The Mafia State

Chris Hedges is a Truthdig columnist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a New York Times best-selling author and in my opinion a very important critical voice.  He write:

Systems of governance that are seized by a tiny cabal become mafia states. The early years—Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton in the United States—are marked by promises that the pillage will benefit everyone. The later years—George W. Bush and Barack Obama—are marked by declarations that things are getting better even though they are getting worse. The final years—Donald Trump—see the lunatic trolls, hedge fund parasites, con artists, conspiracy theorists and criminals drop all pretense and carry out an orgy of looting and corruption.

Yep, pretty accurate history of what happened.

Just for you edification I found a (so called) History Channel video that is just an over-the-top fearmongering anti-Russian screed entitled The Russian Mafia: A World History, as if the Mafia State is not already happening here in plain sight. Give it a whirl as just a guilty pleasure but there is no real value (or history) in it. 

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-mafia-state/