Is this the end of the American Empire? | Chris Hedges | Real Talk

Today on Real Talk, we speak to Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author, about the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the US elections.

We delve into why he believes we are “at the end of empire”, whether Trump or Harris would have different Gaza policies, the rise of Christian nationalism in the US, and his thoughts on Joe Biden’s presidential legacy.

Real Talk is a Middle East Eye interview show hosted by Mohamed Hashem that delves into the stories and experiences of a diverse range of guests.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:57 This moment in American history
06:50 Biden dropping out
08:29 Kamala unpopular vice president?
12:33 Media coverage of US elections
18:00 Netanyahu’s Congress speech
28:08 What is Biden’s legacy?
38:17 Influence of third-party candidates?
40:50 Hoping for a revolution?
47:53 Trump & Christian nationalism
56:11 America’s future

[chuletaization]

A banana republic with nukes? What could go wrong?

[clairemacdonald]

Thanks Chris for a voice of sanity amidst American political theatre.

[EsmondLyons]

Essentially what Hedges does is perform an autopsy on American politics.

[commonman]

This is one of Chris' best interviews. Everything here was direct, clear, and well worded. It sums up they way I've been feeling about things for a while.

[dog_biter]

Chris Hedges is such an important educator, scholar, activist, ,

[luvforeverify]

Always a pleasure to listen to Chris Hedges.

[testpm-ilqq]

“That’s our job. That’s where people in power have to be, they have to be scared because they don’t have any moral core”🎤✊🏽

[saundraraynor]

One of our greatest minds. He should be delivering this speech on television.

[atlas]

America needs to understand this: even if you’re no longer an empire you are still a country, just with less influence over the world’s economy and geopolitics. Maybe then the US government can start focusing on the livelihood of its citizens rather than funding wars around the world. Not being an empire is not a bad thing.

[stella]

I admire how Chris taps into his stream of consciousness effortlessly. He is so fluent, never pauses. He’s an open Channel.

[Baobabaloo]

Chris Hedges is one of the most important voices of our time. He tells the truth as it is.

[Yahoo]

As a senior citizen and failing economy....no money....how can and where should a 70 year old woman or man go to get help to survive????

[flibberdob]

I think that book by Teresa Amato is called, "Grand Illusion: The Fantasy of Voter Choice in a Two-party Tyranny and the Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Part Tyranny".

[VikCalo]

I am an American and many of us are starting to ponder leaving our country. We have been sold to the highest bidder. Our government throws money at 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 etc. But for us is not stop bureaucracy. Our middle class is starting to feel like upper lower class.

[samanzibar]

So nice to see Chris hedges getting a shout out. He deserves it 💯

[montollo]

I love Chris Hedges! I read his book Empire of Illusion : The end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle. It was a marvelous depiction of the level of decay in our American society. His books should be part of the academic curriculum for all journalism studies.

[alankorce]

When Americans meet each other, the unstated rule is that "Don't talk politics, please." This is a cause of fighting and make people feel bad. Ignorance rules it all.

[kqexxrq]

All our taxes go to military and the 400 top families. We struggle to pay bills.

[johnviktora]

Thank you for the truth, Chris. Scary days. Frightful daze. Keep going, Chris.

[poerava]

Protect Hedges at all costs.

He’s one of the journalist greats.

Follows in the journalistic ethics of Chomsky.

Brilliant interview

In such a dark time seeing the paid political class, clapping for a war criminal like the SS army, it’s a glimmer of hope to hear from great minds like this.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Thank you