America’s Suicide Pact - Read by Eunice Wong

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Eunice Wong reads an article discussing the internal collapse of civilizations and the role of the ruling class in America's decline.

This article is read by Eunice Wong. You can find her work at www.eunicewong.actor . Text originally published May 8, 2026. The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Full Text: Civilizations, as the historian Arnold J. Toynbee famously argued, “die from suicide, not by murder.” They collapse from within. They fall prey to moral, social and spiritual decay. They are seized by a parasitic ruling class. Democratic institutions seize up. The citizenry is immiserated, wealth is funneled upwards to the ruling class and coercion is the principle form of control. Our suicidal march began long before Donald Trump and his bizarre court of buffoons, sycophants, grifters and Christian fascists took power. It began when the ruling class, especially under the Reagan and Clinton administrations, set out to harvest the country and empire for personal profit. There is a word for these people. Traitors. These traitors, ensconced in the leadership of the two ruling parties, stripped us of assets and power slowly. They used subterfuge, lies and legalized bribery. They pretended to honor electoral…

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Host: Chris Hedges

Guest: Eunice Wong

Topics covered

• civilization collapse
• moral decay
• political critique
• wealth inequality
• democratic institutions

Keywords

• civilization
• moral decay
• politics
• wealth inequality
• democracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Chris Hedges Report, Reagan, Clinton, Supreme Court, Congress

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