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America, The Farewell Tour

Auteur(s): Chris Hedges
Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
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If you thought you knew Chris Hedges--be surprised. The globally renowned Pulitzer Prize-winner gives us an entirely new view of a nation in crisis in a stunning book that holds both liberals and conservatives to account--as rousingly pertinent for Canada as for the disoriented US. Beautifully written, it clarifies vividly and unforgettably the forces at play in our times.

In astonishing, tough, first-hand reportage, Chris Hedges draws on stories from inside communities across America and reveals how the hurricanes of change have allowed an array of pathologies to arise: the opioid crisis, the retreat into gambling, the corporate coup d'état of government, the pornification of culture, the rise of magical thinking, the emboldening of violence and hate, the plagues of suicides, and the global upheaval caused by catastrophic climate change. These are just some of the physical manifestations of a society unravelling. Such ills presage a frightening reconfiguration of our lives--particularly in the face of our neighbour's degeneration as a world power.

Donald Trump rode this disenchantment to power. Hedges--who was unsurprised by Trump's victory--shows how neither the left nor the right are addressing the systemic problems. Until the corporate coup d'état is reversed, these diseases will grow and ravage the country. A humane cry for a decent future, this remarkable book is our wake-up call to reality.
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“The title says it all. In powerfully reported chapters—including ‘Decay’ (deindustrialization), ‘Heroin’ (the opioid epidemic), ‘Sadism’ (the pornography-industrial complex), and ‘Hate’ (racism)—Hedges talks to the most oppressed and dispossessed citizens of an empire he thinks has not much more than a decade of life left.” —Maclean’s

“Hedges flatly asserts that the nation named the United States of America is in its death throes. . . . He is a respected mind. . . . Hedges is trying to rally the troops to salvation.” —Winnipeg Free Press

“In this no-holds-barred book, Hedges covers an America in crisis—from the opioid crisis to the current political situation, joblessness, breakdown of communities and more. A depressing, important read.” —New York Post

“This is a difficult book to read. Brace yourself. Then read it. The things of which [Hedges] speaks are things that we should know and understand.” —WYSO (Ohio)

“[O]ffers the reader an unsentimental and brilliant diagnosis of our ongoing national malaise, and it goes off in your face like a truth-bomb—you want to look away, but you can’t, and dare not. . . . An unflinching look at the ‘corporate coup d’etat’ that has all but gutted the civic and economic structures of the United States, pushing the country toward inevitable collapse. Not one to pull punches, [Hedges] combines ground-zero investigative reporting with high-octane analysis to detail the disaster that has befallen us and its effects in terms of very real human suffering—rampant drug addiction, prostitution and gambling, to chronic poverty, the loss of manufacturing jobs and the rise of hate groups. . . . It’s a tough book to read, but absolutely vital.” —Eugene Weekly

“Chris Hedges wants us to face realities. Our society is unraveling, institutionally and structurally, and is being replaced by the corporate state of merging big business and government. Commercialism overwhelms civic values, impoverishes its subjects, and reaches into childhoods, bypassing parental authority. Poverty, addiction, gambling, and hopelessness spread like epidemics. Only we the people can reverse the disintegration of democracy by plutocracy. . . . Chris Hedges depicts the horrifying truths on the ground from which resistance rises to jolt us into an active, realizable culture of reconstruction.” —Ralph Nader

“Chris Hedges is perhaps today’s most important public intellectual, and America, The Farewell Tour is perhaps his most important book. If we as a society are able to move past our current ‘sickness unto death,’ as Kierkegaard put it, it will be in great measure thanks to books like this one.” —Derrick Jensen, author of The Culture of Make Believe
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very interesting take on America society today and what is possible in the near future

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I was enrapt for several days, dominated by a looming sense of despair and anxiety. It would seem to me that I was enlightened. I am unfortunately, not literate enough to say that with certainty. Still, all things said, good shit.

Good, although I know little of the subjects

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Sometimes when one is watching the news, or engrossed in life, one can forget the enormity of our issues here on our planet, both locally, and globally. Chris Hedges' new book is a depressingly detailed account of the misfortunes plaguing a large amount of "everyday" Americans who have been let-down or betrayed by their elected officials. It tackles a myriad of issues through many of the facets of everyday life that, once examined, are appalling to anyone of a decent nature. His detailed reporting of those who are a countdown to the collapse of society (stockpiling arms), to the abuse present in the porn industry, to the ruined cities left by deindustrialization, and, the general effects it has had on the populations provide a light on situations and people who are not present in the general depictions and stories of America. For those who want an accounting of the sad situations present in modern day America, this is the book for you, though you might come of it a bit more jaded then when you began it, or, hopefully, more resolute and determined to make a better world for everybody in the future. #Audible1 presents the book in with an outstanding reader who allows you to devour the text effortlessly.

A detailed depiction of modern day America

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The writer says that all porn leads to child porn and promotes torchure related bdsm.

makes too many unrelated leaps

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Could you not find a narrator without a cold? I was so looking forward to this book! Now I'm fighting to get through it!!

Why!! This narrators voice is literally killing m!

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