Chris Hedges

"War keeps a nation from 'getting soft ' " The following is a quote from the book War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges. The book is about how war “seduces not just those on the front lines but entire societies, and in this book it is explained that war is required for a nation to stay strong, ‘It gives us purpose, meaning, a reason for living.’ ” (http://rockethics.psu.edu/events/war-is-a-force-that-gives-us-meaning); but this way of thinking about war is false. As best said by…

The United States has become infamous around the world for several reasons in the 21st century. Perhaps one of the reasons that is least talked about is the one that sits right beneath the nose of every citizen in the country. The reason being the overwhelming number of people currently incarcerated in the United States jail system. The United States and all of her citizens account for less than 5% of the world’s population. This being said it seems strange that the United States also accounts…

Authentic or Maybe Just Cunning “The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore….” A passage from the “Empire of Illusion” by Chris Hedges supports the claim that “ an essential skill… is artifice”. In a political and consumer culture, artifice is essential to becoming well known and successful. Yes, many people make up narratives and stories with facts to appeal to have the qualities needed to obtain power. However, it is not appropriate to use this…

Analytical Essay: Patriotic Right to Criticism Criticism of one’s nation, including the criticism of its actions in war, is an essential right of every American as it’s the basis of democratic change in this nation. Several of the actions and policies enacted by the United States were due to the actions of patriotic, influential individuals who criticized their own nation. Typically, these individuals criticized the U.S. for its own betterment. However, there are others who may argue that it’s…

Background of The Royal Bank of Scotland The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was founded in 1727. It was one of the retail banking subsidiaries of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS Group) and also the second bank operated in Scotland beside the Bank of Scotland, which was founded in 1695. The growing of Royal Bank of Scotland was significantly good especially between 18th to 19th century. RBS mainly operated as a retail banking that provides banking services for personal, business as well as…

The act named after Paul Volcker, who was the Chair of the Federal Reserve in the 1980s. Basically the act said that banks are prohibited from getting involved with hedge funds or private equity firms because those businesses have too much risk. Essentially the act denies banks access to certain revenues to raise money that is deemed to high risk. It is argued that with less employees making revenue and small banks…

An epigraph appearing at the start of The Hurt Locker states ‘The rush of battle is often potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug’ – Chris Hedges, this quote sets the scene for the movie as we see the negative consequences that war has on the people involved. Kathryn Bigelow has directed the two war films, The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty in which she has a very clear style which can be analysed to make meaning of the texts. Both texts explore the idea of voyeurism and are focussed on…

of education as being an equal institute for all children to blossom in and reach their full potential, but in reality this is nowhere near the truth. The children of the executive elite parents in very high level positions, such a hedge fund traders and managers, private equity associates and executives, venture capitalists, investment bankers, chief executive officers, specialist surgeons, law firm owners and partners and business owners. These children are born and breed to…

These agencies and their “varying rules and standards led to certain entities not being regulated at all, with others subject to less oversight than their peer financial firms organized under different charters” (Morrison & Foerster, 2010, p. 6). After the financial crisis, analysts pointed to the “many regulatory failures” and gaps in oversight as the reason unethical and illegal practices were overlooked or ignored (Madrick, 2010, para. 3). As a result, the provisions set out by…