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Related: About this forumChris Hedges with Bill Moyers on Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’
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Chris Hedges on Capitalisms Sacrifice Zones
July 20, 2012
There are forgotten corners of this country where Americans are trapped in endless cycles of poverty, powerlessness, and despair as a direct result of capitalistic greed. Journalist Chris Hedges calls these places sacrifice zones, and joins Bill this week on Moyers & Company to explore how areas like Camden, New Jersey; Immokalee, Florida; and parts of West Virginia suffer while the corporations that plundered them thrive.
These are areas that have been destroyed for quarterly profit. Were talking about environmentally destroyed, communities destroyed, human beings destroyed, families destroyed, Hedges tells Bill.
Its the willingness on the part of people who seek personal enrichment to destroy other human beings And because the mechanisms of governance can no longer control them, there is nothing now within the formal mechanisms of power to stop them from creating essentially a corporate oligarchic state.
http://billmoyers.com/segment/chris-hedges-on-capitalism%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98sacrifice-zones%E2%80%99/
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Chris Hedges with Bill Moyers on Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’ (Original Post)
marmar
Jul 2012
OP
I watched that yesterday and recommend it for everyone. A real eye opener.
Arkansas Granny
Jul 2012
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xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. du rec. nt
Arkansas Granny
(31,525 posts)2. I watched that yesterday and recommend it for everyone. A real eye opener.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)3. we have our own sacrifice zones here.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)4. Wow...that is something you rarely see on TV.
An in depth interview....but then it is Bill Moyer...who is one of the few journalist that have not sold out.
I think we should all listen to this and consider what he is saying.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)6. Downloading this to watch it later.
hopefully it works
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)7. this was really good. nt
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)8. That's the main problem, as he says there is nothing within the mechanisms of government with
the power to stop them. What entity has not been corrupted by Corporate money, so who is going to hold them responsible?
rbnyc
(17,045 posts)9. another k & r
everyone should see this
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)10. k&r
Thank you for linking this. My mom watched this and told me about it a couple of days ago. It really hit her hard and she said, this is what you've been talking about isn't it?