Pulitzer Prize-winning author and war correspondent Chris Hedges delivered a blistering attack on the hypocrisy and dangers of the current US political establishment at a Workers Strike Back conference in Seattle last week.
“A culture awash with lies” is how Hedges described the US, adding that the attraction of US President Donald Trump, “although vile and buffoonish”, was because “he mocks the bankruptcy of the political charade”.
Trump lied “like he breathes” said Hedges, adding, “but the lies told by the two establishment parties caused far more pain and did far more damage than the lies told by Trump. Trump is the apotheosis of this culture of mendacity, deception and exploitation.”
Hedges, who has covered many wars, including in Central America, the Middle East and the Balkans in his illustrious career, warned that the rise of corporations and oligarchs would lead to “an authoritarian or Christian fascist state”…..more
