Bill Moyers interviews author Chris Hedges on his book The Days of Destruction which starkly portraits poverty and despair through invisible communities. These areas include Camden, New Jersey, Ping Ridge, South Dakota and Immokalle Florida; all three of these areas have been destroyed for profit by large corporations. Hedges emphasize that these “sacrifice zones” will spread out through the country due to corporations believing people are commodities. Areas become sacrifice zones because the money corporations earn are not funneled back into the communities when resources are extracted. Additionally, Hedges concedes manufacturing is vital to the country’s health - economy, cohesion of society however it is poisoning our environment. Corporations
