The Fall of the American Empire
Journalist Chris Hedges compared the pending fall of the American Empire to the fall of the Roman Empire this morning. He spoke on KPFA-FM, 94.1, on their daily "Letters and Politics" program. He did a careful analysis of the ruling class back then that bought the emperorships, as Trump bought the presidency. I would imagine that his insightful historical analysis could be heard by going to KPFA's website. If this comparison is correct, we can expect a considerable amount of chaos as the American Empire perishes, hopefully, and is replaced by something better.
I liked Hedges description of Trump as an "incompetent fascist," which he is, and Pence as a "competent fascist." He detailed how one Roman emperor after another failed, including half a dozen in one year. I do not expect Trump to finish his presidency. Then we need to get rid of Pence, which might be harder to do.
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There are different kinds of capitalisms. We are experiencing brutal capitalism. It is my opinion that the American Empire is coming to an end. My hope is that the values of the American Republic and the Statue of Liberty will remain as we implode, possibly into separate entities, like the Soviet Empire did. Instead we are besieged by the denial of the right to vote to people of color and discrimination against women, people because of their religion, gender choice, country of origin, etc. Everything that lives dies.
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Re: The Fall of the American Empire
Here's a link to the program (which aired yesterday). It's good for 2 weeks, I think.
https://kpfa.org/?s=Chris+Hedges
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Journalist Chris Hedges compared the pending fall of the American Empire to the fall of the Roman Empire this morning. He spoke on KPFA-FM, 94.1, on their daily "Letters and Politics" program. He did a careful analysis of the ruling class back then that bought the emperorships, as Trump bought the presidency. I would imagine that his insightful historical analysis could be heard by going to KPFA's website. If this comparison is correct, we can expect a considerable amount of chaos as the American Empire perishes, hopefully, and is replaced by something better.
I liked Hedges description of Trump as an "incompetent fascist," which he is, and Pence as a "competent fascist." He detailed how one Roman emperor after another failed, including half a dozen in one year. I do not expect Trump to finish his presidency. Then we need to get rid of Pence, which might be harder to do.
Re: The Fall of the American Empire
Chris Hedges was yesterday, Monday. The great historian Howard Zinn, author of "A People's History of the United States," was on KPFA this afternoon--a recording from decades ago. It sounded as if he was speaking about today.
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Are you sure that was today, Shepherd?
I went to the KPFA archives for today ("Letters and Politics') and it played/listed a program about Capitalism: Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Nothing with Chris Hedges.
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