![]() ![]() In passing, churches act as supports to working people in West Virginia, Camden and Florida (as well as Eastern Europe) even as they seem to harm Native Americans and lack any role in the story of the salvation they may just hope for from the Occupy Movement. In the midst of this unsentimental storytelling, the reader comes across traces of Christian faith. Indeed, many of the sacrificed souls whose stories he chronicles have no choice but to remain economically engaged even if they are traditionally politically disengaged. Some of Hedges own examples remain engaged and do not seek to “disconnect as thoroughly as possible from the consumer society” (266) and “defy all formal systems of power” (267). Still by eschewing regular politics as hopelessly corrupt, will Hedges accept responsibility for his electoral fruit? As much as one may agree with significant aspects of Hedges’ critique of capitalism as it is enabled by both major political parties and their “carnival act” (267), the question remains: is it disingenuously Gnostic for a critic to rely on the proper consciousness about capitalism while denigrating the efforts of those who continue to speak to all sides as they seek to bring all along in community? Hedges himself positively portrays the hellraising West Virginia liberal former congressman Ken Hechler, so perhaps some role remains for those fighting within the system. ![]() – Chris Hedges / Joe Sacco – Days of Destruction ![]()
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