@gulfgal98

And yes, I did watch the entire thing. I used to think that Chris Hedges often painted a very distopian picture of our future, but I am beginning to think I was wrong.

While Hedges does attack Trump and his team, he is very clear that Trump is the logical conclusion when oligarchs and corporations have too much power. We should never allow ourselves to get caught up in simply bashing Trump without deep examination of the reason why Trump was allowed to ascend to power. If it had not been Trump this time and Clinton had gotten elected, it would have only postponed the inevitable and the next Trump could be even worse.

I was a little disappointed in that Hedges did not spend more time excoriating the Democratic party which created the perfect scenario for the rise of a Trump. Perhaps that was not the real purpose of his speech, but I blame the Democrats and the so called liberal institutions for allowing fascism to creep into our government. And the Democrats are still avoiding talking about real issues. Instead, they are still beating the dead horse "the Russians did it" to death.

The big takeaway from Hedges' speech for me was two fold. First, we must resist outside the structure of political parties and the resistance should be non-violent and local in nature. The second takeaway for me was the we must be willing to form alliances with those whom we may not agree if we are to exert any power of the people over the corporate oligarchy.

, @gulfgal98 .

No need to mention the Democrats at this time, as they have been noise or background music throughout my adult life. The Clinton administration they took center stage, but it was just bad lip syncing of failed conservative policies.

Not surprised that Hedges doesn't go there. Not much reason to, I think.

I don't fixate on the Democrats other than pointing out their complicity and hypocrisy in political discussions.

Like Hedges, I got my eyes focused and trained on the corporate sponsors and owners. It's an interesting place to be. Calming as you don't have to deal with the Democratic madness, scary as you're looking into the dark, greedy maw of the end of the world.

Cheery shit, eh? Hedges...

And yes, I did watch the entire thing. I used to think that Chris Hedges often painted a very distopian picture of our future, but I am beginning to think I was wrong.

While Hedges does attack Trump and his team, he is very clear that Trump is the logical conclusion when oligarchs and corporations have too much power. We should never allow ourselves to get caught up in simply bashing Trump without deep examination of the reason why Trump was allowed to ascend to power. If it had not been Trump this time and Clinton had gotten elected, it would have only postponed the inevitable and the next Trump could be even worse.

I was a little disappointed in that Hedges did not spend more time excoriating the Democratic party which created the perfect scenario for the rise of a Trump. Perhaps that was not the real purpose of his speech, but I blame the Democrats and the so called liberal institutions for allowing fascism to creep into our government. And the Democrats are still avoiding talking about real issues. Instead, they are still beating the dead horse "the Russians did it" to death.

The big takeaway from Hedges' speech for me was two fold. First, we must resist outside the structure of political parties and the resistance should be non-violent and local in nature. The second takeaway for me was the we must be willing to form alliances with those whom we may not agree if we are to exert any power of the people over the corporate oligarchy.