{"id":9995,"date":"2018-10-18T11:29:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T18:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=9995"},"modified":"2018-10-18T11:29:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T18:29:53","slug":"book-america-the-farewell-tour-by-chris-hedges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/18\/book-america-the-farewell-tour-by-chris-hedges\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: “America: The Farewell Tour” by Chris Hedges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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America: The Farewell Tour<\/h1>\n
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by<\/span>\u00a0Chris Hedges<\/a><\/p>\n

Chris Hedges\u2019s profound and provocative examination of America in crisis is \u201can exceedingly\u2026provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard\u201d (Booklist<\/i>), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism and hate.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

America, says Pulitzer Prize\u00ad\u2013winning reporter Chris Hedges, is convulsed by an array of pathologies that have arisen out of profound hopelessness, a bitter despair, and a civil society that has ceased to function. The opioid crisis; the retreat into gambling to cope with economic distress; the pornification of culture; the rise of magical thinking; the celebration of sadism, hate, and plagues of suicides are the physical manifestations of a society that is being ravaged by corporate pillage and a failed democracy. As our society unravels, we also face global upheaval caused by catastrophic climate change. All these ills presage a frightening reconfiguration of the nation and the planet.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump rode this disenchantment to power. In his \u201cforceful and direct\u201d (Publishers Weekly<\/i>)\u00a0America: The Farewell Tour<\/i>, Hedges argues that neither political party, now captured by corporate power, addresses the systemic problem. Until our corporate\u00a0coup d\u2019\u00e9tat<\/i>\u00a0is reversed these diseases will grow and ravage the country. \u201cWith a trademark blend of\u2026sharply observed detail, Hedges writes a requiem for the American dream\u201d (Kirkus Reviews<\/i>) and seeks to jolt us out of our complacency while there is still time.<\/p>\n

(Goodreads.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

America: The Farewell Tour by\u00a0Chris Hedges Chris Hedges\u2019s profound and provocative examination of America in crisis is \u201can exceedingly\u2026provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard\u201d (Booklist), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism and… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9996,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995\/revisions\/9996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}