In this week’s Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:
- Epstein as a case study
- Having departed so far from our values, what is our national identity now?
- Our political, judicial, media, education and financial systems are captive to special interests
- Where do we go from here?
Sometimes, when the news is breaking fast & furious, content we create gets back-burnered for more time-sensitive material. And when we’re able, we bring it out to give it the sunlight it deserves.
This conversation between Chris and Charles Hugh Smith, recorded a month ago, is one of them. It’s a no-holes-barred exploration of today’s culture, which appears to be drifting far from the values that used to serve as the foundation for society. As Charles asks below, in a society where trust has been eroded and prosperity is out of reach for all but the top 1%, who are we?
We are experiencing the erosion of any meaningful national identity because everything that we proclaim to value has been undermined, denigrated, marginalized or refuted.
What is our national identity now?
It looks like there’s really nothing left that’s actually true. That’s a devastating indictment.
What happens to a nation state when everybody knows the national identity is completely bogus and basically just benefits the few
by snydeman 
