The split in America, rather than simply economic, is between those who embrace reason, who function in the real world of cause and effect, and those who, numbed by isolation and despair, now seek meaning in a mythical world of intuition, a world that is no longer reality-based, a world of magic.

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His newspaper The New York Times criticized his statements and issued him a formal reprimand for "public remarks that could undermine public trust in the paper's impartiality.

He spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America the Middle East Africa and the Balkans. Chris Hedges is currently a senior fellow at The Nation Institute in New York City. He has taught at Columbia University New York University Princeton University and The University of Toronto.