Eurydice touches on the ugly underbelly of rich America and Epstein certainly encapsulates best in the billionaire class..
What i oppose is Hedges constant insistence that society is somehow doomed or destined for unending decline. America has pulled itself out of much worse situations than we are in now. The civil war and depression come to mind. Arguably the late 60's would also fall into that category.
I think a more sober narrative with more practical actions from ordinary voters would to a better job of highlighting Hedges wonderful synthesis of scholarly religious and moral doctrine with his incredibly well informed understanding of global and American politics and the result of policy like war on individuals and societies other than our own.
But the hyperbole is wearing a little thin when i look at his writing more regularly than i did in reading his books or watching Youtube video of him.
Hi Chris, I really generally love your work. I love your take on politics, Christian fascism, imperialism etc. Given your views on "Christian" Dominionism, I'm surprised how conservative you are on anything that has the slightest hint of sexuality. I'm unsure I understand why you dwell on crossdressers? Who gives a toss if someone crossdresses? lol Can we move away from this binary obsession please? It's the 21st C. Forgive me but the sex negative stuff is kind of similar to the "Christian" Dominionists. Given the rise of Christian fascists, you would think you might avoid possibly adding to the problems. In my observation of your takes on sex workers, trans people etc it's been been questionable at best. You display a kind of puritan bent whenever you speak about anything that has the slightest hint of sexuality (leaving out of course paedophilia since it has nothing to do with BDSM, crossdressers, trans people etc).
About 3 years ago, I was glad you corrected the awful TERF interview on On Contact with Chris Hedges with Pauline Park's interview (a trans woman). But I find the kind of ignorance and lack of research about anything of a sexual and gender diversity kind of unfortunate.
I first got the Email 5 hrs ago and I haven't yet listened to it. Talk about an invitation to a 74 year old man labeled autistic who speaks in metaphors because nobody speaks my language. I speak the same language I spoke when I was twelve. I couldn't learn anything in school.
I studied the evolution of the English language from Chaucer to Newspeak. Eurydice is a metaphor and I am Alice on the wrong side of the looking glass. Words only mean what you want them to mean.
I am learning how to write I started about 20 years ago comment writing to the NYT i was limited in characters and I don't do time. I get started at the end of War and Peace. I type on a kindergarten keyboard with one finger and I really don't know how to sign my name but I am a wiz at logic and I learn through interconnections. Eugenia Cheng is one of my favorite philosophers. She taught me Glenn Gould was the most influential Canadian of the 20 th century. He didn't play piano he let the piano play him. I can't remember a single digit yet I am recognized as master bridge player in two North American Bridge Federations. I am by birth an abstract mathematician and I know history because I am a Darwinian in understanding the universe. There is no such thing as justice there is only balance in Darwin's universe.
I love Chris Hedges . I trust Chris Hedges to tell me his truths. I am not Harvard I am from a family from near Krakow Poland who followed the Gaon of Vilna.
Cotton Mather founded Harvard he was the theologian, scientist, philosopher, wisest of the wise. His expertise was getting witches like myself to confess our greatest sins. Harvard hasn't changed since Cotton was king in America and in Cambridge.
Who was the Gaon of Vilna? Dr Samuel Johnson in his 1755 Dictionary of the English Language calls the Gaon the wisest of the wise. The Gaon was an abstract mathematician and a Deist and Vilnius was Mecca to Europe's and the World's Luminati.
The war in Ukraine began when the Empires of southern Europe let the Czar destroy the enlightenment emanating from Vilnius. The war began in 1795 when the barbarians from Moscow tore down Vilnius walls so their rule could continue and Britain and the other Empire stood by and applauded.
This time if democracy loses and Empire remains maybe extinction is justice.
Euridice is a metaphor as is Pandora's jar. I still keep my jar tightly sealed. I live in Quebec we are a successful democracy. Maybe it is because they banned Newspeak with Bill101.
In Quebec the only thing we keep in the closet is religion. The Washington Post may not believe it Democracy dies in Darkness.
I know Chris loves John Ralston Saul and wrote the 20th anniversary forward to Voltaire's Bastards (The Dictatorship of Reason in the West) The book is dedicated to the banality of evil. I have seen the banality for 74 years. We are uniquely banal. Darwin told us of our banality's uniqueness. Logic and reason are not the same. Logic tells us about the collateral reactions reason is a way to justify banality.
I often think Reagan delivered on his promises there is no United States of America.. As John Ralston Saul said 30 years ago cynicism is democracies greatest threat. Reagan delivered in Spades.
There is nothing left to trust. All we have left in Pandora's jar is hope and I prefer Dr West's hope to an empty jar.
Interesting but I can’t say I agree with all of the authors conclusions. The natural appearance of a person is to me only a fraction of what they naturally are. I know people that are genetically one way but in many others areas of their appearance they are the opposite. I am talking about a person who has done nothing to create this appearance. I think making a blanket statement that doesn’t consider how these individuals feel on the inside is overlooking them and the struggles they face as they strive to become outwardly what they know they already are inwardly. As far as the obscenely wealthy and their perverseness is spot on but I feel these people are constantly trying to fill a void that they haven’t realized their money can’t. To do this they have to lie to themselves and others and constantly one up each other. As far as cutting I only know one person who did this and it was a trauma response to the fact that they had been assaulted and hid it for months until everything came crashing down. Their family got them the help they needed and they have overcome this issue. I believe that it’s an external call for help especially when it’s a teenager. It’s as if they are trying to show a physical representation of the pain they feel on the inside and it also distracts from that pain. I did enjoy hearing this woman’s views and appreciate you doing this interview.
Eurydice touches on the ugly underbelly of rich America and Epstein certainly encapsulates best in the billionaire class..
What i oppose is Hedges constant insistence that society is somehow doomed or destined for unending decline. America has pulled itself out of much worse situations than we are in now. The civil war and depression come to mind. Arguably the late 60's would also fall into that category.
I think a more sober narrative with more practical actions from ordinary voters would to a better job of highlighting Hedges wonderful synthesis of scholarly religious and moral doctrine with his incredibly well informed understanding of global and American politics and the result of policy like war on individuals and societies other than our own.
But the hyperbole is wearing a little thin when i look at his writing more regularly than i did in reading his books or watching Youtube video of him.
Hi Chris, I really generally love your work. I love your take on politics, Christian fascism, imperialism etc. Given your views on "Christian" Dominionism, I'm surprised how conservative you are on anything that has the slightest hint of sexuality. I'm unsure I understand why you dwell on crossdressers? Who gives a toss if someone crossdresses? lol Can we move away from this binary obsession please? It's the 21st C. Forgive me but the sex negative stuff is kind of similar to the "Christian" Dominionists. Given the rise of Christian fascists, you would think you might avoid possibly adding to the problems. In my observation of your takes on sex workers, trans people etc it's been been questionable at best. You display a kind of puritan bent whenever you speak about anything that has the slightest hint of sexuality (leaving out of course paedophilia since it has nothing to do with BDSM, crossdressers, trans people etc).
About 3 years ago, I was glad you corrected the awful TERF interview on On Contact with Chris Hedges with Pauline Park's interview (a trans woman). But I find the kind of ignorance and lack of research about anything of a sexual and gender diversity kind of unfortunate.
I first got the Email 5 hrs ago and I haven't yet listened to it. Talk about an invitation to a 74 year old man labeled autistic who speaks in metaphors because nobody speaks my language. I speak the same language I spoke when I was twelve. I couldn't learn anything in school.
I studied the evolution of the English language from Chaucer to Newspeak. Eurydice is a metaphor and I am Alice on the wrong side of the looking glass. Words only mean what you want them to mean.
I am learning how to write I started about 20 years ago comment writing to the NYT i was limited in characters and I don't do time. I get started at the end of War and Peace. I type on a kindergarten keyboard with one finger and I really don't know how to sign my name but I am a wiz at logic and I learn through interconnections. Eugenia Cheng is one of my favorite philosophers. She taught me Glenn Gould was the most influential Canadian of the 20 th century. He didn't play piano he let the piano play him. I can't remember a single digit yet I am recognized as master bridge player in two North American Bridge Federations. I am by birth an abstract mathematician and I know history because I am a Darwinian in understanding the universe. There is no such thing as justice there is only balance in Darwin's universe.
I love Chris Hedges . I trust Chris Hedges to tell me his truths. I am not Harvard I am from a family from near Krakow Poland who followed the Gaon of Vilna.
Cotton Mather founded Harvard he was the theologian, scientist, philosopher, wisest of the wise. His expertise was getting witches like myself to confess our greatest sins. Harvard hasn't changed since Cotton was king in America and in Cambridge.
Who was the Gaon of Vilna? Dr Samuel Johnson in his 1755 Dictionary of the English Language calls the Gaon the wisest of the wise. The Gaon was an abstract mathematician and a Deist and Vilnius was Mecca to Europe's and the World's Luminati.
The war in Ukraine began when the Empires of southern Europe let the Czar destroy the enlightenment emanating from Vilnius. The war began in 1795 when the barbarians from Moscow tore down Vilnius walls so their rule could continue and Britain and the other Empire stood by and applauded.
This time if democracy loses and Empire remains maybe extinction is justice.
Euridice is a metaphor as is Pandora's jar. I still keep my jar tightly sealed. I live in Quebec we are a successful democracy. Maybe it is because they banned Newspeak with Bill101.
In Quebec the only thing we keep in the closet is religion. The Washington Post may not believe it Democracy dies in Darkness.
I know Chris loves John Ralston Saul and wrote the 20th anniversary forward to Voltaire's Bastards (The Dictatorship of Reason in the West) The book is dedicated to the banality of evil. I have seen the banality for 74 years. We are uniquely banal. Darwin told us of our banality's uniqueness. Logic and reason are not the same. Logic tells us about the collateral reactions reason is a way to justify banality.
I often think Reagan delivered on his promises there is no United States of America.. As John Ralston Saul said 30 years ago cynicism is democracies greatest threat. Reagan delivered in Spades.
There is nothing left to trust. All we have left in Pandora's jar is hope and I prefer Dr West's hope to an empty jar.
As a fan of Chris hedges this interview is as grossly regressive
This discussion was well worth my time and took me to places and learning I could not have imagined.
Interesting but I can’t say I agree with all of the authors conclusions. The natural appearance of a person is to me only a fraction of what they naturally are. I know people that are genetically one way but in many others areas of their appearance they are the opposite. I am talking about a person who has done nothing to create this appearance. I think making a blanket statement that doesn’t consider how these individuals feel on the inside is overlooking them and the struggles they face as they strive to become outwardly what they know they already are inwardly. As far as the obscenely wealthy and their perverseness is spot on but I feel these people are constantly trying to fill a void that they haven’t realized their money can’t. To do this they have to lie to themselves and others and constantly one up each other. As far as cutting I only know one person who did this and it was a trauma response to the fact that they had been assaulted and hid it for months until everything came crashing down. Their family got them the help they needed and they have overcome this issue. I believe that it’s an external call for help especially when it’s a teenager. It’s as if they are trying to show a physical representation of the pain they feel on the inside and it also distracts from that pain. I did enjoy hearing this woman’s views and appreciate you doing this interview.
I know the US is failing. But this interview does nothing but make me more depressed.