11-03-2017, 10:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-03-2017, 10:24 AM by David Guyatt.)
The below discussion with John Kiriakou and James Bamford is well worth listening - but whatever else you do don't miss the summary/rant by Chris Hedges at 14:13 in the above video - absolutely fantastic:
I've extracted it below, but well worth listening to his delivery anyway.
"Our culture is awash in lies dominated by a never ending stream of hallucinations that merge fact and fiction until they are indistinguishable. We have become the most illusion society on earth. Politics is a species of endless and meaningless political theatre. Politicians have morphed into celebrities. Our two ruling parties are in reality one party - the corporate party. And those who attempt to puncture this vast, breathless universe of fake news designed to push through the cruelty and exploitation of the neoliberal order, are pushed so far to the margins of society, including by a public broadcasting system that has sold its soul for corporate money that we might as well be mice squeaking against an avalanche. But squeak we must."
Chris Hedges.
I've extracted it below, but well worth listening to his delivery anyway.
"Our culture is awash in lies dominated by a never ending stream of hallucinations that merge fact and fiction until they are indistinguishable. We have become the most illusion society on earth. Politics is a species of endless and meaningless political theatre. Politicians have morphed into celebrities. Our two ruling parties are in reality one party - the corporate party. And those who attempt to puncture this vast, breathless universe of fake news designed to push through the cruelty and exploitation of the neoliberal order, are pushed so far to the margins of society, including by a public broadcasting system that has sold its soul for corporate money that we might as well be mice squeaking against an avalanche. But squeak we must."
Chris Hedges.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14