Chris Hedges: Papering over the rot

staggering concentration

The staggering concentration of wealth at the top has deformed our governing institutions — new window dressing will not end oligarchy.

The death spiral of the American Empire will not be halted with civility. It will not be halted with the 42 executive orders signed by Joe Biden, however welcome many are, especially since they can, with a new chief executive, be immediately revoked. It will not be halted by removing Donald Trump, and the crackpot conspiracy theorists, Christian fascists and racists who support him, from social media. It will not be halted by locking up the Proud Boys and the clueless protesters who stormed the Congress on January 6 and took selfies in Mike Pence’s Senate chair.

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