Constitutional rights are minor inconveniences, noisome chatter, flies to be batted away on the steady road to despotism. And no one, not the courts, not the press, not the gutless Democratic opposition, not a compliant and passive citizenry hypnotized by tawdry television spectacles and celebrity gossip, seems capable of stopping the process. Those in power know this. We, too, might as well know it.
A cogent clarion call of danger "on the steady road to despotism". Chris Hedges contributes to TruthDig's latest edition and it is vital to read and absorb. We are all aware, some less vaguely than others, but articles like this provide a clean, clear focus.
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