Chris Hedges and Poet Linh Dinh on the ‘Irrevocable Decline of the American Empire’ (Video)
The U.S. is a poor country, and Americans "refuse to see that," Dinh (pictured on right) argues in a conversation with the Truthdig columnist during a new episode of "On Contact."
People refuse to see that the United States is a poor country, Linh Dinh tells Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges in a new episode of “On Contact.” The poet continues, “We only look good because of our military might, but this farce cannot go on forever.”
— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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