Empire of Illusion

Chris Hedges

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Chapter 4

  • "And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny." —ALDOUS HUXLEY
  • life. The data suggest that positive emotions have less to do with material resources than we might think; it's really about your attitude and approach to your circumstances." This flight into self-delusion is no more helpful in solving real problems than alchemy. But it is very effective in keeping people from questioning the structures around them that are responsible for their misery. Positive Psychology gives an academic patina to fantasy.

IV - The Illusion of Happiness

  • It throws a smokescreen over corporate domination, abuse, and greed. Those who preach it serve the corporate leviathan.