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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3932161" data-attributes="member: 56035">ralph nader appears at the end of a rage against the machine video directed by michael moore, who used to be very honest but starting with sicko became more compromised.&nbsp; michael moore also referred me to chris hedges.&nbsp; i think they are both critics of commercialism.&nbsp; ralph nader and chris hedges frequently refer to each other.&nbsp; ralph is responsible for most of the consumer protections americans enjoy.&nbsp; chris hedges says no one fights / understands corporate power like ralph.&nbsp; they are both pro worker coop and pro democracy.&nbsp; ralph and chris hedges have no ads on their blogs and i think both of their websites are by donation, which i think is the best model of journalism.&nbsp; ive also seen interview with the editor of truth dig (chris hedges blog is posted there) robert scheer and he seems honest as well.so yea thats what i try and do is have a reference system, by donation, and partly what my gut tells me, and who do they do interviews with.&nbsp; for example chris hedges has done speeches with cornel west, who was in the matrix trilogy, etc.if you look at the back cover of chris hedges death of the liberal class in 2009, hes sorta predicted whats happened now with the election of donald trump and probably the more overt fascist who follows after.and i think these times are quite hopeless, im not optimistic about the long term plans of the human species, so id agree with anyone who also has a dark outlook.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3932161, member: 56035"] ralph nader appears at the end of a rage against the machine video directed by michael moore, who used to be very honest but starting with sicko became more compromised. michael moore also referred me to chris hedges. i think they are both critics of commercialism. ralph nader and chris hedges frequently refer to each other. ralph is responsible for most of the consumer protections americans enjoy. chris hedges says no one fights / understands corporate power like ralph. they are both pro worker coop and pro democracy. ralph and chris hedges have no ads on their blogs and i think both of their websites are by donation, which i think is the best model of journalism. ive also seen interview with the editor of truth dig (chris hedges blog is posted there) robert scheer and he seems honest as well. so yea thats what i try and do is have a reference system, by donation, and partly what my gut tells me, and who do they do interviews with. for example chris hedges has done speeches with cornel west, who was in the matrix trilogy, etc. if you look at the back cover of chris hedges death of the liberal class in 2009, hes sorta predicted whats happened now with the election of donald trump and probably the more overt fascist who follows after. and i think these times are quite hopeless, im not optimistic about the long term plans of the human species, so id agree with anyone who also has a dark outlook. [/QUOTE]

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