Chris Hedges: "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle"

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Journalist Chris Hedges discusses his book, "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle," at Cambridge Forum. Hedges argues that we now live in two societies; the first is literate and can cope with complexity. The second is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic.
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This talk was taped on January 22, 2003.

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@josecerveza564
@josecerveza564 2 жыл бұрын
This has aged like fine wine. What a great talk.
@denniseelman9731
@denniseelman9731 2 жыл бұрын
nothing changed and things only got worse with the identity politics
@denniseelman9731
@denniseelman9731 2 жыл бұрын
@@elianamckee It's distracting all of us from what actually has to be done to create a better future. It's truly sad.
@denniseelman9731
@denniseelman9731 2 жыл бұрын
The identity politics makes for an easy game too be played, one that can be easily played - and used - by the people in power: media, politicians, celebrities, capitalists. They'll look good, vitual signaling in their expensive outfits,, they'll be able to keep their fancy positions and nothing will actually change that much.
@bziel25
@bziel25 2 жыл бұрын
He refers to 5 trillion in debt. TODAY WE ARE AT $30 Trillion!!!!!!
@ad2094
@ad2094 2 жыл бұрын
@@denniseelman9731 when was politics in this country not tied to identity? Not saying you do this, but many critique identity politics as some new phenomena of the political Left when identity has always been a mainstay of American politics.
@MrZZooh
@MrZZooh 3 жыл бұрын
I found this gentleman by accident. But man, what an eloquent prophet of truth. I am going to keep listening to him.
@theclericbeast4603
@theclericbeast4603 Жыл бұрын
More like a false one
@dangale3220
@dangale3220 Жыл бұрын
@@theclericbeast4603 sorry, we are so many times misguided by allowing ourselves to be brainwashed by the so called elite.
@douglascarlson9006
@douglascarlson9006 Жыл бұрын
He changed - BIG TIME! He abandoned the working class on all things COVID once the lock downs were declared ... he won't go near it, he won't touch!
@sjonm
@sjonm Жыл бұрын
@@douglascarlson9006 he's not your governor, president, Senator ot House rep. FYI he speaks out look up the infor
@sjonm
@sjonm Жыл бұрын
@@dangale3220 for any takeaways, it's up to you to decide. it's a free world remember. nothing is being forced down your throat grab a book and read
@txavier83
@txavier83 3 жыл бұрын
I've listened this one before. Even better the second time. Possibly the best of Chris Hedges. I wish I could give this one more thumbs up.
@jamesrussell6638
@jamesrussell6638 2 жыл бұрын
I got you b
@zalishaabdool6671
@zalishaabdool6671 2 жыл бұрын
We Need A Speaker Like You!! We Stand Up...To Support You!! We ❤😍💖❣💕💘 Love You!!
@robertcarpenter7486
@robertcarpenter7486 2 жыл бұрын
Agree with this conversation
@carlastarkey4775
@carlastarkey4775 2 жыл бұрын
@@robertcarpenter7486 I first saw Chris Hedges on Democracy Now 8 years ago. I was frightened and angry and now cannot unsee what he revealed. How we must fight fascism because they are fascists. We are mice squeaking against an avalanche...but squeak we must...
@angelab4652
@angelab4652 2 жыл бұрын
Is this great thinker still on thee planet?
@fraser372
@fraser372 3 жыл бұрын
This was recorded 8 years ago.....still vibrant and speaking to the heart of our dilemma
@habbershum9556
@habbershum9556 2 жыл бұрын
This is a great monologue. Chris needs to be shared with your friends and family.
@ophelia403
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@vincentpascalino01
@vincentpascalino01 2 жыл бұрын
This good man is saying what I have been feeling for years,THE TRUTH
@davefafard1806
@davefafard1806 3 жыл бұрын
Chris Hedges speaks truth to power! And truth is a limited commodity these days.
@nole8923
@nole8923 5 жыл бұрын
How can anyone listen and deny what this brilliant man is saying?
@yasminer3288
@yasminer3288 5 жыл бұрын
nole 89 trump supporters those are the ones who will dismiss Chris hedge
@aracelyemmett3493
@aracelyemmett3493 4 жыл бұрын
If they have a verbal intellectual bilge filter quite easilydeny. With a filter anyone can see hedges is an intellectual hillbilly who didn't have enough attention as a child. He is the cure for insomnia.
@BaronSaturday66
@BaronSaturday66 4 жыл бұрын
If the majority of Christians were more like Chris here, as an agnostic, I would not fear them so much.
@n2cat
@n2cat 4 жыл бұрын
I JUST DID
@brawndo8726
@brawndo8726 4 жыл бұрын
Because 58:09
@patriciagriffin1505
@patriciagriffin1505 3 жыл бұрын
Love this man he has both anger and courage..he's stood for justice...what he believes in
@ivanandrade8040
@ivanandrade8040 3 жыл бұрын
Chris Hedges...voice of sanity and clarity in times of darkness.
@merbst
@merbst 2 жыл бұрын
A brave voice, alone not enough, yet not enjoined by others.
@Bmanritchie
@Bmanritchie 11 жыл бұрын
Honestly the most mind-sobering, thinker I've heard in a long time...
@susieqlind
@susieqlind 3 жыл бұрын
The most incredible talk about our world today and our demise!
@HamidRehman100794
@HamidRehman100794 3 жыл бұрын
Chris Hedges never ceases to be relevant. That is the difference between deeply felt philosophical thought and daily sound bites from garbage MSM media. You can listen to this talk in 2040 and it will still resonate.
@lindacianchetti3599
@lindacianchetti3599 5 жыл бұрын
Chris Hedges speaks so eloquently what my angry mind cannot transcribe.
@shoshannamashiach808
@shoshannamashiach808 3 жыл бұрын
Loved his quote from St Augustine. Used twice today in communications.
@shoshannamashiach808
@shoshannamashiach808 3 жыл бұрын
11 years ago and rings true to this day. Wish you were the President. Thank you for all you share with the world.
@sergeara
@sergeara 11 жыл бұрын
Thank you chris . . .this speech is one of the best discription and sad Poetry of our time. Thanks again .
@littlepony8571
@littlepony8571 2 жыл бұрын
Now is a great time for people to hear this again when considering the plight of so many today and how this has come to be
@MrMatt-cm6do
@MrMatt-cm6do 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed his answer to ‘Knowing what you know, what keeps you from blowing your brains out?’ to which he replied ‘Anger and its two daughters hope and courage’
@hansbass5028
@hansbass5028 3 жыл бұрын
Growing up we select our heroes,sometimes changing them as we mature,though some remain.My new #1 hero....Chris Hedges.
@leinahtanb4885
@leinahtanb4885 3 жыл бұрын
This may have come out in 2012 yet it is so relevant to 2020. ✨
@DiceBaseballDigest
@DiceBaseballDigest 3 жыл бұрын
More so today.
@TheLeaderr
@TheLeaderr 3 жыл бұрын
8 years later, nothing has changed, if not worse...
@brucepieroni9102
@brucepieroni9102 3 жыл бұрын
Much worse.
@MrSp0iler
@MrSp0iler 3 жыл бұрын
@@brucepieroni9102 Well USA makes money and guns, it is all that you need in life to live good.
@lightwishatnight
@lightwishatnight 3 жыл бұрын
@DarkTagMaster @DarkTagMaster so, you're the part of the people Chris (the speaker) is talking about. Can't cope, so retreat to instagram and netflix? That's your strat? You are, indeed, doomed.
@lightwishatnight
@lightwishatnight 3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't this on 2003? This an almost 20 year old talk. 8 years ago was published in KZbin. Carl Sagan talked about this in 1995, in his book "The Daemon Hunted World" Chilling, and yet, true. That book is 5 years away from its 30 anniversary.
@MrSp0iler
@MrSp0iler 3 жыл бұрын
@@lightwishatnight Wasnt Carl from Egypt, working in government institutions while peasants die
@DragAmiot
@DragAmiot 11 жыл бұрын
Chris Hedges is so well spoken. And above all, so truthful...
@MrSp0iler
@MrSp0iler 3 жыл бұрын
Yup it is too creepy to see remember what they did to poor child Jackson, I love playing musical instruments but I do it alone not to let profit everyone except me and those that helped me get poverty musical instruments.
@RicoJazz
@RicoJazz 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, because he's a church preacher.
@hawkpunkpoet8666
@hawkpunkpoet8666 3 жыл бұрын
He also gets paid over $20,000 per pop to talk about poverty and the elites.
@humanearthling4661
@humanearthling4661 3 жыл бұрын
@ CryptedSky -- Huh?
@amssaid9583
@amssaid9583 3 жыл бұрын
Absly,
@andrewschull6039
@andrewschull6039 2 жыл бұрын
2021, and this is terrifyingly prophetic for not only its time but for today.
@kevinbull9284
@kevinbull9284 3 жыл бұрын
Incredibly prescient. Chris Hedges is a true prophet of our age, bravely staring into the abyss, informing us how we got here and how we can heal the malaise. True bravery!
@dansorci
@dansorci 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this November 2020, amazing how prescient this lecture would become.....
@solangeb3787
@solangeb3787 5 жыл бұрын
The ending is so moving. I have so much respect for Chris Hedges. If politicians had his integrity the world would be a better place.
@Maxrepfitgm
@Maxrepfitgm 2 жыл бұрын
They wouldn't be politicians if they had integrity
@DoberDudeProductions
@DoberDudeProductions 2 жыл бұрын
@@Maxrepfitgm that's a crock. There are politicians with integrity, but not those who serve corporate interests. We need to stop pretending that government, the greatest power of the public, is something inherently bad. The government isn't corrupt because the government is too powerful. Our government is corrupt because the wealthy are corrupt and they have too much power over our government. The mindset that government in itself is bad is a mindset that fuels pro-corporate pseudo-libertarianism in the U.S. Our government has been corrupted by wealthy interests. So we need to further regulate it. Just as industry needs to be regulated so the wealthy don't abuse our natural environment, government needs to be appropriately regulated so the wealthy can't abuse our society. We need to remove money from politics.
@michaelphillips7745
@michaelphillips7745 4 жыл бұрын
He’s 110 % right about the whole system!!
@kennytheclown3859
@kennytheclown3859 3 жыл бұрын
Chris Hedges nails it again.
@svharken6907
@svharken6907 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who has stood up to bullying culture in the workplace twice, and sacrificed my job and standing and even friendships to do so, I understand the losses of people who stand up. I hope even my small, and local stance could create an awareness that the systems are abusive and authority is usually abused and needs to be monitored closely and held to account.
@McFraneth
@McFraneth 2 жыл бұрын
Me too. I couldn't bear the bullying and cruelty. I found it intolerable and spoke up. My colleagues all turned their backs. I kept my dignity. My doctor said, the workplace is an unbelievably violent place.
@garrettyocom3680
@garrettyocom3680 2 жыл бұрын
I just got out of college and started working and I’m amazed the amount of bullying and sociopathic behavior that’s rampant in the workforce. People are afraid to lose their jobs. They work in fear.
@AbtinX
@AbtinX 2 жыл бұрын
Do you guys work in an office environment? Sounds completely intolerable
@conniem2394
@conniem2394 Жыл бұрын
My son wanted to put me in a mental institute. I wish I would have found Chris years ago to proof that I wasn't the only 1 foresee our future. We don't talk or see each other anymore.
@sheikhhussainshaikhsalleh8429
@sheikhhussainshaikhsalleh8429 Жыл бұрын
@@McFraneth Terima kasih hj for the doa... Cukuplah Allah bagi diriku dah hj Badrul bersama keluarga kami z a cfc of u Dan berpadalah Allah sebagai yang mendengar permohonan doa doa ini ...Ameen....sa a,c vcc'¤7,,7☆▪︎77,,7☆) zvb xc
@user-cd2ut4fx1m
@user-cd2ut4fx1m 6 ай бұрын
Chris, watching this in 2023 + it’s pure GOLD! Love your passion. Keep that going in ‘23!!!
@rolandsaucier1006
@rolandsaucier1006 3 жыл бұрын
While Chris Hedges, of course, is brilliant as usual, this audience and particularly the people asking questions are also brilliant. Everyone is so thoughtful and well spoken. How rare it is to find such a gathering.
@deeem-tee799
@deeem-tee799 2 жыл бұрын
Amen !......maga hats and the small rube minds under them have no place there.
@eoghanmccarthy7614
@eoghanmccarthy7614 2 жыл бұрын
There is no future in american politics. It is evil Throughout. Listen to Chris HEDGES but will you act on his philosophy.
@SaundraRaynor
@SaundraRaynor 4 ай бұрын
I love listening to him but wonder why there is no action as of yet to reform our corrupt government.
@nebula0697
@nebula0697 3 жыл бұрын
So many warnings, so many talented analysts, philosophers, writers who said it a million ways, so little heeding. Their genius could not compete with the market logic. What do you do? How do you fight or even resist. Where do you find hope?
@pedrojorge6802
@pedrojorge6802 6 жыл бұрын
"... then I realized that what my father has given me was FREEDOM! " - CHRIS HEDGES , one of the most brilliant man of America. Thank you for such a POWERFUL speech and this inspiring human being you are! GREETINGS FROM BRAZIL
@RedRider1600
@RedRider1600 5 жыл бұрын
Lenin, Karl Marx, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and Hugo Chavez gave similar speeches.
@RedRider1600
@RedRider1600 3 жыл бұрын
@@jimbodriver1015 Did that go over your head? . . . LoL
@sattarabus
@sattarabus 7 жыл бұрын
I salute Chris for his edifying presentation. The barest suggestion of a choking gasp and the catch in his voice in the concluding sentence, is by far the most fitting tribute he pays to his magnanimous father who epitomized the enduring values of echt liberal education.
@helgaweber6852
@helgaweber6852 3 жыл бұрын
What a great man! One voice in an ocean of greed.
@earthie48johnson73
@earthie48johnson73 8 жыл бұрын
Chris Hedges is AWESOME! WHERE HAS HE BEEN ALL MY LIFE?
@cindys9858
@cindys9858 3 жыл бұрын
2012: "Largest transference of wealth" 2020: "Hold my beer"
@revup5198
@revup5198 3 жыл бұрын
Hedges in brilliant, "Full Spectrum Dominance" by F William Engdahl (2009) does a great job explaining how the problems will be addressed, and it's absolutely horrifying.
@ctsphang
@ctsphang 3 жыл бұрын
Cindy S, none of this is funny---but it's all laughable.
@michaelfoley3777
@michaelfoley3777 3 жыл бұрын
If ONLY the world would listen to this great man? If only!!!!!!
@xqt39a
@xqt39a 3 жыл бұрын
This video is 8 years old and is more true today. The man is a modern day prophet. The end of the empire is almost here. 11/1/2020.
@ep3989
@ep3989 3 жыл бұрын
@@xqt39a It's older. I think it's from 2003
@aidarodriguez4427
@aidarodriguez4427 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent lecture! Chris Hedges signed his work with Excellence well done Sir!
@larryalanbennett
@larryalanbennett 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, for speaking out and not looking away. We are in the key crucial battle of our lives. Everything we have learned, everything we have done and all that has occurred before and during our lives have prepared us to act in ways appropriate to the times. We must be confident and not give up or give in to corporate fascism. Our Promise We make this promise, Like a stake in the ground Marking our future that is not yet real, Our future will not exist, without us, And our shared will to have it be. Inside the gap between promise and new reality, We act step by step, From now and into the next moment, Inside a field of uncertainty, Our stand, firmly planted, Freedom Larry
@CrowClouds
@CrowClouds 3 жыл бұрын
Such a great speech about Michael. Hedges always has the best takes. Love him
@RashidLanie8
@RashidLanie8 3 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry but the case against MJ regarding children has yet to be proven. It’s a pity that the wise CH shamefully bought into the media hit piece on MJ. Everything else he states about MJ is unfortunately true.
@user-gl9iz1bp1r
@user-gl9iz1bp1r 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Chris Hedges. I recognize I may not be brilliant. However I value the truth and understanding enough to study brilliant. Chris Hedges - brilliant as his words have stood the test of time.
@saransong5547
@saransong5547 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, amazing how accurate this is. The end of the Q&A was quite touching.
@HellaCalifornia
@HellaCalifornia 3 жыл бұрын
Everything he predicted has come true.
@KingMinosxxvi
@KingMinosxxvi 3 жыл бұрын
It was long already true.
@KingMinosxxvi
@KingMinosxxvi 3 жыл бұрын
@Erasmus the blasphemous I agree. However, I didn't realize this from 2003.. That's pretty pescient
@dankyden
@dankyden 3 жыл бұрын
@@KingMinosxxvi its not, he talks about the obama administration
@KingMinosxxvi
@KingMinosxxvi 3 жыл бұрын
@@dankyden Ok that makes more sense. Thanks
@jamessinton7718
@jamessinton7718 3 жыл бұрын
He literally predicted trump at 41:44
@jollyrogercrest663
@jollyrogercrest663 3 жыл бұрын
In 2020 I found a hero. I'm in awe of this man. Who'd a thunk?
@kovacstamas3756
@kovacstamas3756 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is 2021 and Mr Hedges was right about everything 9 years ago. I wish I could see the dots and connect them as clearly as he did (does)!
@kos965098
@kos965098 2 жыл бұрын
💯
@pauldreamchaser9783
@pauldreamchaser9783 2 жыл бұрын
An this is 2022 he right 6 years ago, USA is going down starting with this OIL price increase and the SAUDIs and UAE 🇦🇪 refusal to comply , my opinion is this , America couldn’t even make people wear masks 🎭 , China or highly controlled states gonna win unfortunately
@myvideos9811
@myvideos9811 3 жыл бұрын
CHRIS HEDGES SPEECH 15 AUGUST 2012. IT IS NOW 2020. HE WAS RIGHT.
@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858
@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 2 жыл бұрын
_good you're catching up!_
@corryjookit7818
@corryjookit7818 2 жыл бұрын
@@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 or catching on ?
@jimmysparks315
@jimmysparks315 2 жыл бұрын
It's now 2021 and everything Chris says in this discussion has come true.
@DonDeering
@DonDeering 2 жыл бұрын
He's like a doctor who understands the disease but he can't or won't recommend the cure, working-class struggle.
@laurayoung8001
@laurayoung8001 2 жыл бұрын
@@DonDeering The cure is you. It's inside you. Consumer addiction and addiction to our outside, not what we have on the outside.
@DanielAvalos02
@DanielAvalos02 2 жыл бұрын
It was always true why do you think he was saying it then ?
@merbst
@merbst 2 жыл бұрын
2022! woo hoo
@merbst
@merbst 2 жыл бұрын
@@DanielAvalos02 Imperialism = Capitalism + others
@TroySmithforD
@TroySmithforD 11 жыл бұрын
this speech feels historical. It will be examined and discussed well into the future.
@RashidLanie8
@RashidLanie8 3 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry but the case against MJ regarding children has yet to be proven. It’s a pity that the wise CH shamefully bought into the media hit piece on MJ. Everything else he states about MJ is unfortunately true. Be that as it may, because of his unproven MJ child charges against history won’t embrace this speech as a standard of our times, imho.
@mindsigh4
@mindsigh4 2 жыл бұрын
@@RashidLanie8 i know, right? he really goes out on a limb here with Jackson, making all those assumptions, but he probably thinks O.J. Simpson is a killer too.🤷
@henrygomez7721
@henrygomez7721 2 жыл бұрын
Chris, you help us/those who are capable, to see so clearly the reality of our times. Almost 10 years later, and given the current state of American and world affairs, this lecture is even more poignant. Thank you so much.
@GatelliteSimp
@GatelliteSimp 10 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite Hedge's video on KZbin. He's really hitting on all cylinders in this one. Preach Chris!
@patrickmccormack4318
@patrickmccormack4318 3 жыл бұрын
1:12:10 Awesometacular question from the 'recovering Irish Catholic.' Many thanks for posting.
@williehaller5840
@williehaller5840 2 жыл бұрын
Awesometacular is a fun word
@lohollywood1f428
@lohollywood1f428 3 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing speaker.
@et1016
@et1016 4 жыл бұрын
He is absolutely brilliant!!!
@TheJohnGram
@TheJohnGram 8 жыл бұрын
"A dream is something you strive towards - an illusion is something you live within" 44:19
@TheJohnGram
@TheJohnGram 8 жыл бұрын
+mind biz It was a direct quote from Chris Hedges 44:19
@TheJohnGram
@TheJohnGram 8 жыл бұрын
+mind biz See 'dream' sense 1.2 www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/dream and 'illusion' sense 1.1 www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/illusion
@robertbennet8814
@robertbennet8814 8 жыл бұрын
+John Graham HERE IS A BLOCKED-LINK MESSAGE FROM FACEBOOK PREVENTING THE LINK TO CHRIS HEDGES' ADMISSION THAT HE BELIEVES THE GOVERNMENT'S ACCOUNT OF 9/11: We believe the link you are trying to visit is malicious. For your safety, we have blocked it. Learn more about keeping your account secure. If you think this link should not be blocked, please let us know.
@terryl858
@terryl858 3 жыл бұрын
Thant about sums up American
@evonline
@evonline 3 жыл бұрын
Platitudes? Spare me. Hedges is an insufferable pompous blowhard.
@TheJohnGram
@TheJohnGram 8 жыл бұрын
1:18:20 "St Augustine said that hope has two beautiful daughters - anger and courage. Anger at the way things are and the courage to make sure they don't remain that way." Then such moving anecdotes in conclusion
@JohnSmith41893
@JohnSmith41893 3 жыл бұрын
Amazingly well written, still poignant and relevant today. Timeless and powerful, this is a statement about the next great Age, the Kali Yuga.
@Devachandra9
@Devachandra9 3 жыл бұрын
This IS the Kali Yuga.
@AbtinX
@AbtinX 2 жыл бұрын
We await Kalki
@waldwassermann
@waldwassermann 2 жыл бұрын
@@AbtinX Yes
@shamanamarshall1469
@shamanamarshall1469 2 жыл бұрын
What is that?
@AbtinX
@AbtinX 2 жыл бұрын
@@shamanamarshall1469 it's the end, and the beginning
@matt_cummins28
@matt_cummins28 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic stuff. And the Q&A is excellent as well. I find myself listening to more and more Chris Hedges and his material is always incredibly insightful, thoughtful and often very moving. And this is very prescient, sadly. Brilliant. Thanks for posting.
@sarahbyrne8501
@sarahbyrne8501 2 жыл бұрын
I’m watching Chris every minute I can. I was shocked when rt, on contact was snatched from us. It was the equivalent of a Sunday service for me. It has just made me more determined to get all his material I can.
@stevemartin4249
@stevemartin4249 2 жыл бұрын
Feel the same here in Japan. Chris gves a grim but necessary critique of our collective illusions and conceits. I like Jimmy Dore and Russell Brand too ... but the gravitas of court jesters just doesn't compare.
@GalacticNovaOverlord
@GalacticNovaOverlord Жыл бұрын
@@stevemartin4249 i suggest Michael Parenti as well
@Cannabonsai
@Cannabonsai 2 жыл бұрын
Can't believe this was 9 years ago, still so relevant.
@Hermetic_
@Hermetic_ 9 жыл бұрын
Audience question: "With all that you know, what keeps you from blowing your brains out?" Chris: "Anger."
@johnmiller7453
@johnmiller7453 6 жыл бұрын
Mike it's pure cowardice and fear. But the desire to be gone from this hellish nightmare is real.
@lindacianchetti3599
@lindacianchetti3599 5 жыл бұрын
Mike D focus, too. Desire is prayer. Prayer is always answered. Be very careful what you are actually focusing on because that which you are desiring shall manifest in abundance.
@lindacianchetti3599
@lindacianchetti3599 5 жыл бұрын
Mike D sobriety. Chris has stayed quite sober in the midst of millions of luring intoxications.
@abrambadal8997
@abrambadal8997 5 жыл бұрын
Why not beleive in destroying the evil-dooers instead of destroying ourselves ?? It is wrong to kill the victims , and only right to beleive in delivering all of us from slavery they designed for us on this planet !!! They will surely loose and we will certainly win !
@bn5369
@bn5369 5 жыл бұрын
@@johnmiller7453 what hellish nightmare if I may ask? You live in a country where millions are dying to get to.
@4BetaMale2
@4BetaMale2 3 жыл бұрын
18:18 Damn 8 years ago that was actually generous in comparison to crap that's going down now!
@justmadeit2
@justmadeit2 9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this, it was really interesting. I hadnt really heard of chris hedges before but he speaks some truths that we don't hear often enough.
@lindacianchetti3599
@lindacianchetti3599 5 жыл бұрын
justmadeit2 He speaks pure truth we are kept from hearing, daily.
@DBEdwards
@DBEdwards 3 жыл бұрын
This speech from 2012 . In 2020 Chris Hedge's scripture has become FULFILLED
@kglethean
@kglethean 8 жыл бұрын
"We must become as militant as those seeking our enslavement."
@gummipalle
@gummipalle 8 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Pacifico Gonzaga ...."and become slaves to ourselves..." Argh... we cant win....
@TheSoulBlossom
@TheSoulBlossom 3 жыл бұрын
@José Pedro Coelho lol
@yandunker4273
@yandunker4273 3 жыл бұрын
You are already enslaved by defense industry brainwash.
@yandunker4273
@yandunker4273 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSoulBlossom See the English interview of Dr.Judy Mikovits on www.brighteon.com/channels/patrice
@duggydugg3937
@duggydugg3937 3 жыл бұрын
Step 1 identifying the creeps enslaving u s with unnecessary debt
@Maxarcc
@Maxarcc 3 жыл бұрын
Note to self: don't watch Chris Hedges before bed. Now I'm laying here with heart palpitations, due to sheer anger and hopelessness.
@onamemmet
@onamemmet 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he's not a fount of hope.
@pappapaps
@pappapaps 4 жыл бұрын
You give me hope Mr. Hedges. Your father must have been a real hero too. Never quit what you do, it is brilliant. I am/was part of a youth debating these issues, but we never felt any moral backing from what I call "adult and organized society" It always felt to me that if I had doubts, I was a conspiracy nutcase and a filthy marxist who should stay in school, whatever that means. It is invigorating for the soul to hear you, a genuine and honest person, speak to power against the grain. Thank you brother.
@mjusiqtube
@mjusiqtube 11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! I think the man at the end asked maybe the most important question for the american people: are you going to live with spending more than 50% of your budget on a military empire (you spend more on military than rest of the world all together) while people live in poverty, are dying from need of medical care they cant pay them self, your education system are failing... the list goes on? Greetings from Norway - hopefully you will fix this - for all the world.
@mariaelenajarrin246
@mariaelenajarrin246 3 жыл бұрын
Mjusiq™ this country definitely will not. It’s divided against itself. The family unit is destroyed and corporate America is destroying religion. No morals and all forms of hate and civil unrest. The lies are catching up with them. We were fools to believe
@eddyk6853
@eddyk6853 3 жыл бұрын
If you are still here in Sept 2020. No, nobody has been saved. If anything, it's a lot worse now...
@mypetcrow9873
@mypetcrow9873 3 жыл бұрын
2020 here. We have the answer and that answer is Yes.
@jimgeary58
@jimgeary58 10 жыл бұрын
this man is a giant.
@RedRider1600
@RedRider1600 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he's up there with Lenin, Karl Marx, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and Hugo Chavez.
@9000ck
@9000ck 4 жыл бұрын
@@RedRider1600 Again an ad hominem without attempting to counter the argument. Try harder.
@Johnconno
@Johnconno 3 жыл бұрын
Chris is 5' 9" at best.
@scowlistic
@scowlistic 3 жыл бұрын
His bravery, to stare into the abyss and honestly report what he has seen, is second to none.
@Johnconno
@Johnconno 3 жыл бұрын
@@RedRider1600 Ride This. 👊
@YouSoldMe
@YouSoldMe 4 жыл бұрын
"We measure our lives by these celebrities. We seek to be like them. We emulate their look and behavior. We escape the messiness of real life through the fantasy of their stardom. We too long to attract admiring audiences for our grand ongoing life-movie. We try to see ourselves moving through our life as a camera would see us - mindful of how we carry ourselves, how we dress, what we say. We invent movies that play inside our heads with us as stars. We wonder how an audience would react. Celebrity culture has taught us almost unconsciously to generate interior, personal screenplays, and we have learned ways of speaking and thinking that grossly disfigure the way we relate to the world and those around us."
@MesmerGW2
@MesmerGW2 3 жыл бұрын
He said these words around the infancy stage of social media... it's only gotten much worse.
@DiceBaseballDigest
@DiceBaseballDigest 3 жыл бұрын
Kardashian syndrome
@williehaller5840
@williehaller5840 2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah?
@yelenalukomska8665
@yelenalukomska8665 10 жыл бұрын
"Great spirits have always encounted violent opposition from mediocre minds". Albert Einstein. Great spirit in this instance is Chris Hedges.
@fradsig
@fradsig 5 жыл бұрын
LOVE that quote. Thanks for sharing. :)
@n2cat
@n2cat 4 жыл бұрын
NO, HE IS NOT AS GREAT AS ONE WOULD THINK.
@xxdrleek10
@xxdrleek10 3 жыл бұрын
"encounted"???
@tomrhodes1629
@tomrhodes1629 3 жыл бұрын
"First you will be troubled. Then you will be amazed. And then you will rule over all." Jesus Christ in The Gospel of Thomas. Chris is "troubled," because he has seen behind the curtain WITHIN the illusion. But when he eventually sees behind the curtain OF THE ILLUSION (that is this temporal world), he will be "amazed" that The Mind that is All ("God") is in total control. He will then OVERCOME this world, and will rule in Unity with The Mind that is All. This is the journey of EVERY soul. A teacher and prophet of God has spoken in these "end times".....the end of one cycle of time before the beginning of the new. Give me a "click" if you want to know more...
@miguelchippsinteligente6072
@miguelchippsinteligente6072 3 жыл бұрын
Tesla referenced human energy 🌪👻jesus christ referenced living waters 💎🤍science described water memory 🌊👨‍🎓existence reflecting psychologically,psalms16:24 k,j 👻💎🤍👨‍🎓🗽💖🌪🌪🌪
@thelovertunisia
@thelovertunisia 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing analysis of the flaws of modern society! So well said.
@JB-vb6dh
@JB-vb6dh 3 жыл бұрын
This talk sparked some great questions. I enjoyed the q&a as much as the talk at the beginning!
@KBoogs
@KBoogs 3 жыл бұрын
He touches on some of the same points as Antonio M. Most people will attack you if you point out these realities. Great piece.
@michaelaurelius2609
@michaelaurelius2609 3 жыл бұрын
Wow. We need more and more Americans to listen and understand what this man has said. Not everyone is searching for the truth but for those that are here it is!
@truther001
@truther001 2 жыл бұрын
If he was a real truther, he wouldn't be allowed to give speeches or write books. Just more controlled copposition.
@dingusdingus2152
@dingusdingus2152 2 жыл бұрын
Nobody's listening. Nobody understands anything. Nobody cares.
@joeching
@joeching 2 жыл бұрын
LICENTISM West’s licentism is a social system based on licentiousness. Asia’s fengjian culture is that based on safeguarded progress, In opposite to fengjian culture’s harmony with nation, licentism has manifested itself in uncontrolled rebellions. Human civilization has been sustained by fengjian for thousands of years and is still no end in sight. But licentism arrived on the scene around the founding of America, and, the way licentism is rebelling against everything in sight made it clear that humanity wont be last very long. The emerging situation in Ukraine is shaping up to be the beginning of the end of the struggle between licentism and fengjian. This struggle’s root can be traced back to the two world wars we fought. Mass destructions aside, it’s the war of propaganda that distinguished the two factions, licentism ahd fengjian, of the wars. But the potent lies in the propaganda have cursed humanity to the current status of approaching an unavoidable mutual annihilation. The licentism faction called themselves liberal democrats. Being the victors, as only to be expected, they also won the rights to designate the fengjian faction nations with derogatory names, such as Nazi Germany, Fascist Japan, communist China, and in recent days, Muslim terrorists. Then after the WWII ended, the licentism nations was able to justify themselves, with the underlying meaning of these derogatory names, to station troops on and militarily contain the fengjian nations. However, the most troublesome schemes by the licentism nations is the continual instigations of what we now know as color revolutions, aimed at regime-changing fengjian nations. The two most major color-revolution attempts by America were the 1989 on China and 1991 on the Soviet Union. China survived, but Soviet Union didn’t. And what a difference it made to the two largest fengjian countries! Even the most powerful alliance in the fengjian faction, Russia and China, is no match for the color-revolution scheme of the licentious liberal democracies of America and Europe. Base on the negative impacts around the world of color revolutions, it is a generally agreed, as demonstrated by the recent effort by Russia to liberate itself by way of Ukraine’s latest color revolution, that sooner or later there will be a showdown big enough to bring an end to human civilization. And there is no way out. Why? We lied too much, especially in name callings, particularly regarding those names, nazi, fascist and terrorist. Who, in history’s truth, are they? They are nothing but the past fengjian nations who have individually resisted the onslaught of licentism, namely Germany, Japan and the Muslim countries. Nevertheless the major stakeholders of fengjian have always been: China, Russia, Japan and Germany. THEY CONSIST OF AN OVERWHELMINGLY MORE POWERFUL GROUP THAN THE LICENTIOUS LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE. In 2007 Japan was found to be “not guilty” in WWII, based on the Japanese Imperial Army’s war records, that America finally decided to release 70 years after the war. And the good behavior of Germany, in contrast with the equally bad behavior of America, especially in terms of the same kind of lying propaganda being exhibited in its support of Ukraine’s current color revolution, is injecting doubts into the question: “How evil are Nazis, fascists and terrorists?” Shouldn’t that all fengjian be united to liberate their own kind. Russia has started in Ukraine against Europe and America. China has implied “no ceiling” in its support of Russia. Isn’t it time to formally send a message to Japan and Germany that if the four major fengjian countries unite, it will be the game-over for America’s dream of world domination?
@kathycollett4318
@kathycollett4318 Жыл бұрын
Powerful commentary on our society. Chris Hedges should be our national conscience. He is a true prophet.
@masteradjuster9408
@masteradjuster9408 3 жыл бұрын
I hate that he's right. Here we are.
@treefrog3349
@treefrog3349 2 жыл бұрын
Anecdotally : I introduced the incites and wisdom of Chris Hedges to an old friend of 60 years who happened to be not only the nicest person I have ever known but a life-long Presbyterian minister. His reaction : it was "too strong" for him to digest. I wept.
@saransong5547
@saransong5547 2 жыл бұрын
😢
@vaska1999
@vaska1999 3 ай бұрын
That *is* sad. We need pastors of courage.
@katadam2186
@katadam2186 8 күн бұрын
Draw a small map/algorithm chart. This happened then it went here ; IF /Then/Go To
@fradsig
@fradsig 5 жыл бұрын
How - like HOW - can someone who is of sane mind dislike this video? Beggars belief. Courtiers I guess.
@solangeb3787
@solangeb3787 5 жыл бұрын
Halliburton lobbyists and rich people.
@Ghryst
@Ghryst 3 жыл бұрын
how? like, HOW? easy, theses a little button next to the like button, you just click it, its pretty simple really.
@codyjones1098
@codyjones1098 3 жыл бұрын
Chris is so smooth!! His patience is impeccable.. I am in awe!
@KaraMarisa
@KaraMarisa 3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad this was made available to hear.
@MetalNick
@MetalNick 3 жыл бұрын
One idea that's heavy, that I want to incorporate more into my worldview, is that these struggles for human rights and autonomy and accountability of the powerful may be perpetual; we may never reach an endpoint. It may sound pessimistic but it helps me keep a perspective where I'm not making my peace of mind wholly dependent on the behavior of the powerful. And it sort of inoculates me against being emotionally destroyed after a defeat, and naively optimistic after a success.
@jdirt2019
@jdirt2019 11 жыл бұрын
brilliant. i hope we can start having this conversation, but everyone should pay attention to how it is framed by the mass media. it is our job to make sure the conversation takes place. thanks mr hedges for putting pen to paper on a topic widely recognized but rarely addressed.
@eylulfidanaknc290
@eylulfidanaknc290 3 жыл бұрын
I want all my dem friends listen to this on loop. Calling this talk prophecy is an understatement.
@sarahbyrne8501
@sarahbyrne8501 2 жыл бұрын
I’d like to think I would be remembered as a parent who gave their child freedom. What a beautiful and hopeful speech. Feels like I’ve just left a Sunday service. 🙏
@hansbass5028
@hansbass5028 3 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant ,brave,unselfish man! A modern day prophet looking deeply into our pathetically disillusioned realities.A superb diagram of our insanely grotesque situation of the rape of our greatest integrities.The reminder that we should stand against the slaughter of our better instincts.
@loanauditscal
@loanauditscal 5 жыл бұрын
Fifteen years ago and it sounds like he could have delivered this yesterday. Thrilling and depressing at the same time.
@permaculturemom8706
@permaculturemom8706 3 жыл бұрын
@@jimbodriver1015 Guess I'll have to listen again. Thought he referenced those dates. Just because it was posted at a certain time doesn't mean it happened then.
@alexandrialgardner
@alexandrialgardner 5 ай бұрын
You are one of the most brilliant thinkers today! Thankful for you--I've been a long time listener. Your work is so important.
@aviluv76
@aviluv76 Жыл бұрын
Old but GOLD. Respect Sir.
@Revel136
@Revel136 10 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have been acting and changing. It's important to hear it articulated the way he does.
@user-xb6fl9ri6g
@user-xb6fl9ri6g 3 жыл бұрын
Just when you think there is not one real journalist left... you find Chris Hedges.
@PK-re3lu
@PK-re3lu 3 жыл бұрын
I think there are about 5 left in the US :)
@southerncross100
@southerncross100 8 жыл бұрын
The Roman Emperors realised this and provided the Coliseum to distract the masses.
@JGARCIA2012FULL
@JGARCIA2012FULL 5 жыл бұрын
But they had to pay for it, now YOU pay for the distraction with your own money, brilliant.
@sherryburrows882
@sherryburrows882 5 жыл бұрын
We have cage fighting and NFL football.
@patriciagriffin1505
@patriciagriffin1505 3 жыл бұрын
Yes and our current politicains are doing the same.. slaughtering people in plain sight
@edduardozamboga4082
@edduardozamboga4082 3 жыл бұрын
What did they realize hoss tell me southerncross100 tell me
@gking407
@gking407 3 жыл бұрын
@@edduardozamboga4082 if people aren’t distracted they’ll go after their real enemy, their leaders.
@PetadeAztlan
@PetadeAztlan 10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and enlightening talk by Chris Hedges and I appreciated the Question-and-Answer segment. We must utilize all angles lines, angles and trajectories of attack against Empire. Just make sure we do not turn into the monsters we defy. @Peta_de_Aztlan
@robertcartwright8165
@robertcartwright8165 3 жыл бұрын
The notes say this speech was taped in 2003. That must be a typo; Michael Jackson's death is discussed, and he died in 2009.
@miropribanic5581
@miropribanic5581 3 жыл бұрын
yes, I realized only now that I had not been the 1st to spot the mistake.
@robertcartwright8165
@robertcartwright8165 3 жыл бұрын
@@miropribanic5581 Me too; I made my comment, and then scrolled down to find many similar such remarks!
@Muzikman127
@Muzikman127 3 жыл бұрын
Right. Obama too. I would guess this is from 2010, maybe 2009
@playlistideale
@playlistideale 3 жыл бұрын
@robert cartwright (thanks) so much for quality control of "GBH Forum Network"
@annewilson6648
@annewilson6648 3 жыл бұрын
playlist ideale The Lady at Fatima then at Medjugorje said Pray Pray Pray .. See Wayne Weible
@miniwaern
@miniwaern 6 жыл бұрын
Its UNREAL to hear so many people talk so little crap and so much from the heart
@leanysealvarado7499
@leanysealvarado7499 2 жыл бұрын
I love the Q & A. Everyone had wonderful questions and the insightful responses are golden!!!
@richardmoore139
@richardmoore139 Жыл бұрын
I didnt know of this man until today, am stunned by his talk!
@freerangeboogie7293
@freerangeboogie7293 3 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t taped 2003 ?(in notes) - Jackson died 2009
@nero1876
@nero1876 2 жыл бұрын
This man need to be protected at all cost! Long live the real USA.
@earthboy6417
@earthboy6417 2 жыл бұрын
He's such an inspiration, his words and emotional honesty gives me hope.
@youarenaturewellness
@youarenaturewellness 4 ай бұрын
It's so relaxing to listen to him speak the truth...
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