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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 1658322" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>my generation is a major sucker for excess positivity:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Be the first to learn about new releases!</p><p>Start by following Chris Hedges.</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/new?remember=true&return_url=%2Fauthor%2Fquotes%2F15438.Chris_Hedges" target="_blank">Follow Author</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15438.Chris_Hedges" target="_blank"><img src="https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1273339351p2/15438.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15438.Chris_Hedges" target="_blank">Chris Hedges</a> > Quotes </strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Chris Hedges quotes (showing 1-30 of 107) </strong></span></p><p>“Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality, are seen as maladjusted and in need of assistance. Their attitudes need correction. Once we adopt an upbeat vision of reality, positive things will happen. This belief encourages us to flee from reality when reality does not elicit positive feelings. These specialists in "happiness" have formulated something they call the "Law of Attraction." It argues that we attract those things in life, whether it is money, relationships or employment, which we focus on. Suddenly, abused and battered wives or children, the unemployed, the depressed and mentally ill, the illiterate, the lonely, those grieving for lost loved ones, those crushed by poverty, the terminally ill, those fighting with addictions, those suffering from trauma, those trapped in menial and poorly paid jobs, those whose homes are in foreclosure or who are filing for bankruptcy because they cannot pay their medical bills, are to blame for their negativity. The ideology justifies the cruelty of unfettered capitalism, shifting the blame from the power elite to those they oppress. And many of us have internalized this pernicious message, which in times of difficulty leads to personal despair, passivity and disillusionment.” </p><p>― <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15438.Chris_Hedges" target="_blank">Chris Hedges</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 1658322, member: 56035"] my generation is a major sucker for excess positivity: Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Be the first to learn about new releases! Start by following Chris Hedges. [URL='https://www.goodreads.com/user/new?remember=true&return_url=%2Fauthor%2Fquotes%2F15438.Chris_Hedges']Follow Author[/URL] [SIZE=6][B] [URL='https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15438.Chris_Hedges'][IMG]https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1273339351p2/15438.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15438.Chris_Hedges']Chris Hedges[/URL] > Quotes [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]Chris Hedges quotes (showing 1-30 of 107) [/B][/SIZE] “Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality, are seen as maladjusted and in need of assistance. Their attitudes need correction. Once we adopt an upbeat vision of reality, positive things will happen. This belief encourages us to flee from reality when reality does not elicit positive feelings. These specialists in "happiness" have formulated something they call the "Law of Attraction." It argues that we attract those things in life, whether it is money, relationships or employment, which we focus on. Suddenly, abused and battered wives or children, the unemployed, the depressed and mentally ill, the illiterate, the lonely, those grieving for lost loved ones, those crushed by poverty, the terminally ill, those fighting with addictions, those suffering from trauma, those trapped in menial and poorly paid jobs, those whose homes are in foreclosure or who are filing for bankruptcy because they cannot pay their medical bills, are to blame for their negativity. The ideology justifies the cruelty of unfettered capitalism, shifting the blame from the power elite to those they oppress. And many of us have internalized this pernicious message, which in times of difficulty leads to personal despair, passivity and disillusionment.” ― [URL='https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15438.Chris_Hedges']Chris Hedges[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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