Chris Hedges speech Union Square NYC - April 15th 2011

Chris Hedges addressing the crowd at the "This Is What Resistance Looks Like" rally in front of Bank of America at Union Square, NYC.
The phrase consent of the governed has been turned into a cruel joke. There is no way to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs. Civil disobedience is the only tool we have left.

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[ymatmband]

@Pertemba40

Not man made? You guys do know what science is right? No, Chris isn't perfect, neither is science, but the one thing science has is that it is our only method of getting close to something that is the truth, and I am afraid to say that man made climate change is as scientifically proven as evolution and physics.

[Pertemba40]

@brossen99 Climate change is real, we can see it happening all around us, around the world. What I think is a scam is the so called CO2 man made Global Warming which now they switched to call it "Climate Change", a catch all phrase for convenience. It definitely is the "new religion" to make us accept their even bigger scam Cap &Trade which they already started experimenting in countries like Australia, etc. But hey, Chris is not perfect, no one is.

[judirusso]

Thanks for posting this great video. A great man of great courage and so inspiring. If you look at what makes up a psychopath fits the personality of so many people that are in power today.

[STeLLaLuNOra]

i like him<3 vote him for president!!!

[cosmicviewer477]

@ymatmband You're right about Capitalism. I believe, also, that in contemporary American society the line between public and private is slowly being rubbed out, so the two are increasingly becoming indistinguishable. In other words, here we are faithfully paying our taxes to prop-up corporations which are increasingly controlling many aspects of our lives, from the quality of our air and water to the ingredients in our foods and medicines. I am deeply concerned about this "corporatization".

[ymatmband]

@manelmariarodrigues In fact a good example of cognitive dissonance is the fact that we are ruining our enviornment by our use of fossil fuels, and we have the evidence to suggest that this is true and yet we all drive our cars and buy are snacks and big screen tv's and heat our homes. Even when we know we are reaching or have surpassed peak oil. We hold two beliefs, suburia good, climate change bad. So we ignore climate change, that is what cognitive dissonance is.

[ymatmband]

@manelmariarodrigues I can't comprehend what you just said. who is "they". You make it sound like I am a bad person. I didn't vote for Harper. Though, people who don't believe in climate change voted for him. They are the same people who criticize evolution... so what system am I joining? I am fighting against popular opinion. I also study psychology, I am doing a joint honours psych/phil, and how you used cognitive dissonance does not make sense.

[manelmariarodrigues]

@ymatmband Dude, that's the problem. I'm not all about BELIEFS & DOGMA.That may just causes cognitive dissonance and therefore ignorance. I'm more of a dynamic opinion, out of the conditioning box, we are all human stop killing each other and lets explore space together, but then again "they (might) live" among us how would you know ?! type of guy. Hope you don't get a job and join the future system

[ymatmband]

@manelmariarodrigues And what would it take for you to believe the opposite? I study the philosophy of science. I know what it takes for something to be scientifically accurate and true (scientifically true). Plus I go to university, and talk frequently with people in the field, actually studying the effect of human caused climate change. Why should I distrust them? It is not a mainstream source, it is THE source, scientists in the field. Now tell me why I should distrust them?

[manelmariarodrigues]

@ymatmband /watch?v=FfHW7KR33IQ&feature=r­elated please watchi some videos on youtube like these. All you are hearing is the IPCC's vision. just like mainstream media wil never tell you about the thousands of architects and engineers that have enlisted in that organization of the same name, for 9/11 truth.......

Reality is stranger than fiction, and our inability to not betray imparcial thinking keeps us in desbilief......

[manelmariarodrigues]

@ymatmband and you believe it all just like I did, because you have no reason to believe it's not true, you were born in a lie, how would you know it's not the truth !? everybody seems to accept it, so you do too. But if you go outside the mainstream media to outlets that are not in the business of news but give you the news as a hobby, for passiom, not for money you will start to understand some basic dynamics that weren't taught to you at school. /watch?v=fOygATEabIk

[manelmariarodrigues]

@ymatmband do you know anything about harper and how is trying to take you into the NAU ? you better not elect him.......

I completely agree with you on what you say about science. The problem is you have been fooled into believing there is a consensus. It's really easy. TV just shows you one side of the argument. Have you ever watched a show with a "credible" (man made) global warming sceptic ? The mainsteram media is controlled by a small group of people, they dictate what you get to see.