In this interview Chris Hedges speaks to Sharmini Peries of The Real
News Network about possible causes of the past election. The
demonization of third parties misses the
fact that roots of our current situation are austerity,
deindustrialization, and the impoverishment of half the nation, says
Chris Hedges.
Notable excerpt from the interview:
"We have undergone a corporate coup d�etat. The real centers of power
are the military industrial complex, is Wall Street, the security and
surveillance state and corporate power. That leaves very little room to
move for our chief executive. But that�s why most, well all of the major
structural issues in the Obama Administration have complete continuity
with the Bush Administration, with the caveat that Obama�s assault on
civil liberties have actually been worse. And now, what we�ve handed
into the hands of an imbecilic narcissistic figure, we can�t even call a
political figure, because he doesn�t come out of the political
establishment, we�'ve handed him mechanisms whereby at the flip of a
switch, this is a state that is ruled under martial law. Wholesale
surveillance of every American citizen. He will be extremely vindictive,
he will draw up an Enemies List."
