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The Mafia State
Hedges, Chris
http://scheerpost.com/2025/02/16/chris-hedges-the-mafia-state/Date Written: 2025-02-16 Publisher: ScheerPost Year Published: 2025 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX25354 Chris Hedges argues that mafia capitalism, the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, has turned the US into a mafia state, where the Trump administration and billionaires are centralizing authoritarian power and wealth, leading the US empire into its final stage of decay. Abstract: - Excerpt: The mafia state cannot be reformed. We must organize to break our chains, one-by-one, to use the power of the strike to cripple the state machinery. We must embrace a radical militancy, one that offers a new vision and a new social structure. We must hold fast to moral imperatives. We must forgive mortgage and student debt, institute universal health care and break up monopolies. We must raise the minimum wage and end the squandering of resources and funds to sustain the empire and the war industry. We must establish a nationwide jobs program to rebuild the country’s collapsing infrastructure. We must nationalize the banks, pharmaceutical corporations, military contractors and transportation and embrace environmentally sustainable energy sources. Subject Headings |