{"id":25933,"date":"2018-08-29T20:35:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T00:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=25933"},"modified":"2018-08-29T20:36:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T00:36:07","slug":"chris-hedges-when-the-ruling-ideology-no-longer-has-any-credibility-then-the-elites-only-have-violence-left-in-order-to-maintain-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2018\/08\/29\/chris-hedges-when-the-ruling-ideology-no-longer-has-any-credibility-then-the-elites-only-have-violence-left-in-order-to-maintain-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hedges: When The Ruling Ideology No Longer Has Any Credibility Then The Elites Only Have Violence Left In Order To Maintain Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dandeliion Salad <\/em>has the interview C<a href=\"https:\/\/dandelionsalad.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/29\/chris-hedges-when-the-ruling-ideology-no-longer-has-any-credibility-then-the-elites-only-have-violence-left-in-order-to-maintain-control\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hris Hedges: When The Ruling Ideology No Longer Has Any Credibility Then The Elites Only Have Violence Left In Order To Maintain Control<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cIn his latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges shows how the effects of America\u2019s decline and decay affects its citizenry. As America sinks further into poverty and despotism, and as corporations and the military-industrial-media complex pirate the remaining assets of a nation that has lost its industry save weapons manufacturing, human beings suffer from gambling addiction, hatred, and violence in the streets. Hedges announces a spiritual call to resist.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8gUP3VDSQQw?rel=0\" style=\"border: thick ridge #009900;\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<pre class=\"plain\">\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>At the end of the interview, Chris Hedges explains why those of us who are fighting the forces of decay keep on fighting. It is what gives life meaning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dandeliion Salad has the interview Chris Hedges: When The Ruling Ideology No Longer Has Any Credibility Then The Elites Only Have Violence Left In Order To Maintain Control. \u201cIn his latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges shows how the effects of America\u2019s decline and decay affects its citizenry. As America sinks further into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-stevegsposts","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25935,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25933\/revisions\/25935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}