we saw that it was the spring of the great writers on till the tears and as some, karl popper, fritz stern used despair as the starting point that drives people into these very threatening movements and i think that the spirit is very prevalent within american society and very dangerous. >> in the 2005 book closing poses on the freeway the ten commandments of america mr. hedges rights we watch passively as the wealthy end of the elite, the corporations ruin the environment to fraga consumers and taxpayers and create an exclusive american oligarchy that fuses wealth and political power. we watch passively because we believe we can enter the club. it is agreed that keeps us silent. souci and los angeles. good afternoon. >> i want to thank you for your thoughts in the book. they are very deep and they really open many of our minds to the important concept and you try at least in the observation for a lot of deep thought and objective reality. i was troubled however in the area when you talk about the middle east because you talk about your history in terms of knowing arabic by riss thundering