The anchor … dude, that's Krystal Ball. I'm not surprised to see her with Chris Hedges. I was, however, surprised to see her here. She was purged out of msnbc with Ed Schultz.
Unions are a form of mob rule, just like government, which charges you for unfair representation and treatment, just like government. Striking will only lead to an increase in automation, which is coming sooner or later anyway. Friedman's negative income tax, from Capitalism and Freedom, would give all U.S. workers far more bargaining power, as well as provide a more efficient safety net than our failing welfare system and pathetic EITC, imo.
If you look at countries with strong unionization, Belgium for example has no minimum wage yet McDonalds workers are paid much higher than the US while the price of food is the same as here. But still a negative income tax or some form of UBI would definitely be good
Pasha Pasovski , Bill Maher invite Chris Hodges on his HBO show ? How about never because Maher is part of the establishment and he's gonna stay clear of embarrassing the establishment Democrat or Republican........
@@jarvisblay9025 Bill is a establishment tool, who is in denial about how hypocritical he became! He thinks that he's cool because he is a stoner!? He thinks that he's relating to young people, the more he tries...well you know what's what!
God bless Chris Hedges - I truly hope that there are younger people out there to replace the philosopher-journalists of the 20th century who are getting on these days. Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, John Pilger... There are some, though: Max Blumenthal, Ben Norton, Lee Camp, Aaron Mate, even Jimmy Dore - comedians who talk politics are often able to be brutally honest about the world. I think a big problem is the end of print journalism and book-reading - people think and learn differently when they read longer articles or books than they do watching videos or TV news. The world moves on, though - and we must be ready to move with it.
A man with real ideas. Chris is a great man. Thankfully he did not quote the Greek classics or read a sermon. Speaking extemporaneously he is brilliant.
Voting for Trump (or Clinton) was foolish since there was an actual left-wing candidate and she was also a woman. Jill Stein was the left-wing choice, however as always ignored by the capitalist media!
@Natural Man, it's relevant to point out, because it waa stated as a major reason to vote for $hillery, and this exposition only goes to show the hypocrisy and bias of mainstream media and the $HillBots.
I really prefer Hedges in this kind of interaction rather than just giving a speech. He's always articulate, but in speeches he includes so many quotes, that his most common phrase is "In the words of ..." This is much more fluid.
Your complaint is that he is literate. That the man has had a classical education. Sometimes a good quote will spark your interest in something new. Chris has made me look up many interesting topics. How many author's does Trump quote ?
Trump only quotes himself, of course -- let's pretend he wrote the books he claims to have written. Haha. Back to Hedges, I'm actually thrilled by his literacy, and his giving credit for the origin, and that it helps me look things up. I just prefer his delivery style when interacting with someone who knows when to interject and when to let him finish. Of course, I'm happy that he does both.
@@ericpmoss, he doesn't even quote his own book. It's more like: "So I said to my wife the other week … ", or "I told them, that blahblahblah", and "I always say … " …
Thanks again Chris, you always are able to get to the truth about everything, or so it seems to me. Even the big question like who do you serve with your life forces. Whether it is Good or evil, profitable or not, do that which you desire to do to please you or some higher force that compels you to do that which is real and noble--I would trust you aboard any vessel any day, because honestly, if there were no men like you in this time, I would wish to be beamed up immediately--are you listening Scotty?
He's not wrong about what he states. Yet he states the obvious, and he's also a multi-millionaire. Yet he doesn't take action, only speaks. Same as the rest who do, and they are pretty much all rich as well.
Chris on The Hill and MSNBC!! So glad he's written another book, not least because he's finally getting some time on the MSM and his ideas and analysis will gain a new audience.
Unless somebody is wealthy I can’t understand why anybody would be dumb enough to vote for either Establishment. Both parties are fucking you over with Neoliberalism & Neoconservatism
Senate supporters were 34 Republicans and 27 Democrats. Clinton signed it into law on December 8, 1993; the agreement went into effect on January 1, 1994. Clinton, while signing the NAFTA bill, stated that "NAFTA means jobs. American jobs, and good-paying American jobs.
william Clinton also repealed Glass-Steagall pawing the way for the bush jr administration's economic disaster in '007, and bombs were dropped in Iraq several times under his watch, which was probably a major call for the 9/11 attack …
I like that Chris points out how both parties played a part in where we are now. I also like how he does not hesitate or offer up any bullshit when he's asked a question. He doesn't try to answer it in a where he blames one side. He's one of the rare people who's perfectly honest.
Our system of democracy puts power in the elites, corporations, lobbyists. There is only one country, Switzerland, where the people still has the power. Since very few people understand this, changing the system to give the power back to the people will not happen in US. Smart ones who understand this already have plan to leave the US when this country falls apart. The downturn has started since I see more homeless people in many US cities than when I went back to Vietnam this year.
I'm from Anderson Indiana. We need a update to capitalism. Most of my classmates have succumb to the disease of despair and are dead. Don't you just love a 2 party system Designed to divide from the get go . Most politicans bow down to the golden calf just like the capitalist and are self preservational And do the bidding of their financial donors. The world system is a beast isn't it?
Been a Wrong goin' On..... Seems like a hopeless tailspin Draggin' the middle-class Down Round & Round, No way Out to be found, but then as quiet as faith feel its Way -- Chris Hedges shows a Better Day & a Better Way !...... Chris Hedges for President ! ! !
"Turn off your televisions. Ignore the Newt-Mitt-Rick- Barack reality show. It is as relevant to your life as the gossip on “Jersey Shore.” The real debate, the debate raised by the Occupy movement about inequality, corporate malfeasance, the destruction of the ecosystem, and the security and surveillance state, is the only debate that matters. Chris Hedges
It's easy to criticise, leaders have solutions. End the Electoral College Capital Gains Tax 35% Progressive Income Tax Reinstate the Estate Tax End Corporate Welfare End Corporate Tax Loopholes REPEAL CITIZENS UNITED PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTIONS Restore Equal Time Rules for Broadcasting Remove profit incentive from election coverage Medicaide for All, ending medical ties to labor, (helping classical small business, not the corporate definition of "small business")
no use getting excited about the 'working class,' they have no political cohesion and were never intended to be the directors or benficiaries of usa politics. hedges is a good person, but he sings his song to a nation of deaf-mutes. rather like noam chomsky has been doing for 60 years. and with similar prospects of effect. the parties have not betrayed the workers. they owe nothing to the workers, both are vehicles to power for sale to whoever will subsidize their election process. the people of the usa will have to build a new organization to serve their interests, but that requires a social cohesion notably lacking in usa society. it will not happen, on evidence to date. not every society survives, and in some ways usa is beginning to resemble the austro-hungarian empire.
It would be great to get more of this conversation. I have been advocating that if the revolution that Bernie Sanders said would come if millions of people organized - be formalized in a discourse between sectors of society. This conversation might be best channeled via the Discussion Page of the Sanders Institute CZcams Channel. It would be very sensible to see sectors of society coming together in a supportive process for social and economic democracy czcams.com/channels/MrRWT88JkbVs2rbVlr9K2Q.htmldiscussion
Ignorance isn't bliss. Chris Hedges was fired from NYTimes for refusing to lie about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction (WMD) He told the truth about occupied Palestine when no one else had the courage to do so. www.truthdig.com/articles/looking-back-40-years-occupation/
So rather than working to control the Democratic party he wants to take on both parties simultaneously, which only splits opposition to the GOP thus keeping them in power.
This is a true American hero for the American people .
I respect and admire Chris Hedges for just calling it absolutely as it is, he is doing his best to drive the "money changers" out of the temple!
Chris Hedges is brilliant. I could listen to him for hours.
So much relevant information, so few views. Farewell indeed.
Keep sharing. We have a moral imperative to keep informing and sharing with those around us. #WeAreTheSerfs #UniteTheCommons
The anchor did a great job to get the most out of 5 minutes. Pleasantly surprised.
Completely agree. Refreshing to see someone not promoting him/herself. After all, most clicked on to hear Hedges.
The anchor … dude, that's Krystal Ball. I'm not surprised to see her with Chris Hedges. I was, however, surprised to see her here. She was purged out of msnbc with Ed Schultz.
We've seen the prisoners strike.
But when, WHEN will Walmart workers finally strike? That will be a watershed moment.
no union, no unity!
Unions are a form of mob rule, just like government, which charges you for unfair representation and treatment, just like government. Striking will only lead to an increase in automation, which is coming sooner or later anyway.
Friedman's negative income tax, from Capitalism and Freedom, would give all U.S. workers far more bargaining power, as well as provide a more efficient safety net than our failing welfare system and pathetic EITC, imo.
If you look at countries with strong unionization, Belgium for example has no minimum wage yet McDonalds workers are paid much higher than the US while the price of food is the same as here. But still a negative income tax or some form of UBI would definitely be good
I wonder when will Bill Maher invite him on a panel in his show! Neeeeveeeaaa !😎
Pasha Pasovski I think he will.
He hasn't even had Glenn Greenwald or Jeremy Scahill on in years. Maher's head is so far up the establishment's ass.
I'd rather see a two part segment with Hedges being one of the half hours doing a one-on-one with Bill Maher.
Pasha Pasovski , Bill Maher invite Chris Hodges on his HBO show ?
How about never because Maher is part of the establishment and he's gonna stay clear
of embarrassing the establishment Democrat or Republican........
@@jarvisblay9025 Bill is a establishment tool, who is in denial about how hypocritical he became!
He thinks that he's cool because he is a stoner!?
He thinks that he's relating to young people, the more he tries...well you know what's what!
Chris Hedges for president.
Richard Wolff or Chris, they can do rock paper scissor for who gets VP..
Eliah B I would not wish sorting this out after it comes to an inevitable crisis upon those Americans worthy of such high office.
If Bernie wins, he should definitely put Hedges and Richard Wolff in his administration. And throw in Noam Chomsky for good measure.
He probably got himself killed. He brought up the one true no-no. True unemployment numbers.
B-rizz yea that will help the SJC now
Don’t expect the oligarchs to allow him on meet the press or MSNBC.
He is on MSNBC
czcams.com/video/x_aOVnbrdUQ/video.html
nole 89 somone already let him on msnbc
Kyle breaking breaking down the interview on msnbc: czcams.com/video/tDwoINEGNw0/video.html
This guy is bullshit
As a 37 year Teamster member, Chris is spot on in his observation about union leadership being corrupt.
He's certainly right about Anderson, IN, calling it a wasteland. I've been through there.
God bless Chris Hedges - I truly hope that there are younger people out there to replace the philosopher-journalists of the 20th century who are getting on these days. Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, John Pilger... There are some, though: Max Blumenthal, Ben Norton, Lee Camp, Aaron Mate, even Jimmy Dore - comedians who talk politics are often able to be brutally honest about the world. I think a big problem is the end of print journalism and book-reading - people think and learn differently when they read longer articles or books than they do watching videos or TV news. The world moves on, though - and we must be ready to move with it.
A man with real ideas. Chris is a great man. Thankfully he did not quote the Greek classics or read a sermon. Speaking extemporaneously he is brilliant.
Chris Hedges on The Hill? Hell must have frozen over.
We been waitin; maybe, just maybe, this is it.
I was thinking the same. An honest voice on MSM!
I KNOW! & I just saw him on Randi Rhodes too!! SMH!!!
John Henninger
He’s been around speaking out for a while. You just haven’t been getting your info from good sources.
He was recently on MSNBC as well. Did a double take on my Twitter feed.
he's right
way to go getting Chris on your show Krystal, more people need to read/hear him.
Bravo! Chris Hedges is brilliant contextualist who articulates the american narative of the blalant corruption which has rendered of society impedant.
impotent
I love Hedges. #TruthTellersUnite #WeAreTheSerfs #BreakDuopoly #UniteTheCommons
Thanks for uploading...
As always, Chris Hedges hits the nail on the head!
He's the next Chomsky.
Voting for Trump (or Clinton) was foolish since there was an actual left-wing candidate and she was also a woman. Jill Stein was the left-wing choice, however as always ignored by the capitalist media!
The majority are completely ignorant of The green Party's existence; even amongst progressives …
@Natural Man, it's relevant to point out, because it waa stated as a major reason to vote for $hillery, and this exposition only goes to show the hypocrisy and bias of mainstream media and the $HillBots.
as always, brilliant - thanks
I really prefer Hedges in this kind of interaction rather than just giving a speech. He's always articulate, but in speeches he includes so many quotes, that his most common phrase is "In the words of ..." This is much more fluid.
Your complaint is that he is literate. That the man has had a classical education. Sometimes a good quote will spark your interest in something new. Chris has made me look up many interesting topics. How many author's does Trump quote ?
Variety is the spice of life; however, for me his speeches are sermons in the greatest sense of the word. They remind me of listening to Dr. MLK.
@@juanmonge8, trump quotes the donald; end of story!
Trump only quotes himself, of course -- let's pretend he wrote the books he claims to have written. Haha. Back to Hedges, I'm actually thrilled by his literacy, and his giving credit for the origin, and that it helps me look things up. I just prefer his delivery style when interacting with someone who knows when to interject and when to let him finish. Of course, I'm happy that he does both.
@@ericpmoss, he doesn't even quote his own book. It's more like:
"So I said to my wife the other week … ", or "I told them, that blahblahblah", and "I always say … " …
we are heading back to a dark age
Good to hear. Clear presentation of current economic points. Thank-you.
Thanks! So few can admit that "the economy is great" when most people have either shit jobs or nothing at all. The two go completely together.
Thanks again Chris, you always are able to get to the truth about everything, or so it seems to me.
Even the big question like who do you serve with your life forces.
Whether it is Good or evil, profitable or not, do that which you desire to do to please you or some higher force that compels you to do that which is real and noble--I would trust you aboard any vessel any day, because honestly, if there were no men like you in this time, I would wish to be beamed up immediately--are you listening Scotty?
Mr. Hedges was on jimmy dore show for 1 hour on Saturday September 15, 2018. It is still up on Twitter and I thing youtube.
There is no mechanism left for working class to defend itself.
Get Chris hedges on again some time.
Bravo!
SPOT ON THANK YOU CHRIS GOOD BRAKE DOWN
Pessimistic, but true.
Welcome to life baby boomer
He says us alot. I like that. He's allying with us, he's empathizing, it's hard to put my thoughts into words. I just like it
He's not wrong about what he states. Yet he states the obvious, and he's also a multi-millionaire. Yet he doesn't take action, only speaks. Same as the rest who do, and they are pretty much all rich as well.
Chris on The Hill and MSNBC!! So glad he's written another book, not least because he's finally getting some time on the MSM and his ideas and analysis will gain a new audience.
A good speaker and deep thinker
Krystal looks better in this video than I have seen her look in several years.
Exactly
Chris Hedges is too honest to be a politician. People like him should be running the country.
Chris Hedges is a genius. He gets it when most of us don't. People need to wake up.
Both parties do not reflect nor serve our interests anymore.
There two wings of the same bird.
Like good bud, Chris Hedges is positive vibe for mind expansion.
If Hedges is a Patriot his next book will be, "From the Ashes",
"How the United States finds its Soul, and becomes the Nation we were promised."
Damn that's great
One of the few men that has the balls to say what nobody else wants to
Getting past the gatekeepers of the mainstream media of the corporate state for 5 minutes
Unless somebody is wealthy I can’t understand why anybody would be dumb enough to vote for either Establishment. Both parties are fucking you over with Neoliberalism & Neoconservatism
Senate supporters were 34 Republicans and 27 Democrats. Clinton signed it into law on December 8, 1993; the agreement went into effect on January 1, 1994. Clinton, while signing the NAFTA bill, stated that "NAFTA means jobs. American jobs, and good-paying American jobs.
william Clinton also repealed Glass-Steagall pawing the way for the bush jr administration's economic disaster in '007, and bombs were dropped in Iraq several times under his watch, which was probably a major call for the 9/11 attack …
Oh how the tables have turned. Fluffing Chris Hedges off on The Hill when a year ago they would have said he was an extremist nutter.
I see Hedges and I click. Thanks for this
Finally!
WAGES ARE STATIC!
💯💯💯
On what channel is this ? Miss Krystal.
A pleasant surprise.
Looks like another saying of John F. Kennady is coming to pass: "if we cannot help many who are poor we cannot save few who are rich."
Needs more views
Unfortunately most American more intetested in news of celebrities & sports !
Coming here in 2020, holy shit it’s weird to see Krystal on a couch with longer hair!!
love to have a conversation with him ..
There is news and there is the truth. If you care about TRUTH as a journalist eventually you are going to run into problems.” Chris Hedges
Truths that this country is still not ready to hear. What is it going to take for America to wake the fuck up?!!!
I like that Chris points out how both parties played a part in where we are now. I also like how he does not hesitate or offer up any bullshit when he's asked a question. He doesn't try to answer it in a where he blames one side. He's one of the rare people who's perfectly honest.
A whole 5 minutes, wow.
hedges is the man
Our system of democracy puts power in the elites, corporations, lobbyists. There is only one country, Switzerland, where the people still has the power. Since very few people understand this, changing the system to give the power back to the people will not happen in US. Smart ones who understand this already have plan to leave the US when this country falls apart. The downturn has started since I see more homeless people in many US cities than when I went back to Vietnam this year.
Lovely ! Have him back ASAP!!
Way to go, Chris! The amazing thing is how they have convinced Trump supporters that economy is thriving.
I'm from Anderson Indiana. We need a update to capitalism. Most of my classmates have succumb to the disease of despair and are dead. Don't you just love a 2 party system Designed to divide from the get go . Most politicans bow down to the golden calf just like the capitalist and are self preservational And do the bidding of their financial donors. The world system is a beast isn't it?
AMERRYCAR NEEDS REGIME CHANGE
for the benefit of all humanity
Been a Wrong goin' On.....
Seems like a hopeless tailspin
Draggin' the middle-class Down
Round & Round, No way Out to be
found, but then as quiet as faith feel its Way -- Chris Hedges shows a Better Day & a Better Way !......
Chris Hedges for President ! ! !
well, thats what parties are for.
Throwback
"Turn off your televisions. Ignore the Newt-Mitt-Rick- Barack reality
show. It is as relevant to your life as the gossip on “Jersey Shore.”
The real debate, the debate raised by the Occupy movement about
inequality, corporate malfeasance, the destruction of the ecosystem, and
the security and surveillance state, is the only debate that matters. Chris Hedges
great to see Crystal Ball again!
That was a pleasant surprise.
Chris Hedges for god
GEEEE WHATEVER GAVE YOU THAT IDEA
Vote Progressive
It's easy to criticise, leaders have solutions.
End the Electoral College
Capital Gains Tax 35%
Progressive Income Tax
Reinstate the Estate Tax
End Corporate Welfare
End Corporate Tax Loopholes
REPEAL CITIZENS UNITED
PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTIONS
Restore Equal Time Rules for Broadcasting
Remove profit incentive from election coverage
Medicaide for All, ending medical ties to labor, (helping classical small business, not the corporate definition of "small business")
Unfortunately, the teachers union remains strong in Commiefornia, as of 2022.
Illusion of Choice. Demexit.
RICHARD PAINTER / CHRIS HEDGES (D) 2020!!! Pass it on!
If they betrayed working class then what the hell do they still exist for? Whos at fault?
william clinton seems to be responsible for a great deal of decline:
NAFTA
Repealing Glass-Steagall …
Trump at least brought their jobs back.
US Steel mills are opening back up
Check out his show on RT.
Shit, check out everything he does.
Both parties and Bernie
the working poor keep working to be poor
no use getting excited about the 'working class,' they have no political cohesion and were never intended to be the directors or benficiaries of usa politics. hedges is a good person, but he sings his song to a nation of deaf-mutes. rather like noam chomsky has been doing for 60 years. and with similar prospects of effect.
the parties have not betrayed the workers. they owe nothing to the workers, both are vehicles to power for sale to whoever will subsidize their election process.
the people of the usa will have to build a new organization to serve their interests, but that requires a social cohesion notably lacking in usa society. it will not happen, on evidence to date. not every society survives, and in some ways usa is beginning to resemble the austro-hungarian empire.
It would be great to get more of this conversation. I have been advocating that if the revolution that Bernie Sanders said would come if millions of people organized - be formalized in a discourse between sectors of society. This conversation might be best channeled via the Discussion Page of the Sanders Institute CZcams Channel. It would be very sensible to see sectors of society coming together in a supportive process for social and economic democracy czcams.com/channels/MrRWT88JkbVs2rbVlr9K2Q.htmldiscussion
So sick of Hedges' "a pox on both of their houses" schtick. The Democrats may have problems, but the GOP is fucking crazy.
GREEN PARTY USA
Lol you thought the economy was bad then >.>
Respect hedges, but what is the cynicism with having/using sex and drugs from people like hedges and chomsky?
we need FDR now
great is this tv channel? youtube ?
sean rourke
It's like Huff Po live. Not an actual tv show
Joe Biden will save us!
Fulton Jack Waterloo lol
D:
Chris Hedges is a GOAT
Ignorance isn't bliss. Chris Hedges was fired from NYTimes for refusing to lie about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction (WMD) He told the truth about occupied Palestine when no one else had the courage to do so.
www.truthdig.com/articles/looking-back-40-years-occupation/
@@sherronpitts3021 No ignorace here ma'am. I know his background. I follow his work. GOAT means Greatest Of All Time. Maybe I should say LEGEND!
Yes! LEGEND
Don’t know what goat 🐐 means.
@@StephenSchleis Greatest of all time. Just learned that myself today.
'The Hill' is a joke
these are such baby questions, to be asking a great mind like Hedges.
So rather than working to control the Democratic party he wants to take on both parties simultaneously, which only splits opposition to the GOP thus keeping them in power.
All Presidents MUST sign the pledge for the Greater Israel ( JFK ) did not sign .
I seemed to have missed where he calls out Putin's other Puppet Donald J Trump, curious eh?