Who is Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British-American author and journalist who wrote or edited over 30 books (including five essay collections) on culture, politics, and literature. Hitchens originally described himself as a democratic socialist, and he was a member of various socialist organisations throughout his life, including the International Socialists. Hitchens eventually stopped describing himself as a socialist, but he continued to admire (at least in principle based upon his columns) Marxism, referencing Marx's materialist conception of history. Hitchens was very critical of aspects of American foreign policy, such as American involvement in war crimes in Vietnam, Chile, and East Timor. However, he also supported the United States in the Kosovo W...
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Christopher Hitchens Quotes

• I think the materialist conception of history is valid.
• And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.
• The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home.
• The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.
• A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope.

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Comments about Christopher Hitchens

• Michaelkhimu: “when people have tried everything and have discovered that nothing works, they will tend to revert to what they know best—which will often be the tribe, the totem, or the taboo.” ― christopher hitchens
• Houzzinspector: dineshdsouza: one of the things i remember the late christopher hitchens saying is that leftists, especially leftist gender activists, are the most intolerant people in america, and the 2nd most intolerant worldwide, just behind islamic radicals. any question that he was right?
• Veradrew22: saying “wes anderson movies all look the same” in 2023 is the same as saying “my favorite author is christopher hitchens” and “die hard is my favorite xmas movie” in 2023.
• Funandnormal: it's interesting when celebs publicly grapple with the end. i always liked christopher hitchens' take, which was basically "i didn't exist before i was born either, and i dont remember being bothered by that"
• Luqmanitsnan: "the essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks." - christopher hitchens

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