Chris Hedges
Born
in St. Johnsbury, VT, The United States
September 18, 1956
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
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2002
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Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
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2009
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American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
35 editions
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2007
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The Death of the Liberal Class
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2010
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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
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2012
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America: The Farewell Tour
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2018
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Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt
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2015
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I Don't Believe in Atheists
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2008
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The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress
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2011
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Unspeakable
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2016
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“We’ve bought into the idea that education is about training and “success”, defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and to challenge. We should not forget that the true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, which fails to understand that the measure of a civilization is its compassion, not its speed or ability to consume, condemns itself to death.”
― Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
― Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
“Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality, are seen as maladjusted and in need of assistance. Their attitudes need correction. Once we adopt an upbeat vision of reality, positive things will happen. This belief encourages us to flee from reality when reality does not elicit positive feelings. These specialists in "happiness" have formulated something they call the "Law of Attraction." It argues that we attract those things in life, whether it is money, relationships or employment, which we focus on. Suddenly, abused and battered wives or children, the unemployed, the depressed and mentally ill, the illiterate, the lonely, those grieving for lost loved ones, those crushed by poverty, the terminally ill, those fighting with addictions, those suffering from trauma, those trapped in menial and poorly paid jobs, those whose homes are in foreclosure or who are filing for bankruptcy because they cannot pay their medical bills, are to blame for their negativity. The ideology justifies the cruelty of unfettered capitalism, shifting the blame from the power elite to those they oppress. And many of us have internalized this pernicious message, which in times of difficulty leads to personal despair, passivity and disillusionment.”
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