{"id":33226,"date":"2018-04-08T09:24:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T14:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33226"},"modified":"2018-04-08T09:24:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T14:24:06","slug":"chris-hedges-u-s-citizens-are-living-in-an-inverted-totalitarian-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33226","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hedges: U.S. citizens are living in an inverted totalitarian country\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Hedges: U.S. citizens are living in an inverted totalitarian country\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
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The mainstream media deflects attention from where power resides: corporations, not with the leaders of the free world. The arguments posed by Chris Hedges, that the U.S. is neither a democracy nor a republic but a totalitarian state that can now assassinate its citizens at will, are pertinent ones. Scary ones. Especially as consecutive governments seem equally as impotent to invoke any real change for the States. If the media won\u2019t stand up to the marionettes who pull the strings of the conglomerates causing deep, indelible polarisation in the world abound; then so we must act. Together.<\/p>\n

Listen to the full interview in our weekly <\/em>Newsvoice Think<\/em><\/a> podcast.<\/em><\/p>\n

We were delighted to have Chris Hedges on an episode of the Newsvoice Think<\/a> podcast as we seek to broadcast perspectives from all sides of the political spectrum. Right, left, red, blue and purple.<\/p>\n

In our interview with Chris, we discussed a range of topics facing the U.S. today as the Trump administration looks back at a year in power, and forward to the November \u201918 midterms where Democrats will be looking to make gains. Chris was scathing of that party describing them as a \u201ccreature of Wall Street, which is choreographed and ceased to be a proper party a long time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As a columnist with Truthdig, and a big advocate of independent media. Chris Hedges was the perfect interviewee for us to draw on the benefits of crowdsourced journalism and the challenges facing sites at the mercy of Facebook, Google and Twitter algorithms.<\/p>\n

…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n

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