Hedges is in one word a Treasure! Don't let that man walk out of that building, carry him on your shoulders!

[@johnshaw8228]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZuzh3alpMqlf9E

[@fabiengerard8142]

I think he’d never accept to be carried on anyone’s shoulders, though!

[@Shay-ShayTV]

Love how he put the film “Lincoln” on blast for its revisionist history in leaving out Frederick Douglas’s contribution, how he pushed Abe to end slavery. Bravo to Chris for calling this out and for NOT watching Hollywood’s grotesque “hollywood splaining” of this country’s history..

[@stevenyourke7901]

Whenever I feel a little too optimistic and cheerful, I tune in to Chris - he straightens me right out in no time!

[@smashpoundx8643]

That sounds like a healthy thing to do.

[@purplemystique8308]

Lol

[@silverfox9285]

Same!

[@adcaptandumvulgus4252]

I like when Richard Wolff and Chris hedges got together that was a good talk More of that please

[@MehdiD.Ardebili]

The whole of America needs to hear this

[@aliceinwonderland7594]

listening to Chris Hedges, a man with a vision and ability to discern the reality for what it is ... cruel, abominable dehumanised state

[@bijipop]

This man is a treasure. If we weren't doomed he would go down in history as one of the greats.

[@silverfox9285]

National treasure :D

[@carpo719]

the guy is one of the most depressing speakers I have ever heard..... yet I listen to every speech, and every word, because Truth is not pretty

[@johnshaw8228]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZuzh3alpMqlf9E

[@vickishook9715]

This man is brilliant. His life's path is humbling.

[@XBKLYN]

Agreed. I don't align with everything he says but his presentations are like car wrecks In which you are powerless to avert your gaze.

[@louisehoff]

You have captured the full truth of how our society is cruelly chewing up and spitting out so many of our neighbors, harming the children and are now leading our species and many other species over the cliff. I spend most of my time doing what I can to raise awareness about the climate crisis. thank you for your deep analysis of today's america

[@breal546]

✌️We gotta dig deep, it’s scary how inhumane the world has become.

[@karenmossbryan7932]

It would seem raising awareness of human malevolence would be top priority. Climate then might change for the better.

[@davidjohnzenocollins]

@@karenmossbryan7932 Will that work? Telling people they are malevolent and hoping they will slap their foreheads saying, "Oh, my gosh! You're right! We gotta end climate change!"

[@klauskinski5969]

the further i read comments the more stupid they get. thx for providing an example. ah yes...thx chris for telling you the truth and you do exactly NOTHING! ok im wrong. if you would really do nothing 8 billion ppl on this world could live without your country/goverment intefering in them. buts not what you do...you support them and complain about the outcome or when war turns home. sheep!

[@aroyaliota]

Climate change is your message after hearing this? #smh

[@scottluthy5828]

Chris hedges needs to be taken seriously and he really speaks the truth. Our federal government has failed many Americans and we must change that.

[@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl]

People must end being masochistic too. They are, out of two reasons, believing in political agendas of the two party system and self deception that the things will magically change.

[@cosmicllama6910]

ask not what your government can do for you, yeah saying that to people working 2-3 jobs just to tread water really isn't gonna mean sh*t

[@celtictexan]

@@cosmicllama6910 And why is that? Why do people in these times need multiple jobs, when one was enough prior to 64 and 65?

[@cosmicllama6910]

@@celtictexan Because the Boomers benefitted from a post war economy that made them kings of everything, then pulled the ladders up and demonized unions so their kids and grandkids would never have lives as good as theirs. Because seeing half the population go homeless is somehow better than scary "socialism"

[@susanmercurio1060]

Okay, how?

[@mumtazzafar1576]

Thanks for educating me professor free of charge online. It's always a privilege to hear you speak. Please keep uploading the great work.

[@klauskinski5969]

the further i read comments the more stupid they get. thx for providing an example

[@EPixieGrin]

This is outstanding! He's done such an incredible job illustrating the state of the world and western culture. Finally!

[@nohumbug8636]

Don’t forget the glorification of the trophy hunters who happily grin over the corpses of defenseless creatures.

[@marygard4608]

Every time I see a trophy deer head mounted on someone's wall I say "You must have really hated that deer". (I forget the movie reference).

[@Camcolito]

Anytime you need that little pick-me-up Chris Hedges delivers.

[@edmundmcgrath213]

He's a blast at parties…

[@Camcolito]

@@edmundmcgrath213 :)

[@Camcolito]

@Email Subjekt 'Monger' Better half than none at all.

[@jasonholden8864]

@Email Subjekt could you please elaborate mate on what chris hedges doesn't understand?

[@briobarb8525]

How does this pick you up? 😢

[@bryanjensen355]

Dovetails into Chris's previous speeches and authored content, but still one of his best speeches yet-an exceptional gift of brave and moral academic and journalistic thoughtfulness.

[@fieldandstream9362]

Where do you find more people like this? It's like finding a unicorn in the United States.

[@cosmicllama6910]

The best part is he looks like a typical old white capitalist, but surprise!

[@danthemansmail]

If you don't already know about Chris, a Unicorn is easier to find.....

[@fieldandstream9362]

@@danthemansmail So true 🦄

[@765kvline]

I know Molly Ivens would have had a bucket load of satire to heap on the events of our time. Sorry she is gone.

[@footballfan5462]

@GP my problem with abby martin is that she doesn't understand jewish history and the second class status they had in the muslim and christian world.

[@ToddAndelin]

Thanks for posting this. This is incredible

[@asahiglass]

I have nothing but love n respect for Chris.

[@deneengrant2086]

Every time Chris Hedges talks, I listen! This man is a natural treasure.

[@Group-fk1uj]

Maybe do some research and find that there are major flaws in what Hedges says. He's either intentionally deceptive, or grossly ignorant in his "research". Sad that so many people are so easily taken in by HIS form of demagoguery, but then again, that is part of how appeal to emotion works. Do you not see his obvious biases? His Motte is what he says about the corrupt "elite" superorganism parasites... his Bailey is, unfortunately, so much of everything else he says.

[@yulyasevelova769]

@@Group-fk1uj He may have flaws,but he calls out the corporations and internationalist elites. Someone had to do it.

[@TestTest-ft9xh]

@@Group-fk1uj You think a little comment that's not true will sway anyone? Only time comments change minds is if they are actually true, not truthy, partially false or outright false.

[@barbginther2171]

Excellent, depressing, reality, truth, the answer. We lived it. It happened.

[@MR-cz7fn]

Excellent speech well done, truth is and will always be the truth.

[@anniew3294]

I can't thank you enough for this searing analysis. I felt every word.

[@AudioPervert1]

This is a great text. Slamming it ! Kudos to Chris Hedges !

[@thelifeofmr.nibblestheshih2353]

Mr. Hedges seems like a prophet, he consistently predicts many events before they happen. He knows more than others that history DOES repeat itself over and over.

[@susiefairfield7218]

The voice of one crying in the wilderness.....

[@vickishook9715]

I have often thought that same thing. The more I listen to Ms. Hedges, the more grateful I am I have the opportunity to know him and read his work. Pure blessing!

[@vickishook9715]

@@susiefairfield7218 Brilliant

[@fabiengerard8142]

@@susiefairfield7218 *One more thing in common with his friend Noam… Both exceptionally insightful.

[@alanfoster8444]

Hello from Australia. Another wonderful lecture by Chris. Wishing you all well for the future xx

[@williamengels8216]

Hedges is an education in himself, I cannot thank this man enough for his work.

[@zehrajafri9252]

An honest, true human being, expressing the disgust all true humans feel at the unjust degradation of humanity we see around us, only an anti human could scoff at such pain.

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

The reality is that humanity was always degraded.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

yet...most do

[@adamiskandar5107]

@@zuzanazuscinova5209 All the more we need people like him to give us hope and understanding.

[@vergelab3399]

yet what do we do? we shake our heads in disgust, yet don't stop oiling the 'maga machine' (myself included)

[@zehrajafri9252]

The power of unity for a just cause bring's about change. Force the war monger's from making and spending billions on killings and create green jobs etc to heal the planet and the life of the masses, surely a much better activity than killing the masses and planet.

[@YoungBlackJedi]

"It is in the male experience of pleasure that one finds the meaning of male history.” This is beautifully put, and right on point. Pain and pleasure go hand in hand hence the sadism expressed through sexual pleasure in some mens mind from the thrill or exploitation for ones sexual pleasure. God bless you Chris!

[@henriettealkhouri7432]

I do hope that our lives and struggles are being documented, and that history will condemn the brutal force of the Empire , the oligarchs, the banks, the Media and finally the Military, that wreaked havoc in the world , all under the guise of Democracy.

[@Mark_Chandler]

the cartels, the gangs, the police. etc

[@fmj9346]

@@Mark_Chandler And their followers of whom there are many.

[@briobarb8525]

Documented and said by so few...and only remembered LONG AFTER it is finally and sadly allowed. History repeating itself.

[@savvasbambos2669]

A real human being legend. We love you Chris. Please start your humanity movement. All the support. Thumbs up You have my vote for presidency from now. Please run for US presidency🙏🙏🙏

[@Rootcauses451]

Chris doesn’t mince words. 🤜🏼🔥

[@williehaller5840]

🔪w🔪or🔪ds

[@cynthialangley7338]

This is a profound truth that needs to be taught on a widespread basis if we hope to survive

[@mikegreen9774]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@zantecarroll4448]

god i love this man! a rare courageous truth teller!

[@johnshaw8228]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZuzh3alpMqlf9E

[@christinelafromboise6731]

Chris Hedges has seen it all. He sees clearly what is happening and has a gift for pulling it all together.

[@stephenwallace8782]

I have gone back and forth about Chris Hedges....but I cannot doubt the goodness of his heart. The more I have listened, I've decided that his analysis is useful, accurate, fresh, even if it it leans on the side of the apocalyptic. Bless this man.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

If it is accurate and also apocalyptic, what does that mean?

[@stephenwallace8782]

@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Forebodings.

[@briobarb8525]

But it is also accurate and true!!! 😢

[@TheJgibbons]

I pray that such darkness does not tear the love from his heart.

[@inndeep7020]

Absolutely terrifying truths revealed as only honorable Chris Hedges can tell in such a powerful and compelling historical correlation. Thank you Chris.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

duuuuuude. this FINALLY explains things for me.....thank you thank you thank you!!!!

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Welcome to the darkside

[@fmj9346]

@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 indeed. I’ve been here a while. I am so depressed at this point. Everything has become so filthy.

[@marygard4608]

I agree, it's a huge pile of filthy s--t. Now, how do we make things grow in it? How can we build a civilization both vibrant and kind?

[@judyyee4163]

Thank you, Mr. Hedges. You are a good and clear sighted human, and you are courageous.

[@MyLaura33]

Orwell did say, "The farther a society gets from the truth, the harder it is for them to hear it" Like the dutiful wife slapped around by her husband, she stays threatened in the dire safety of the familiar. And deadly.

[@marygard4608]

Brilliant analogy.

[@christinegreene1986]

Wow...sobering words.

[@obsoleteoptics]

Slavery was never abolished, it was nationalized. Don't believe me? Read the 13th Amendment again.

[@victoria5167]

We as Filpinos had been lied to. Through the social media We manage to learn the truth about history

[@flash_flood_area]

No time left to fool around! 🎯

[@hjander]

I never miss the opportunity to listen to CH. For me, he seems like the only voice I can trust.

[@seekerfloyd7346]

Love , respect, and honor, are all due this man. Wish he could find his way from the dark, and find the Lord of Love. I hope that God will bless him, he has seen such atrocities in the wars of greed.

[@grantc61]

Huh? He's SEEN the light and his work is an ACT of love.

[@paulclissold1525]

How many times can christianity save democracy. Its like flogging a dead horse

[@therealmccoy3252]

See why can’t we have a man like this running the show

[@steppenwolf3252]

Because each of us must run our own show; and cooperate in order to make this world a better place for all.

[@user-lc4xh7ts7h]

I love Chris Hedges and I like how he describes his definition of Evil. So many philosophers and Religions have their own definition of Evil. For me, Evil is not wars, mass killings, corruption, pollutions, purging of land and people, racisms, rapes, and other atrocities, those are the results of Evil. Just like Trump is the result of forty years of NeoLiberalism and NeoConservatism, but the definition of Evil to me is the degradation and decay of morals and ethics. Many philosophies and spiritual beliefs see the root cause for Evil comes from desire. A hunger for Money, Power, Comfortability, Survivability can lead to hate, and demonization of others is what justifies Politicians and Elites to throw away morals and ethics to commit such heinous acts all in the name of Desire. But Chris has a point of Well. Thinking anyone outside of your family or circle can lead to Tribalism, which leads to the demonization of the other, and ultimately commit the acts of Evil's results.

[@julieta203]

This should be the State of the Union speach.

[@brianvalero6272]

What saddens me the most is that the only reason he is allowed to say this stuff is that the powers that be dont feel threatened in any way shape or form. Those who can afford it need to teach their children survival tactics. No help is coming. We all need to acknowledge that.

[@jeffsyrop]

"What saddens me the most is that the only reason he is allowed to say this stuff is that the powers that be dont feel threatened in any way shape or form." This is a great point. Chris had better be careful. I notice he's becoming a bit more charismatic lately. Americans are allowed to speak truth to power like this publicly as long as they are incapable of fomenting actual revolutionary acts. But once they catch on -- MLK, Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X, John Lennon -- it's a guaranteed bullet to the head.

[@muumarlin1731]

Definition of 'guns blazing'. What a riveting, truthful talk, spoken right from the core of truth and delivered into our very cores. Wish everyone would watch or listen to this.

[@sononi4798]

Man I could listen to Chris Hedges all day even though he depresses the shit out if me 😒🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@drfunk444]

Mr. Hedges is a light in this world

[@briobarb8525]

He is a prophet of truth!!!

[@carlawhite2576]

Coincidentally a couple days before I discovered this speech, I had read an account of a woman who had had major surgery entailing taking out part of her liver, gall bladder and intestine. She was given Tylenol and ketamine intravenous "bomb", her pain completely uncontrolled until she begged the doctors to let her die. I thought then that our doctors are now behaving sadisticlly, and wondered how the healers have become the tormentors. If a nation can have a personality, ours has indeed become sadistic. An opoid crisis is not caused by doctors adequately treating pain, yet that is what they point to as a rationale for the barbaric and even murderous practice of medicine now. At the Cleveland Clinic they are also now giving "Tylenol bombs" for open heart surgery pain. Same for double mastectomy. The ordinary person, without power or money enough to dictate their care (most of us) life has become or can at any moment become completely unbearable by having commonplace events like a bad tooth or a broken bone or surgery inadequately treated or sadistically treated. We've entered a new Middle Ages, where, indeed, life is ever more "nasty, brutish, and short".

[@annel.bo.briggs]

Remember, slavery was not outlawed until the north had industrialized.

[@mrjayslab]

I don't know how it happened that I missed hearing his message over the years, but I think his the most enlightened message on the www. This is the second of his KZbin videos that I've seen. He knows a great deal and says it all clearly.

[@paulclissold1525]

Please james follow his journey scroll the youtube read his early books

[@asparagus5428]

I love and respect Chris Hedges so much I have a separate YT folder for him apart from all my "political" folders.

[@senogob1489]

I have done the same thing. Watched every speech and recorded it since he was doing it. Ron Paul. Michael Ruppert and so many others. It is important to have them saved as they get deleted of YT by whoever.

[@deneengrant2086]

That’s a good idea!

[@Joaocruz30]

An awesome mind that excels the best speeches about a reality nobody wants to see! FANTASTIC AND THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@theresabonnano5480]

If I am to be isolated, I will listen to all of his lectures.

[@johnnydevault7838]

I saw this a couple days ago. Amazing!

[@mediasanctuary]

Thank you! The original link was the Zoom livestream. This is the professionally shot, directed, and edited cut so it's higher resolution and doesn't have any of the lags that the livestream had.

[@johnnydevault7838]

@Pontius Pilate Likewise 🙏❤

[@natalies7030]

I watched it on zoom in real time, as always Chris Hedges was great.

[@johnnydevault7838]

@@natalies7030 History will show he was (our) modern day prophet!

[@joeymurdazalotmore6355]

@@johnnydevault7838 Proven ahead of his time which dont help the man sleep better at all

[@AmericanCoverArtist]

Chris Hedges for president!!!

[@t8kithigher758]

Ah, So refreshing So intoxicating to hear Hedges

[@maxfastest]

At 65 i am more Ashamed and Embarrassed than i have ever been since the atrocities of the Trump reign and idiocy , And That I am part of the Human Race ! I cannot fathom how any human can be cruel and hateful to their own kind , and so easily.

[@briobarb8525]

At 67...I couldn't agree with you (or Chris) more.

[@timtam2126]

Awesome speech thanks from New Zealand

[@lisafosse6031]

This Bible verse sums up the whole speech. Jer 17:9, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it.”

[@mechannel7046]

Wow. Such a powerful and poetic lecture

[@celestepalm6949]

You know its bad when even in patriotic Wyoming you see Bald Eagle sculptures repainted as Vultures.

[@robcooke6980]

Another stray collective, amongst many, chipping away simultaneously at the Ogre. This is not radical, folks, this is the zeitgeist and you're in the right place. Thanks Chris, best regards.

[@jen9774]

My American aunt visited my country about 45 years ago and one of her questions was a plaintive " Why are Americans hated so much?" Nothing's change since then.

[@steppenwolf3252]

Because they inspire hate and live hatefully.

[@jakewebb7995]

Ill never forget reading the torture report.

[@hypedude6120]

If judge a country not by GDP or military power but by how it treats its most vulnerable, America is failing.

[@hollyolson5195]

WOW! Hedges is my new hero! He puts into words much of what I have been feeling.

[@Quote23rd]

The universe smiles upon you.

[@Dot-Dot-Dash]

Always bringing us horrifying facts. Scary.

[@sylvanaalbertsaade011]

"Our Story"Chris Hedges 🙏