What do you think of this comment about current state of the country? [View all]

[dixiegrrrrl]

From Chris Hedges' book Empire of Illusion:

"At no period in American history has our democracy been in such peril nor the possibility of
totalitarianism as real.
Our way of life is over, our profligate consumption is finished.
Our children will never have the standard of living as we had.
This is the bleak future, this is reality, it cannot be undone and there is no way to stop it.
( by current spending/economic plans, he means)
Nor will it be solved by clinging to the illusions of the past".

edited to add link to his discussion of the book, here:

I find that I have to listen to Hedges 2-3 times to really take in all his viewpoints.
For me, this is a pleasure.