After reading the fluid and lyrical essay “The Destruction of Culture” by Chris Hedges, it’s hard to believe everything that has been taught about America’s past endeavors is one hundred percent true. Hedges passionately conveys a message that many may know but only few understand through displaying contradicting messages taught world wide and exposing the twisted process cultures are slyly forced through to create the ideal for a successful war. He explains how the hatred and intolerance that ignites a war is often a spectacle taught to us, and not a tangible feeling that surfaces the reasoning for war. He also puts into words the process of culture and art being sculpted into an appropriate myth to fit a country's desires. Culture and art
