'United States Has Wedded to Idiocy': Chris Hedges | Talk to Al Jazeera
As the United States marks 250 years of independence, author and journalist Chris Hedges reflects on the promise of the American experiment, its greatest achievements, and its deepest contradictions.
The interviewer is insufferable but, as always, Hedges is 100% correct. Only time will show that, though.
An exceptionally astute observation by Chris is that capitalism did not lift people out of poverty but that unionism did. A history of capitalism teaches that the system is designed to be exploitative, that it is not fair and that it is not benevolent. Every right owed to the worker had to be fought for against an intransigent employer. Thank you for that insight Chris Hedges.