Currently I am reading his latest book, Empire of Illusion and subtitled The End of Literacy and The Triumph of Spectacle.
I have been a fan of Hedges for some time and find this latest book absorbing but I am not sure I agee with him. To me most people are aware of the phoniness of what is presented as reality by the media and the coarsening of our culture is a veneer and not the actual heart of our country.
I had a difficult time dealing with the pornography section --- having little knowledge of how rampant that is and finding it highly shocking.
I am near the end and anxious to see what his final assessment is.......is there hope that we will survive the mega influences of all the power grabbers and the corporate oligarchy ---- are we doomed to decline ?
graysmoke
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