Chris Hedges discusses his recent book “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle”. Link
“…the ethic promoted by corporations, it is the ethic of unfettered capitalism, it is the misguided belief that personal style and personal advancement, mistaken for individualism, are the same as democratic equality, it is the celebration of image over substance. We have a right, in the cult of the self, to get whatever we desire. We can do anything, even belittle and destroy those around us, including our friends, to make money, to be happy and to become famous. Once fame and wealth are achieved they become their own justification, their own morality.”
via Democracy Now! peace to bol
