⏱️ Timestamps by TimeSkip ⏱️ 00:00:00 - Introduction to Majority Report 00:01:55 - January 6, 2024 News Overview 00:03:29 - New York City Congestion Pricing Launch 00:05:06 - Discussion on Failed Coup Anniversary 00:06:44 - Mike Johnson's Speakership Win 00:11:09 - Reconciliation Bills Explained 00:13:00 - Trump's Influence on Legislation 00:17:24 - Liquid IV Sponsorship Message 00:20:10 - What is Delete Me? 00:22:54 - GiveWell Overview 00:26:34 - Nathan J Robinson Introduction 00:30:10 - Discussing American Idealism 00:36:41 - The Myth of American Goodness 00:40:03 - US Hegemony and the Mafia Doctrine 00:43:13 - Precedent Setting in Policy Making 00:46:24 - The Gulf War and Public Perception 00:52:53 - US Interests vs Corporate Interests 00:58:01 - Chomsky on China and US Relations 01:00:12 - Understanding Defensive Perceptions 01:02:33 - Taiwan's Democracy vs. US Interests 01:05:12 - Optimism in Social Movements 01:09:46 - Chomsky's Perspective on Hope 01:12:06 - Conclusion: The Path Forward
This crap with putting all kinds of u related things in one bill is bull shit. Everything should be voted on individually and written in everyday english so it can be understood by people that didn’t take college writing and so we know where we stand with our “representatives”.
You are right but it would be difficult to define the parameters of what is and is not related. Take for example a federal infrastructure bill, some would argue maybe successfully that schools are 'unrelated'. Meanwhile several standalone bills may not all pass and hinder significantly the goal of the otherwise singular bill.
Does anyone know how they were able to access / select those us state department memos? Where are those being released? I’m interested in reading more of those
Notes and Quotes: 31:20 Chomsky foreign policy critique. Claims of Noble Idealism in foreign policy does not match powerful industry’s goals for power. ***33:08 American People vs American Powerful. Govt does a lot of bad things in secret cause population is horrified and anti-war 36:35 USA is not uniquely bad, but typically bad. Just more powerful. Powerful mythology about US goodness in the world. ***40:15 Chomsky says that a lot of Rhetoric from internal planning documents and memos are Not concerned with democracy or people, it’s about US Power. Public speeches are a facade all about helping people. 43:35 Mafia politics, Violence/breaks legs not because he needs the money, but because it sets a precedent that other countries can defy the US. Must show with extreme violence what happens if you defy the US. 46:20 Celebration of American’s reluctance to go to war had ended. 46:45 Saddam Hussein didn’t know the US would react badly. ***48:44 Sam: “People forget we (United States) supported Saddam Hussein in his war against Iran to the point where there’s photos of Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands, when Donald Rumsfeld was CEO I think of a chemical arms dealer, manufacturer. We provided chemical weapons for Saddam Hussein that he ultimately used against Kurds up there but also in his war on Iran. And the idea was like, okay this is going to help our hegemony as a bulwark against Iran. When Glaspie (April) went to meet with Hussein who was like, do you have a problem with my invasion of Kuwait? She’s like, we don’t get involved in this, which sent basically, the signal of like, it’s up to you. Do we have a better understanding of what this dynamic is at this point? Nathan: When she went to meet with Hussein he didn’t say he was going to invade Kuwait. But the quote was, that the United States have no opinion on Arab/Arab conflict, like your border disagreement with Kuwait. The issue is not associated with America. All that we hope is that these issues are solved quickly. Which supposedly Hussein interpreted to mean that the United States would not react if he invaded Kuwait. There’s even this quote that I’m not sure how good the sourcing on it is, but allegedly when he was interrogated he said, after being captured, if you hadn’t wanted me to invade you should have just told me that you didn’t want me to invade Kuwait. It’s certainly true, I think we know for certain that the United States did not send a strong signal to Saddam Hussein before the invasion of Kuwait that it would object forcefully to this. And that after the invasion of Kuwait the United States shut down possible diplomatic opportunities which we recount in the book. And as you mentioned, the record of U.S. support for Saddam Hussein which we did up until the invasion of Kuwait was really, really atrocious. What we did was, as Saddam Hussein was committing some of the worst crimes in the history of the 20th century, in the use of chemical weapons against the Iranian population, we were concealing the evidence and in fact, helping him, and making sure that the U.N. didn’t find out that he was doing this, and casting doubt on the existing evidence that he was chemical weapons. Because, as you say, at that point Saddam was considered to be useful. But then he got too big for his britches and he needed to be taught a lesson. Again, where’s the idealism? There’s the mask of idealism. The Gulf War is couched in idealistic rhetoric. But Saddam’s worst crimes were done during the era of U.S. support. And then there’s no accountability for those who supported him. And in fact, the craziest fact to me is that Bush, we’re always told that they didn’t find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But that is not strictly true. They found some weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But they didn’t publicize it because they were weapons from the era where we’d been supporting Saddam. And we didn’t want to have to discuss that. Sam: That we gave it to him.
***56:20 Nathan: The United States overthrew the government in Guatemala during Eisenhower Administration after it threatened profits of the United Fruit Company. Then it plunged Guatemala into half a century of horrible civil war and genocide. And then we wonder why there are so many Central American migrants coming into the United States because we’re not told about any of the things we actually did. The same in Iran at the same time. The Iranians moved to nationalize oil production so that they could benefit from their own resources and we (USA) overthrew their government, or worked with elements in Iranian society to overthrow their government, install a horrible military dictatorship, and created the massive anti-American sentiment that persists in Iran to this day, and it’s the source of major global conflict. One of the important points is that we’re only told about the crimes of others. We’re not told about any of the things that we do that cause backlash and response. That was one of Chomsky’s main points after the 9-11 attacks.
Someone in the live chat asked the question “so is Judaism a race that all share local lineage like Palestinians.” And I answered “No, Judaism is a religion not a race. Anyone can convert to Judaism.” And one of the mods banned me from commenting in the live chat for answering that question.
nah none of that is true. yasmin nair wrote a full account of what happened and it’s nothing like that. no one tried to start a union or a co-op. they had like five employees. literally. micro company. and actually some of those people weren’t actually employees. at that point in 2018 they weren’t structured. and that apparently was the problem. lawyers were saying you need to outline a operating framework, there were disagreements, then people left. that’s basically it. it just got picked up and turned into some tabloid bs but it’s much more mundane. funny thing cuz the same thing basically happened to me in my company right around the same time.
Interesting how you can just claim something is a reconciliation bill, dismiss the parliamentarian and wow, you haven't killed the filibuster, even though you did. but you get to say you didn't, and Democrats wouldn't push back, and would never try to do the same thing.
The LD50 of splenda converted to a 70kg human is the equivalent of eating 1.5 pounds. That means some freethinking justdoingasI'mtold force fed the human sized equivalent of a pound and a half of the stuff to figure out the amount of splenda that causes acute toxicity. Nevermind the long lasting effects of needing ozempic🎉
Japan did jot think it was under attack by the US or China when it invaded these places. Why do these chomsky sycophants feel the need to be absurd on these unnecessary long shots. Chomsky had tons of valid points, but this guy just loses me in his first minute or two.
The point was about rhetoric that an aggressor state sells to its people. e.g . that a war is necessary in defence of the people's interests, to defend against corrupt, foreign powers, to defend against foreign powers that seek to dominate, etc.
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will” that’s pretty gangster ngl
⏱️ Timestamps by TimeSkip ⏱️
00:00:00 - Introduction to Majority Report
00:01:55 - January 6, 2024 News Overview
00:03:29 - New York City Congestion Pricing Launch
00:05:06 - Discussion on Failed Coup Anniversary
00:06:44 - Mike Johnson's Speakership Win
00:11:09 - Reconciliation Bills Explained
00:13:00 - Trump's Influence on Legislation
00:17:24 - Liquid IV Sponsorship Message
00:20:10 - What is Delete Me?
00:22:54 - GiveWell Overview
00:26:34 - Nathan J Robinson Introduction
00:30:10 - Discussing American Idealism
00:36:41 - The Myth of American Goodness
00:40:03 - US Hegemony and the Mafia Doctrine
00:43:13 - Precedent Setting in Policy Making
00:46:24 - The Gulf War and Public Perception
00:52:53 - US Interests vs Corporate Interests
00:58:01 - Chomsky on China and US Relations
01:00:12 - Understanding Defensive Perceptions
01:02:33 - Taiwan's Democracy vs. US Interests
01:05:12 - Optimism in Social Movements
01:09:46 - Chomsky's Perspective on Hope
01:12:06 - Conclusion: The Path Forward
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Nathan Robinson would be a great counter to C. Kirk, he has a very similar speech pattern to Charlie. They should debate each other
Surge pricing in NYC is insane
I recently bought Noah Chomskys' book for a think piece I'm doing. Can't wait to read it!
I'm sure there'll be a lot of food for thought there.
rest in power brother michael, stub is rarely first, left is best
Stub is best.
@@Philbert-s2cWhat is stub?
This crap with putting all kinds of u related things in one bill is bull shit. Everything should be voted on individually and written in everyday english so it can be understood by people that didn’t take college writing and so we know where we stand with our “representatives”.
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Omnibus bills are bs
You are right but it would be difficult to define the parameters of what is and is not related. Take for example a federal infrastructure bill, some would argue maybe successfully that schools are 'unrelated'. Meanwhile several standalone bills may not all pass and hinder significantly the goal of the otherwise singular bill.
These monsters are trying to gamble our retirement savings away. Contact your representatives. Tell them do not vote on either of these bills.
EAT THE RICH!
Free Luigi
suspend the rich
Tax the rich.
Good catch on the year 2025
Due Dissidence: Last Dance for the Liberal Class
Does anyone know how they were able to access / select those us state department memos? Where are those being released? I’m interested in reading more of those
Notes and Quotes:
31:20 Chomsky foreign policy critique. Claims of Noble Idealism in foreign policy does not match powerful industry’s goals for power.
***33:08 American People vs American Powerful. Govt does a lot of bad things in secret cause population is horrified and anti-war
36:35 USA is not uniquely bad, but typically bad. Just more powerful. Powerful mythology about US goodness in the world.
***40:15 Chomsky says that a lot of Rhetoric from internal planning documents and memos are Not concerned with democracy or people, it’s about US Power. Public speeches are a facade all about helping people.
43:35 Mafia politics, Violence/breaks legs not because he needs the money, but because it sets a precedent that other countries can defy the US. Must show with extreme violence what happens if you defy the US.
46:20 Celebration of American’s reluctance to go to war had ended.
46:45 Saddam Hussein didn’t know the US would react badly.
***48:44 Sam: “People forget we (United States) supported Saddam Hussein in his war against Iran to the point where there’s photos of Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands, when Donald Rumsfeld was CEO I think of a chemical arms dealer, manufacturer. We provided chemical weapons for Saddam Hussein that he ultimately used against Kurds up there but also in his war on Iran. And the idea was like, okay this is going to help our hegemony as a bulwark against Iran. When Glaspie (April) went to meet with Hussein who was like, do you have a problem with my invasion of Kuwait? She’s like, we don’t get involved in this, which sent basically, the signal of like, it’s up to you. Do we have a better understanding of what this dynamic is at this point?
Nathan: When she went to meet with Hussein he didn’t say he was going to invade Kuwait. But the quote was, that the United States have no opinion on Arab/Arab conflict, like your border disagreement with Kuwait. The issue is not associated with America. All that we hope is that these issues are solved quickly. Which supposedly Hussein interpreted to mean that the United States would not react if he invaded Kuwait.
There’s even this quote that I’m not sure how good the sourcing on it is, but allegedly when he was interrogated he said, after being captured, if you hadn’t wanted me to invade you should have just told me that you didn’t want me to invade Kuwait. It’s certainly true, I think we know for certain that the United States did not send a strong signal to Saddam Hussein before the invasion of Kuwait that it would object forcefully to this. And that after the invasion of Kuwait the United States shut down possible diplomatic opportunities which we recount in the book.
And as you mentioned, the record of U.S. support for Saddam Hussein which we did up until the invasion of Kuwait was really, really atrocious. What we did was, as Saddam Hussein was committing some of the worst crimes in the history of the 20th century, in the use of chemical weapons against the Iranian population, we were concealing the evidence and in fact, helping him, and making sure that the U.N. didn’t find out that he was doing this, and casting doubt on the existing evidence that he was chemical weapons. Because, as you say, at that point Saddam was considered to be useful. But then he got too big for his britches and he needed to be taught a lesson.
Again, where’s the idealism? There’s the mask of idealism. The Gulf War is couched in idealistic rhetoric. But Saddam’s worst crimes were done during the era of U.S. support. And then there’s no accountability for those who supported him. And in fact, the craziest fact to me is that Bush, we’re always told that they didn’t find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But that is not strictly true. They found some weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But they didn’t publicize it because they were weapons from the era where we’d been supporting Saddam. And we didn’t want to have to discuss that.
Sam: That we gave it to him.
***56:20 Nathan: The United States overthrew the government in Guatemala during Eisenhower Administration after it threatened profits of the United Fruit Company. Then it plunged Guatemala into half a century of horrible civil war and genocide. And then we wonder why there are so many Central American migrants coming into the United States because we’re not told about any of the things we actually did.
The same in Iran at the same time. The Iranians moved to nationalize oil production so that they could benefit from their own resources and we (USA) overthrew their government, or worked with elements in Iranian society to overthrow their government, install a horrible military dictatorship, and created the massive anti-American sentiment that persists in Iran to this day, and it’s the source of major global conflict.
One of the important points is that we’re only told about the crimes of others. We’re not told about any of the things that we do that cause backlash and response. That was one of Chomsky’s main points after the 9-11 attacks.
Tom Delay reference is WILD
It would be really awesome if you guys could bring on Norman Finkelstein if that’s a possibility. Or bring Zach Foster back on.
Norm just speaks so damn slow. Try listening to him at 1.75 speed.
Someone in the live chat asked the question “so is Judaism a race that all share local lineage like Palestinians.” And I answered “No, Judaism is a religion not a race. Anyone can convert to Judaism.” And one of the mods banned me from commenting in the live chat for answering that question.
Not of the mods?
@ Sorry I meant *one of** thanks for catching that!
Judaism is a cult
Mods can only time you out so it's not permanent
crazy things teh days
Nathan J Robinson and the myth of a union at Current Affairs!
nah none of that is true. yasmin nair wrote a full account of what happened and it’s nothing like that. no one tried to start a union or a co-op. they had like five employees. literally. micro company. and actually some of those people weren’t actually employees. at that point in 2018 they weren’t structured. and that apparently was the problem. lawyers were saying you need to outline a operating framework, there were disagreements, then people left. that’s basically it. it just got picked up and turned into some tabloid bs but it’s much more mundane.
funny thing cuz the same thing basically happened to me in my company right around the same time.
Left is best, comrades! Thanks for the show! 👍
Great interview!
Ordinary people have zero influence over foreign affairs.
Yep
Just say the word, Matt. It wasn't you who uttered it.
This is a great channel. Not crazy about the Batman TV show music though.
Then you sir are a barbarian...and probably not an Xer.
Someone get Sam the firecracker flavor it’s too good
Now now, Chomsky is great, but nobody gave him a hard time about his Russia/Ukraine comments because he criticized Putin and nothing else….
😮How can one get the SSI Cap lifted?😮
Sam Hyde: Dear Elon
Left is best
Won't someone think of the precious forex market?
Interesting how you can just claim something is a reconciliation bill, dismiss the parliamentarian and wow, you haven't killed the filibuster, even though you did. but you get to say you didn't, and Democrats wouldn't push back, and would never try to do the same thing.
I don't believe he won fairly
In what sense?
Millions of ballots thrown out by Republicans as well as voter rolls purged of black and brown voters in red states.
@@SoloDallasIImillions of ballots and voters purged in Republicans controlled states...
Sam you didn't take my call again 😭😭 I'll keep trying until I finally get to talk to you!!
Bartiromo "large package" 😳
Sam can't get past that flavor. How dare they not send Sam that flavor!😒...😂😂😂
The general population has not yet learned how bad all artificial sweeteners are. They will eventually learn!
The LD50 of splenda converted to a 70kg human is the equivalent of eating 1.5 pounds. That means some freethinking justdoingasI'mtold force fed the human sized equivalent of a pound and a half of the stuff to figure out the amount of splenda that causes acute toxicity. Nevermind the long lasting effects of needing ozempic🎉
In all due respect, I think we have much more serious matters to concern ourselves with, at this time.
Japan did jot think it was under attack by the US or China when it invaded these places.
Why do these chomsky sycophants feel the need to be absurd on these unnecessary long shots.
Chomsky had tons of valid points, but this guy just loses me in his first minute or two.
The point was about rhetoric that an aggressor state sells to its people. e.g . that a war is necessary in defence of the people's interests, to defend against corrupt, foreign powers, to defend against foreign powers that seek to dominate, etc.
Sam, what is up with your eyebrows? It looks like they want to jump off of your forehead. 😂😂
When it's two bois talking, Emma has to be silent. Why come this>
Emma is not a wall flower
Did you even watch the interview?
drumpf, the orange smarm
Chompski aka Yoda
musk, the billionaire reetargh
I feel ripped off Nathan had no tie and no fedora