Inequality, Not Trump, Is The Problem - Chris Hedges on Economic Update

Chris Hedges, expert journalist, explains why inequality and failures of society to provide for people leads to neo-fascist movements like Trump's.

This is a clip from S13 E05 of Economic Update: A Corporatized America with Chris Hedges

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[paulwolinsky]

"Vomited up" is a particularly apt way of putting it. People are disgusted.

[ProleDaddy]

And we need to understand that this issue is systemic and the only way to fix it is to end the system we currently live under.

[grapentine]

Chris has such amazing clarity and he explains things in a way anyone from the working class, in either party can understand and relate to.

[the-vinyl-dreamscape]

Chris should be the President. We need his leadership.

[Frogggisimo]

Like I don’t like Trump, but I understand why people voted for him. He was different, and people were tired of corporate politicians.

[amreamer]

Social inequality is the whole point of class.

[Khowaiao]

Every generation has a prophet with guidance. Chris Hedges is one.

[danatompkins]

Finally!!! Someone gets that economic injustice creates all kinds of resentment between the People but also Fascism. Fascism and even racism doesn't thrive when the People have good jobs, and they aren't stressed to the max likevl today!!!! Robert Kennedy! He is the real deal, and economic justice is in his soul. Take a look at him.

[chrisgilbertson]

This is exactly what capitalism is. Either we get rid of it and move on or we will continue to suffer

[EvolutionWendy]

It is *_capital inequality_* not "social inequality." The difference between the classes is a matter of how much money/capital they have.

[EvolutionWendy]

*_Capital Inequality._* The term "social inequality" sounds like we're not going to the same clubs.

[nadinejoyce]

Only other to come close to Christopher Hitchens

[Avianthro]

The problem of excessive socio-economic gaps is an eternal problem among us human social primates. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors (and remnant tribes) had a relatively easier situation, compared to agro-techno-industrial modern people, in preventing-controlling this. To address the problem now will require a revolution because the rules to prevent it were never made and the power distribution is now so far out of balance that it cannot be reformed gradually...the foxes are guarding the hen house.

[Joe-link]

I prefer the phrase economic inequality. Otherwise, you get dragged into a social inequality woke mess.

[Ryuxun]

Fascism always returns in capitalism, it's the emergency button of capitalism, their solution to the threat on their status quo.

[davidevans]

i was just saying to Richard wolf...
Hey Wolf, did you know TIME is the only currency known to the species that you don't have to kiss ANYBODY ELSE'S PRIVATELY OWNED CURRENCY OF the PEOPLE'S ASSES to produce ...
ourselves ? 😳

[CanaryDawn]

We could have had Sanders, but the nation is undereducated & with Republicans even greater war on education, with the public unaware how this all works, what hope do any of us really have?

[Mark-zkgu]

He's 100% right. But that doesn't mean you abstain from the political process. You still need to vote AGAINST the fascists (meaning vote for Democrats since we live in a two party system) so we can buy time.

[marc]

Trump and Kennedy ticket would clean house

[blackmoor]

true, but Trump is pushing us farther from that goal than anyone ever has before.