As Chris Hedges has implied on multiple occasions, the revolution is well on its way:
"I have seen my share of revolts, insurgencies and revolutions, from the guerrilla conflicts in the 1980s in Central America to the civil wars in Algeria, the Sudan and Yemen, to the Palestinian uprising to the revolutions in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania as well as the wars in the former Yugoslavia. George Orwell wrote that all tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but that once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force. We have now entered the era of naked force. The vast million-person bureaucracy of the internal security and surveillance state will not be used to stop terrorism but to try and stop us.""All of that has been used to essentially, in this reconfiguration of American society... into an oligarchic state, a neofeudalistic state - you criminalize dissent, because they know very well what's coming, as they reduce roughly two-thirds of this country to subsistence level."
"All of that has been used to essentially, in this reconfiguration of American society... into an oligarchic state, a neofeudalistic state - you criminalize dissent, because they know very well what's coming, as they reduce roughly two-thirds of this country to subsistence level."
The most revealing feature of our current economic and political model that points to a systematic failure is how the banks have been able to commit and profit from the most heinous crimes without being held accountable, while individuals have been relentlessly hounded for the most minor of infractions. Our society is full of such stories, from banks getting a slap on the wrist for laundering money for drug lords and terrorists while quadriplegics are arrested for smoking a joint and left to suffocate and die in prison, to our leaders having private hit lists and rebranding civilians as combatants and terrorists while peaceful civilians are incarcerated without being charged for any crime just because they refuse to take part in a witch-hunt.
Our current economic and political system is a joke and the latest victim of this corrupt system is Aaron Swartz. What Aaron accomplished by the time of his death at the tender age of 26 was astonishing, and the events that led to his final decision to take his own life will make your blood boil. The following two videos provide detailed information on what took place and who Aaron was. Keep this information in mind because the story of Aaron Swartz is very similar to that of Mohamed Bouazizi, the catalyst the gave birth to the Arab Spring.
"An Incredible Soul": Lawrence Lessig Remembers Aaron Swartz After Leading Cyberactivist's Suicide
Reader Comments
I hope that people don't forget that it took one dedicated soul to make a difference and get the ball rolling against the juggernauts of corporate control.
I hope that more people come forward and take up the fantastic work he did - at every juncture where it is needed. And it is needed big time with all the rights that are being systematically taken away in front of everyone's eyes.
I hope that the gauntlet he left us and the example he showed as to how IT CAN BE DONE is heard and acted upon.
I hope that all his brave and incredible work is not wasted and that he did not die for nothing - he already left us the legacy of continued freedom of the internet - although countries are still trying to prevent that freedom.
I hope there are more 'incredible souls' who realize that together we can make a difference. #The David to the Goliaths.
Anything is possible unless it is illogical - Theoretical-Mathematical Physicist, Arkadiusz Jadczyk
RIP Aaron Swartz