Saturday, June 5, 2010

Revenge of the Zombies: Palin, Beck, Limbaugh and the Return of Dark Times

by Henry A. Giroux from Truthout. This author is a truly gifted writer and keen observer of the cultural wreckage that "casino capitalism" has inflicted upon the US.
A casino capitalist zombie politics views competition as a form of social combat, celebrates war as an extension of politics and legitimates a ruthless social Darwinism in which particular individuals and groups are considered simply redundant, disposable - nothing more than human waste left to stew in their own misfortune - easy prey for the zombies who have a ravenous appetite for chaos and revel in apocalyptic visions filled with destruction, decay, abandoned houses, burned out cars, guttered landscapes and trashed gas stations.