I'm Bill Moyers. It's good to have your ear. This week on Morris & Company,

we talk about zombie politics and culture, what the living dead are doing to democracy.

The scholar and social critic Henry Giroux is my guest.

What's at stake here is not just the fact that you have rich people who now control the economy

and all the commanding institutions of society.

What you have is basically a transgression against the very basic ideals of democracy.

I mean, it's hard to imagine life beyond capitalism.

You know, it's easier to imagine the death of the planet than it is to imagine the death of capitalism.

And a farewell tribute to Nobel novelist Norris Lessing.

I think we might have a limited effect on a small number of people.

But you keep writing.

Yes, I do. I have to.

Thanks for joining us.

Thank you. Yes, I do. I have to. Thanks for joining us. A very wise teacher once told us, if you want to change the world, change the metaphor.

Then he gave us some of his favorite examples.

You think of language differently, he said.

If you think of words pregnant with celestial

fire, or words that weep and tears that speak. Of course, the heart doesn't physically separate

into pieces when we lose someone we love, but a broken heart conveys the depth of loss.

And if I say you are the apple of my eye,

you know how special you are in my sight. In other words, metaphors cleanse the lens of

perception and give us a fresh take on reality. In other words. Recently, I read a book and saw a film

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