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In the discussion thread: Chris Hedges "Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying!" [View all]

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Thu Apr 5, 2012, 08:34 PM

Cleita (64,541 posts)

2. Maybe the good news is that it may force us to correct our path.

67 years ago Germany was in ashes. Today they are one of the more prosperous of the European nations because they looked inward to correct the past and started concentrating on their domestic policy and people instead of trying to conquer the world. If we collapse, it may be the catalyst to ending the industrial/military complex that is dominating our policy now and destroying us. There will be a lot of suffering and frankly, I'm hoping I won't be here.

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52 replies	Author	Time	Post
Chris Hedges "Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying!" [View all]	Pharaoh	Apr 2012	OP
I agree and am now very depressed....	peacebird	Apr 2012	#1
I hated the Empire and it keeps coming back. Sigh.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#3
Maybe the good news is that it may force us to correct our path.	Cleita	Apr 2012	#2
Much like the collapse of the USSR	Pharaoh	Apr 2012	#4
I am no fan of American Empire but you are assuming the American empire	snagglepuss	Apr 2012	#6
This message was self-deleted by its author	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#25
...infinitely worse, when they take their fall as well....	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#26
Oh noes! I didn't watch this, but bet he's selling a book! :) nt	babylonsister	Apr 2012	#5
Hmmm ...so by that reasoning we shouldn't read news papers either because they are being sold.	L0oniX	Apr 2012	#10
No, but if I had a nickel for everyone who told me the sky is falling, I could be rich. nt	babylonsister	Apr 2012	#16
"the sky is falling" is IMO extreme. It could be said of anything that has a huge negative implied.	L0oniX	Apr 2012	#17
Fear is a strong motivator,	chervilant	Apr 2012	#29
welcome to ignore for being part of the problem	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#13
Awww, and I will miss you, too! nt	babylonsister	Apr 2012	#15
Officials in the Bush administration	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#21
hmm...	chervilant	Apr 2012	#33
For some, a closed-belief system allays anxiety.	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#34
Surprising,	chervilant	Apr 2012	#36
Eh, not really.	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#38
Is the corporate take over not obvious. They insist that they have protection over a source code	midnight	Apr 2012	#7
"over the last 2 decades we've witnessed a corporate coup d'etat."	snagglepuss	Apr 2012	#8
The US lemmings will never give in to the truth.	L0oniX	Apr 2012	#9
then we blame them... document their reactions	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#12
I agree	april	Apr 2012	#28
if You listen to the rah rah fruitcakes, you'd think everything was A-Ok	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#11
Oh, yes!	chervilant	Apr 2012	#31
I can't imagine the Karma	Mosaic	Apr 2012	#14
Indeed!	chervilant	Apr 2012	#35
Actually, the karma was building long before that.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#42
Brilliant man. Glad he’s speaking out.	20score	Apr 2012	#18
My favorite quote from this interview:	intheflow	Apr 2012	#19
A political, economical and social correction will happen	magic59	Apr 2012	#20
OH NO! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!	madrchsod	Apr 2012	#22
Poor wee soul...	chervilant	Apr 2012	#32
Thanks for the program...long but spot on in every way. Listened to it all ... loved it. n/t	cr8tvlde	Apr 2012	#23
Ok	oddmanout	Apr 2012	#24
since my streams aren't so healthy these days...	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#27
Many of us have come to the same conclusions...	chervilant	Apr 2012	#30
Or if Gaia does not slough us off, we scavage on a blighted sphere. Not every planet supports life.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#43
Well,	chervilant	Apr 2012	#45
Good for you. I'm waiting for a tsunami to wipe me out.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#46
Waiting for disaster?	chervilant	Apr 2012	#47
I won't be going quietly, but I can't move. Really, I can't. That's what I was addressing.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#48
I wish you could see the Spring here	chervilant	Apr 2012	#49
I've been in places like that, had a home down there like that. My people are dead. That's life.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#50
The predatory capitalism empire is over and it's a GOOD THING TOO	just1voice	Apr 2012	#37
amazing... I could listen to him speak for hours	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#39
I've been digging this guy.	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#40
listening now!	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#41
TUC radio is great - "Time of Useful Consciousness". nt	bananas	Apr 2012	#44
all I really get out of this	provis99	Apr 2012	#51
What he describes as his religion isn't really religion.	redgreenandblue	Apr 2012	#52

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