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No other institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy so effectively.
Regardless of the outcome, the U.S. election will not stop the rise of hyper-nationalism, crisis cults and other signs of an empire’s terminal decline, writes Chris Hedges.