This a weird situation because the government is supposed to represent the people, that is why we have elections, but then the government acts as the anti-thesis of the people which tries to subdue and dominate the people, then why do we elect a government? They have taught us that in schools, that the G is the boss and we are its servants... and instead of having a government which represents the interest of the people we have a government that is subservient to the wealthy few, who finance their campaigns, and which uses our elected government as a center to conduct private biz using the tax payer dollars. All grants and scholarships are given to students from our money, but these students are end up working for private corporations who get the benefits from the people's investments. As if that was not enough, they finance campaigns to get people into office, such as a president, under the condition that they put people on their payroll in administrative positions that are key to their biz. One good example is Monsanto, who owns the FDA and their employees are in charge of approving or disapproving their products...guess what!! ALL of Monsanto's products are great!...but if some are not, then they have people in the senate to pass laws to make them GREAT!!! DONT YOU LOVE THE USA!!! ...The government is just a charade to make people believe that their money is used to pursue their security and well-being...guess why we dont have free medical care? or why we have insurance companies? Or why we have 401k?...BECAUSE COMPANIES SAW PROFIT IN THEM, IF CORPORATIONS DONT SEE PROFIT FOR THEM, YOU SIMPLY WONT HAVE IT....ITS A BITCH!!
Ive always admired Chomsky for his uncompromising clarity.
This a weird situation because the government is supposed to represent the people, that is why we have elections, but then the government acts as the anti-thesis of the people which tries to subdue and dominate the people, then why do we elect a government? They have taught us that in schools, that the G is the boss and we are its servants... and instead of having a government which represents the interest of the people we have a government that is subservient to the wealthy few, who finance their campaigns, and which uses our elected government as a center to conduct private biz using the tax payer dollars. All grants and scholarships are given to students from our money, but these students are end up working for private corporations who get the benefits from the people's investments. As if that was not enough, they finance campaigns to get people into office, such as a president, under the condition that they put people on their payroll in administrative positions that are key to their biz. One good example is Monsanto, who owns the FDA and their employees are in charge of approving or disapproving their products...guess what!! ALL of Monsanto's products are great!...but if some are not, then they have people in the senate to pass laws to make them GREAT!!! DONT YOU LOVE THE USA!!! ...The government is just a charade to make people believe that their money is used to pursue their security and well-being...guess why we dont have free medical care? or why we have insurance companies? Or why we have 401k?...BECAUSE COMPANIES SAW PROFIT IN THEM, IF CORPORATIONS DONT SEE PROFIT FOR THEM, YOU SIMPLY WONT HAVE IT....ITS A BITCH!!
Very well said.
If only there was a way of codifying his self-reflection and perception...and perseverance.