I get a deep sense of sadness listening to Chomsky because when he's gone we'll lose perhaps the greatest voice of reason left. Chris, you're very close but you will have to pick up heavy shoes. It won't be easy. We have so few truly honest and wise voices left. It's very lonely in a sea of corruption. 😪
If that’s your point of view then I suggest you dig way deeper. There’s many voices of reason even more wise than Chomsky could imagine still resisting. Godspeed
Chris Hedges has become one of my favourite writers and broadcasters on political subjects, especially pertaining to US politics, economics and society. I had the great pleasure of hearing Professor Noam Chomsky be interviewed by David Barsamian at Macky Auditorium in Boulder, some years ago. The discussion was most elucidating, and I have Chomsky's autograph in my Chomsky on Anarchism book, which I shall cherish forever; a great man with a great mind.
Yeah? Well a friend of mine who works at Mackey was there that day and said he was in the bathroom and saw Chomsky leave without washing his hands. So that book you have is very likely unsanitery, especially around the autographed area.
@Bob Greaves Living With Wisdom : You wrote, ' ... Noam Chomsky, a national treasure from academia._ '. You have had lousy academia. It is because of idiots that he got fame. Try considering his friend Prof. Howard Zinn during the 2000s, vs Chomsky back then, and Zinn was far better in terms of US warring. Be wary of being a sucker, I suggest.
Noam Chomsky's wise words will be read, and listened to, for centuries after his passing. He is one of the very few truly noble human beings. A great man. A great life. A great mind. A great educator. I do hope Noam retains his great mind, and good health, a while longer. I do hope you make the ton sir! The very best of health to you.🤗
Disagree While Chomsky did achieve a lot in his political activism and through his writing, he still at times serves the establishment he claims to be fighting against. Chomsky "even if it's true (911 was an inside job) who cares? It's just a distraction" His take on the climate is a joke, he has literally bought into the corporate sector propoganda on this issue. Electric cars are utter green wash, the pollution involved in producing them and their batteries is FAR worse then normal cars- ofcourse the pollution is all somewhere else, in the mines and the factories, and all the batteries can't be recycled so get landfilled, 80% of all environmental destruction and pollution is coming from corporate business practice and production methods, has nothing to do with CO2 production, the corporate sector has basically found a way by paying climate scientists to produce reports and models, to shift the conversation into a complete fantasy. They are now trading CO2 certificates and carry on ruining the planet while claiming they are actually doing something. That Chomsky has bought into this joke just shows where he really sits. The only answer to protect the environment is to force a change in production methods, but the corporate sector isn't interested in paying the actual costs of the damage they do, they prefer you don't shower so much and blame mankind itself, even if every single human being changes their behaviour, it only impact 20% of the problem. Cut all the CO2 you like isn't going to stop spieces extinction when corporations are destroying their habitats by chopping down forests, polluting rivers and strip mining mountains. "It's ok we ruined the environment but we paid a CO2 certificate"
@@jollyyeholiver1578 First off.... Chomsky position on 911 was that there are many many provable crimes of the US government, therefore instead of focusing on those that can't be proven it is better to focus on what can be proven. He actually said - it doesn't matter whether it is true or not, what matters most is that the US has used it to justify wars, and he referred to the fact that THIS was the more honourable focus. He neither officially denounced the theory or supported it really. EDIT - a man in Chomsky's position is well aware that his political positions will be attacked from all angles, taking a position of supporting an unproven event puts his credibility on the line. He just told people he would not discuss it in public debates, his personal feelings on the matter and it's credibility may in fact be different in private. Second the electric car thing you mentioned - you are scientifically inaccurate on that and your statement shows no proof for your claims only opinion - you are entitled to that. But electric cars do not produce more co2 than normal cars. However, from a scientific point of view current diesel cars are fully capable of running green fuel and being modified and in that case it can offer benefits. Third, I don't think environment credits was actioned or supported by noam chomsky therefore it cannot be a criticism of him and if it is by explanation then part 2 is so much at fault that part 3 has reduced meaning. And "Many manufacturers are researching how EV batteries can be repurposed once they've hit retirement age. One idea that's proving to work well is repurposing EV batteries to power homes and buildings. However, there are no definitive answers as to what will happen to EV batteries once they’re no longer recyclable. The time that batteries spend in an EV is often just the beginning of their useful life. Once removed from a car, most batteries will still be fit for other demanding jobs like energy storage in the electricity network, or in the home - a growing area of demand." - source EDF energy. But if you want to carry on believing right wing propaganda and refuse to research and investigate such things then you will never know the truth and complications of such things. Carbon credits are BS, no doubt, and it's idea under any name. If you followed environmentalists of the intelligent kind and not dim wit journalist kind you will quickly find out most groups and individuals who are part of these intelligent groups have been protesting against this for years. Check out juice media from australia as just one example.
@@ghostlyphantasm2352 ok first that is a direct quote I saw Chomsky make. Second I never mentioned CO2 with regards to electric cars, I was referencing, that the production methods, and mining that goes into creating them causes more environmental damage. And third Chomsky has completely bought into the nonsense of climate change, as have you. CO2 levels do not lead to increased temperatures, it's reverse, increased temperatures cause more CO2 to be released. The data suggesting otherwise is manipulated. CO2 is not the issue, it's corporate production methods that are the problem, and the corporate sector knowing environmental groups were gaining power, have used their money to invest in bad science, and have effectively managed to take over organisations like green peace, it's all green wash today. 97% of scientists agree with their funders, best results money can buy. The Tabbaco companies did exactly the same thing with smoking they paid doctors and scientists to do bad research as a means to muddy the waters and spread confusion. Science is a joke today it's almost completely suffering from Corporate capture.
One needs an empathic sensibility, love for humanity, hate against injustice and an intellectual understanding of the realities of class warfare and historic perspective to understand Chris Hedges, Chomsky and the community of progressive people.
@@akrobatish exactly, noam sided with the fascist narrative on Covid-19 vaccine mandate, he even said that people unvaxed should be isolated from society and left starving.
Professor Noam Chomsky is a national treasure; he has been one of the few sources of information for Americans for the past several decades that we can rely on for the truth. He is one of the foremost intellectuals in the US that can restore some sense of balance with the propaganda served to us on cable news daily. Thank you for having him on your program.
Prof. Noam Chomsky utters wisdom in a simple way. He used to talk to the intellectual class in his talks. At 90 or over 90 year-old, he is much better than before in terms of delivering the message. Cheers,
World history’s lead up, from WW1, will tell you more. Germany was symptomatic, like everywhere else?. It’s not the mystery, that histories winners made out though.
@@duellingscarguevara : At that time, I was lucky to find someone who was the son of one of the outstanding historians on Bismarck: Dr Otto Pflanze. Dr Pflanze wrote a three-volume series during the 1930s on the life of Bismarck, since at the time many Germans were saying that the 20th century history was based on Bismarck's actions. That certainly set the framework for my study of German history after Bismarck. After that, I did fill in the gaps with bits and pieces of world history.
@@susanmercurio1060 ww1, does not have the mystery origins we were told, I should have qualified. There is a good doco, about Grey, the British foreign minister of the time. Timeline from his side, anyway. It’s funny, something like the Berlin to Baghdad rail, idea, is still a thorn in the side, to the imperialists.
I just started to follow Chris Hedges. I started to know what a serious, knowledgeable person he is. A great journalist who does profound research on his subjects and his analyses of major and current issues going on in the world right now. I can now say I respect Mr. Hedges a great deal.
I'm old enough to remember when you could tune in to PBS and see Chomsky, Louis Farakan, Malcom X, James Baldwin and many others with dissenting opinions. Not anymore. Thank you Chris Hedges for keeping hope alive.
While I quite admire Professor Chomsky for pointing me in the correct direction reflecting my lifelong belief in true egalitarianism & direct + economic democracy. That said, you can't separate the Republican party from the Democrats as some sort of abhorration or unique danger. The unique danger is the American Bourgeoisie, & their ubiquitous funding of both "wings" of capital. Even those not directly influenced by Bourgeois $, bow to the dictates of party leadership who is. While I agree the hate being pumped into the societal zeitgeist is extremely dangerous, the core issue remains Bourgeois control of means of production, the state, ect. Trying to fight these individual issues while leaving the root cause in place is like trying to clean up an oil spill without plugging the leak first; which means we'll continue to spin our wheels, slowly moving backwards, until the problem overwhelms even the strongest Proletarian movement.
The 20 year-long Princeton University research in 2014 revealed/confirmed the US is not a democracy or a republic. Its system is corporate-controlled and it serves the corporations not the people. JFK was the last US president to oppose the military/industrial complex and he paid the ultimate price. The US hawks wanted JFK to nuke the USSR. Opting for peaceful coexistence with the USSR and Cuba, and ordering the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam got JFK killed by the military-industrial complex which controls the US. LBJ reversed the order, four days after the assassination.
Chomsky's job, as a limited hangout sheepdog, is to make you feel good about your differences with the people who rule primarily over lefties, and keep them divided from people who have the same interests.
@@patm6704 i use the princeton study example all the time when talking to people stuck inside the mainstream. That's a good one to get people to start questioning things. Another is the widespread support of that german party from ww2 - thats what sent me down the rabbit hole. The JFK stuff is fascinating to look into and so is that one event from about 21 years ago. Both pretty well rebuke the "American Democracy Myth".
Chomsky has made a great contribution to progressive thought over the years. However, I can't overlook that no matter what he says he always ultimately tells us to vote for the lesser of two evils during elections. I also have a problem with his support for segregating the unvaxed from the rest of society.
So much of this rings true . To hear this interview makes me feel better that other folk actually understand the attack (class war ) against all working class people
@@akrobatish I'm not saying this isn't true but I'm requiring proof these days because there is too much disinformation and misinformation. Can you verify this?
@@akrobatish Yes, but it would be foolish to dismiss his work and legacy for that. He is very old and perhaps dealing with the fear of death as he approaches it.
@@Windband1 i dont dismiss it. and idgaf , if he"s scared he should go to church and stfu before more apologists like yourself normalize this type of behavior.
The only human I truly, deeply trust and respect in this planet. A life honorably lived - what a legend of a human. I find some of the things Chomsky says contrary to my strong beliefs about certain issues. But, I know he is honest and more likely to be correct than wrong- therefore, I should check and question my assumptions. I wish there were more of those people around…so I could learn and improve.
Don't we see that this is the most frightening interview/discussion these two greatest of our public intellectuals have done? Instead of praising their cerebral bandwidth in our comments, shouldn't we remember to actively do something about their warnings...?
@@carycunningham9510 Alright then. Go smaller. Anybody (including me) who puts themself in a position to judge society for not being feisty enough had better not be timid themselves. We can start with that and build on our own track record.
Noam Chomsky is one of the few with both the vision and the courage to speak out. He's not doing it for himself; he's doing it for everyone who will be here when he's gone. Why don't we elect such people to office?
@@RKZX2 back in the day? What day? Every president is controlled and manipulated this idea that" but but Kennedy" or but enter name. It doesn't matter none of them are aloud control over all levers of power, dare I say the only levers that matter. If people want want to change then stop working start suffering and go out indefinitely to achieve what you want peacefully. Yhat is the ONLY way otherwise the elite will achieve their ends on differing time scales because to the top of the hierarchy, intelligence can be led around a maze as long as it shapes it enough to eventually come to the center ie their goals
Lots of reasons... first off i doubt he'd ever run. Look at kshama sawant though, she's someone elected out of a socialist org and isn't in league with the rich ruling parties
Everyone here seems to like Noam but I don't know about a person who decided that force the vote on Medicare for All was a lose for Democrats and liberals. Dude literally is considered this huge liberal but said no to a vote on Medicare for all during the pandemic. Can't let that go.
Fitting that NPR has permabanned Noam from their consideration. It was when I started listening to his college talks that I began seeing their political broadcasts as, to put it in his words, 'serving power'.
Unfortunately mr Chomsky has decided to do the bidding of the establishment. Listen to this person talking about fascism when he is on record talking about starving people if they choose not to get a vaccine, a product which has been proven to have not been what it was supposed to be. I used to respect him and appreciated his work on exposing Manufacturing Consent but then does the very same thing. Is sad.
id be happy to die of old age, i very much doubt it will be a option for my generation though, our species is coming to a end, what if any of us that survive the experience wont be homosapiens anymore the disasters of last year will pale into this years as will next years pale into the year after's death tolls so on and so forth the fascists got the workers to build a gas chamber so large it has no walls (global warming) the permafrost started irreversible melt at 400ppm, theirs 1600ppm equivalent of CO2/CH4 in perma frost more than 50% will be melted by 520ppm....(releasing 800ppm in process) so unless we can trap 800ppm co2 in the next few decades we cant stop venus effect & we will be looking at a 2000ppm world, the only debatable factor really is how fast ice melts/how fast we hit that point the reason we had to stay below 400ppm that everyone conveniently forgot when we blew through it was all the feedback loops that kicked in after 400ppm mean that if we couldnt keep it below 400ppm we definitely couldnt reverse the runaway climate change that comes in a 400ppm+ world even if you removed all human industry from planet tomorrow wed still hit 2000ppm CO2 over the next century now we have set off loops so talk of carbon neutrality is pointless unless we can start taking 10 or 20 or 30 ppm co2 out of atmosphere every year we cant even keep up with the loops we have already set off
How hard it must be as a wise, old man to see this apparently, inexorably drift into the abyss yet, at least as a necessity for public health, hold onto optimism …
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Ahh yes, the honorable Mr. Chomsky. 🙄 The guy that wants people who refuse to bow to the state and pharmaceutical companies to figure out how to find their own food. Truly a despicable human being.
After the fawning introduction, I expected 15 minutes of Chomsky and16 minutes of a sort of competing Chris Hedges curriculum vitae. I was surprised that the latter was almost absent. Great interview.
You are obviously new to Chris hedges interviews - he prepares an introduction then two or three well researched questions for his half hour shows. The questions are just prompts to invite the guest to speak. Expecting ‘A competing CV’ shows you are projecting your own ego nature and arrogance onto him. Grow up.
The right would agree. Most of the center right or left independents also. Hard core liberals, - some. But the Woke will follow the Narrative to their grave like a cult like religion
Noam is a gatekeeper. He supports the totally discredited Warren Commission findings on the JFK assassination and the equally fraudulent 9/11 Report. He opposes the BDS movement which is the only realistic option to force the necessary radical change on the brutal Israeli apartheid regime.
Compare the Covid deaths in China to those in the US. Unbelievable difference but it takes radical policy. Americans are too rugged individualism minded, while other cultures are more community and common good focused
If the vaccines worked, then the unvacc were no threat. He had the opportunity to keep human freedoms as a priority, but folded with the propaganda, media and gov fear mongering and he did not understand the science or listen to the many alt voices who did. Chomsky failed to practice what he preaches.
@@tombradburn3935 Yea,,, but you make light of the Chinese Central Government Tyranny that was taking place when they literally WELDED their people in there homes. They have no choice than to be " Community and common good focused" Not sure if you know what reality is on this subject. Maybe you could ask someone from Hong Kong,, if they're allowed to talk to you.
Chris, do you think that Noam was wrong in his stance about cov1d? He did say let the unv@xxed starve because they didn't have the right to go to a store and buy food, etc... Sure, he was right about a lot of things but i found him despicable with his stance in the "pandemic". Do you agree?
Never forget his position and remind yourself of what actually came out of his mouth on state sanctioned enforcement of a still in trial medical procedure and the conspiracy of silence regarding injury and excess mortality world wide. Sickening.
Most likely that storyline has little weight. When vaccinating for a novel disease, it’s understandable that the drug had less testing than what we would normally expect. Excess mortality is due to Covid
Good to see TH-cam lifted their ban on you. Idk how you managed when you speak and report on the truth, but I'm glad just the same. I just purchased your book, "The Greatest Evil is War" but am impatiently still slogging through RFK's book "The Real Anthony Fauci." I put the latter off for so long, that many of the "revelations" aren't very secret anymore. But, I bought it, so I feel obligated to read it cover to cover. Your books, "America: The Farewell Tour," and "Days of Destruction. Days of Revolt" inspired original songs I posted on my music channel. I have no doubt this new one will be sung about in days to come! Thank you for your inspiration!
I will never think of Chomsky the same after finding out he had financial connections with Jeffery Epstein. Really raises some questions about what Noam is into...
The present time is extremely frightening!!!!!! I try to fight for democracy, for liberté égalité fraternité, what Benjamin Franklin said and gave to the French Republic. I fear for the future and our children.
You're not much of a fighter if you "fear". If I would fear I would fear for the wealthy. Eventually the worthy rich will have to be sifted from the idle rich.
I've been waging my own war against the corporate cockroaches for over 30 yrs. but nowadays, people can't put down their "Smart phones," to read or write or support one another.
I say this as an old leftist: Orban and Hungary ain't got shit on Ursula and EU! "When fascism comes to the West it will be draped in a rainbow flag" #WokeReich
Listening to Chomsky and Chris....reminds me of "Horton Hears a Who" . In that these two voices are barely audible in this world, yet they are the most compelling. My thoughts align with them, as a mote of dust
Peoples selfishness depresses me but i know they are compelled by their natural instinct to be competitive thus they cannot help themselves. But they are still either selfish or uneducated as they should know better, i'm trying not to be too hypocritical here but i am living modestly at the moment. We need to regulate two instincts. That of being territorial and that of being competitive. Neither should harm either the environment nor each other and that is where they should be capped, on a global scale ! What a catch 22!
We are at least as cooperative by nature. I think propaganda has led people to value ego and a false sense of superiority (through competition or otherwise). But we could just as easily raise people to help others instead of be selfish. All hunter gatherer societies compel cooperation and sharing. Because they need it to survive. And i believe humans have some egalitarian tendencies, as other primates do. But in capitalism, to survive you have to compete with others for a job. And whoever is most loyal, exploitable, and/or useful in furthering their owners' capital wins, so ofc ppl will be competitive in that environment
Being competitive is not natural instinct, maybe for those of predator prey evolutionary potential. It is natural for mammals to foster and raise families and communities in order to survive and thrive.
Agree. In a drive to insanely compete, people forget to cooperate in parallel. Common sense is above education. The balance of competition and cooperation is a sensitive balance of self and other. Cars movie explains the concept.
Thank you sir been a avid viewer since your time on RT, thank you for the knowldge on world leaders like victor orban that you have to know your world politicians.
Does Noam think that perhaps both parties could be fascist? He seems to think there's a difference between the 2 parties ? Noam should maybe wake up to the fact that the Democratic party of his day is nothing like what it is today.
He can't tho. He can't "wake up to the fact" of anything at this point. He's 94. I understand that he sounds very coherent for someone so old but the ravages of time spare no one. His brain, anyone's brain, is not going to be same anymore at 94. Just as his face could not be expected to have stayed the same from his youth. In other words it is physically impossible that Noam is still the once brilliant man he once was because of the known science of what happens to the brain in the aging process especially at ages approaching a century. Unfortunately Noam appears to have experienced a lesser state of brain decay so far. In that he sounds coherent enough so that all of his many, many sycophants will still hang on his every word as if the Oracle of Delphi has spoken. And I say unfortunately because you are right. You're 100% right about the mistake Noam is making. That mistake is likely something we will have to clean up for many years to come amongst his adoring fans who have very little critical thinking skills but great parroting skills.
I don't think it matters who the president is ultimately. They really only serve the illusion that there is a two party system, when there is really only one. And that one party is the unelected, forever serving bureaucracy that operates the system. Whose ultimate goal is global hegemony at the behest of the multinational corporations it makes policy and law for. I do think Jeffery Sachs is an extremely well thought out man, who understands clearly our foreign policy positions. Especially in regards to Russia. I love listening to his assessments.
Want to see how he would rule? Look at what he did with his capitalist neoliberal policies in Russia. Caused mass, mass suffering. Search up his history.
Hungary is a democracy. Orbán was elected by us, the nation. And the elections were democratic and clear. We have free press, people can protest if they want to, and their voice gets heard. This is exactly what democracy is! How can you even question the rights and will of a nation? This is very much disrespectful.
"Corporation", "Cooperative" One of them is the cause of our problems. The other is not popular and even feared and hated with xenophobia but seems to work and protects against fascism.
aristotle was smarter than pr chomsky, he wrote a book on politics, and encapsulated a question as a fundamental aspect of his study: "who decides?" no one asks that question nowadays, everyone accepts the current rulers as legitimate, or at least untouchable. this makes political discussion inane. if the people decide, they exercise the power of democracy. they become 'citizens.' public discussion becomes relevant and effective. before the creation of democracy, public discussion is just chatter in the slave barracks.
Chris I credit you with my political awakening during Occupy NYC and DC, your talk on Neoliberalism at Freedom Plaza is one of awakening as you traced the legacy in clear terms. Somehow fighting back with NVDA bears credence and can lead to success, these talks with Professor Chomsky are fuel to the fire.
The popular vote already supports minority rule and a false compromise between what usually becomes two wings of the same corporate interests. Add to that like for example US involvement in the world and the US props up disproportionate power in places like Ukraine. After the occupation of the square in Kiev the US could have backed the pro democracy groups in Ukraine, but it's easier to just prop up the NeoNazis in Ukraine and far right nationalists who are a minority of the population. This causes war and conflict too which the MIC makes money from. And then also this whole Ukraine thing is a way by which the US can wage an economic war against Europe.
One of the best things Chomsky has taught me is to use the current system, whether you like it or not, to advance your goals. Overthrowing systems is not easy, violence has to be used, it fails many times, and you get a lot of negative publicity. With the current political climate in the US , leftist forces must join the political arena with Democrats if we even have a chance of making the Democrats move even more towards our position. Current example. Cornel West's campaign, as it is now, I support. But when the rubber meets the road (General Election) I have no choice but to go for the Democrats. I believe it would be a bad idea if he were to stay in the race until the end.
The irony of Victor Orban is when Richard Spencer went to have a little speech in Hungary, Orban had him arrested on entry. Neither Orban nor the GOP s/b taken seriously.
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power. Franklin D. Roosevelt
As soon as tipping points are hit, we will race even faster because what the hell. I can already see Shell ads saying, were all gonna die so enjoy whats left.
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I get a deep sense of sadness listening to Chomsky because when he's gone we'll lose perhaps the greatest voice of reason left. Chris, you're very close but you will have to pick up heavy shoes. It won't be easy. We have so few truly honest and wise voices left. It's very lonely in a sea of corruption. 😪
If that’s your point of view then I suggest you dig way deeper. There’s many voices of reason even more wise than Chomsky could imagine still resisting. Godspeed
@@r3b3lvegan89 give me names and I'll see if I agree.
I could not have expressed it better! THANK YOU for expressing Norm for me!
@@Harry-zc8rg you're going to reply for another person? I want Machew to reply.
@@r3b3lvegan89 Maybe Zinn
Chris Hedges has become one of my favourite writers and broadcasters on political subjects, especially pertaining to US politics, economics and society. I had the great pleasure of hearing Professor Noam Chomsky be interviewed by David Barsamian at Macky Auditorium in Boulder, some years ago. The discussion was most elucidating, and I have Chomsky's autograph in my Chomsky on Anarchism book, which I shall cherish forever; a great man with a great mind.
Yeah? Well a friend of mine who works at Mackey was there that day and said he was in the bathroom and saw Chomsky leave without washing his hands. So that book you have is very likely unsanitery, especially around the autographed area.
@@absoluterefusal That makes it more valuable then. ;)
Agreed, two giants. I had Chris sign my copy of Wages of Rebellion on his book tour. It was a great talk that night.
Chris Hedges, one of my favorite journalists. Much respect, may your voice reach far and wide. Noam Chomsky, a national treasure from academia.
@Bob Greaves Living With Wisdom : You wrote, ' ... Noam Chomsky, a national treasure from academia._ '. You have had lousy academia. It is because of idiots that he got fame. Try considering his friend Prof. Howard Zinn during the 2000s, vs Chomsky back then, and Zinn was far better in terms of US warring. Be wary of being a sucker, I suggest.
he wanted the unjabbed in camps. f him. People dont forget.
@@mikecorbeil Correct. Chomsky is a 7ionist gatekeeper, and apparently so is Hedges now.
@@mikecorbeil You should heed your own advice.
Chomsky is a bad joke. Only people who are soft in the head fall for his BS mixed in with blatantly obvious virtue signaling.
Noam Chomsky's wise words will be read, and listened to, for centuries after his passing.
He is one of the very few truly noble human beings.
A great man. A great life.
A great mind. A great educator.
I do hope Noam retains his great mind, and good health, a while longer.
I do hope you make the ton sir!
The very best of health to you.🤗
sadly Noam's wise words will likely be lost in the Armageddon of climate change
Thank you, my EXACT sentiments!
Disagree While Chomsky did achieve a lot in his political activism and through his writing, he still at times serves the establishment he claims to be fighting against.
Chomsky "even if it's true (911 was an inside job) who cares? It's just a distraction"
His take on the climate is a joke, he has literally bought into the corporate sector propoganda on this issue. Electric cars are utter green wash, the pollution involved in producing them and their batteries is FAR worse then normal cars- ofcourse the pollution is all somewhere else, in the mines and the factories, and all the batteries can't be recycled so get landfilled, 80% of all environmental destruction and pollution is coming from corporate business practice and production methods, has nothing to do with CO2 production, the corporate sector has basically found a way by paying climate scientists to produce reports and models, to shift the conversation into a complete fantasy. They are now trading CO2 certificates and carry on ruining the planet while claiming they are actually doing something.
That Chomsky has bought into this joke just shows where he really sits.
The only answer to protect the environment is to force a change in production methods, but the corporate sector isn't interested in paying the actual costs of the damage they do, they prefer you don't shower so much and blame mankind itself, even if every single human being changes their behaviour, it only impact 20% of the problem. Cut all the CO2 you like isn't going to stop spieces extinction when corporations are destroying their habitats by chopping down forests, polluting rivers and strip mining mountains.
"It's ok we ruined the environment but we paid a CO2 certificate"
@@jollyyeholiver1578 First off....
Chomsky position on 911 was that there are many many provable crimes of the US government, therefore instead of focusing on those that can't be proven it is better to focus on what can be proven. He actually said - it doesn't matter whether it is true or not, what matters most is that the US has used it to justify wars, and he referred to the fact that THIS was the more honourable focus. He neither officially denounced the theory or supported it really. EDIT - a man in Chomsky's position is well aware that his political positions will be attacked from all angles, taking a position of supporting an unproven event puts his credibility on the line. He just told people he would not discuss it in public debates, his personal feelings on the matter and it's credibility may in fact be different in private.
Second the electric car thing you mentioned - you are scientifically inaccurate on that and your statement shows no proof for your claims only opinion - you are entitled to that. But electric cars do not produce more co2 than normal cars. However, from a scientific point of view current diesel cars are fully capable of running green fuel and being modified and in that case it can offer benefits.
Third, I don't think environment credits was actioned or supported by noam chomsky therefore it cannot be a criticism of him and if it is by explanation then part 2 is so much at fault that part 3 has reduced meaning.
And "Many manufacturers are researching how EV batteries can be repurposed once they've hit retirement age. One idea that's proving to work well is repurposing EV batteries to power homes and buildings. However, there are no definitive answers as to what will happen to EV batteries once they’re no longer recyclable.
The time that batteries spend in an EV is often just the beginning of their useful life. Once removed from a car, most batteries will still be fit for other demanding jobs like energy storage in the electricity network, or in the home - a growing area of demand." - source EDF energy.
But if you want to carry on believing right wing propaganda and refuse to research and investigate such things then you will never know the truth and complications of such things.
Carbon credits are BS, no doubt, and it's idea under any name. If you followed environmentalists of the intelligent kind and not dim wit journalist kind you will quickly find out most groups and individuals who are part of these intelligent groups have been protesting against this for years. Check out juice media from australia as just one example.
@@ghostlyphantasm2352 ok first that is a direct quote I saw Chomsky make.
Second I never mentioned CO2 with regards to electric cars, I was referencing, that the production methods, and mining that goes into creating them causes more environmental damage.
And third Chomsky has completely bought into the nonsense of climate change, as have you. CO2 levels do not lead to increased temperatures, it's reverse, increased temperatures cause more CO2 to be released. The data suggesting otherwise is manipulated.
CO2 is not the issue, it's corporate production methods that are the problem, and the corporate sector knowing environmental groups were gaining power, have used their money to invest in bad science, and have effectively managed to take over organisations like green peace, it's all green wash today.
97% of scientists agree with their funders, best results money can buy. The Tabbaco companies did exactly the same thing with smoking they paid doctors and scientists to do bad research as a means to muddy the waters and spread confusion.
Science is a joke today it's almost completely suffering from Corporate capture.
One needs an empathic sensibility, love for humanity, hate against injustice and an intellectual understanding of the realities of class warfare and historic perspective to understand Chris Hedges, Chomsky and the community of progressive people.
well said...Peace n Love to Mr. Chomsky and Mr. Hedges
So much appreciate Noam's intelligence. There are near none with such clarity on what is occurring. Thankyou.
Have you met Ben Shapiro?
a guy who wanted the unvaxed in camps you say
@@ald3975 ROTFLMFAO! 🤣
@@akrobatish exactly, noam sided with the fascist narrative on Covid-19 vaccine mandate, he even said that people unvaxed should be isolated from society and left starving.
@@ald3975 that's the worst person lol
Always a discussion of ideas, history, science, wars, divisons, the meaning and arguments. THANK YOU CHRIS, and Professor Chomsky.
Professor Noam Chomsky is a national treasure; he has been one of the few sources of information for Americans for the past several decades that we can rely on for the truth. He is one of the foremost intellectuals in the US that can restore some sense of balance with the propaganda served to us on cable news daily. Thank you for having him on your program.
Chomsky is a bad joke, an actor. Only people who are soft in the head fall for his BS mixed in with blatantly obvious virtue signaling.
Prof. Noam Chomsky utters wisdom in a simple way. He used to talk to the intellectual class in his talks.
At 90 or over 90 year-old, he is much better than before in terms of delivering the message.
Cheers,
Thank You for this amazing interview!
Chris is what Nietzsche called a "Critical Historian". Thanks to Chris and Noam for their humanity.
ah yes those two 'left' gatekeepers, for those still asleep
The humanity😂😂😂 of a fascist and his apologist
Two of the greatest minds of our time discussing, with refreshing candor, the crises we face. Thank you.
In 2015, I saw the parallel between the 1930s and the political situation today and I started studying German history then.
And wbat can you say about our present course based on your findings?
World history’s lead up, from WW1, will tell you more. Germany was symptomatic, like everywhere else?. It’s not the mystery, that histories winners made out though.
@@EMDEEW : We were headed there in 2015 and we are there now. Inflation and all.
@@duellingscarguevara : At that time, I was lucky to find someone who was the son of one of the outstanding historians on Bismarck: Dr Otto Pflanze. Dr Pflanze wrote a three-volume series during the 1930s on the life of Bismarck, since at the time many Germans were saying that the 20th century history was based on Bismarck's actions.
That certainly set the framework for my study of German history after Bismarck.
After that, I did fill in the gaps with bits and pieces of world history.
@@susanmercurio1060 ww1, does not have the mystery origins we were told, I should have qualified. There is a good doco, about Grey, the British foreign minister of the time. Timeline from his side, anyway. It’s funny, something like the Berlin to Baghdad rail, idea, is still a thorn in the side, to the imperialists.
I honestly don't know how anyone can sit in the same room with Noam Chomsky and not be completely giddy...even Chris Hedges.
He's a Big Liar. And a coward.
I just started to follow Chris Hedges. I started to know what a serious, knowledgeable person he is. A great journalist who does profound research on his subjects and his analyses of major and current issues going on in the world right now. I can now say I respect Mr. Hedges a great deal.
I'm old enough to remember when you could tune in to PBS and see Chomsky, Louis Farakan, Malcom X, James Baldwin and many others with dissenting opinions. Not anymore. Thank you Chris Hedges for keeping hope alive.
why has that changed and whos changed it
@@chrisbennett6260 When PBS was bought by the Koch brothers, that was the beginning of the end of airing public dissent.
@@richardhedd3080 maybe it would take someone like Soros to create a station to have a counter narrative
whats your thoughts
Chomsky continues to inform and astonish! He is a titan who insists that each person can engage systems meaningfully.
While I quite admire Professor Chomsky for pointing me in the correct direction reflecting my lifelong belief in true egalitarianism & direct + economic democracy. That said, you can't separate the Republican party from the Democrats as some sort of abhorration or unique danger.
The unique danger is the American Bourgeoisie, & their ubiquitous funding of both "wings" of capital. Even those not directly influenced by Bourgeois $, bow to the dictates of party leadership who is. While I agree the hate being pumped into the societal zeitgeist is extremely dangerous, the core issue remains Bourgeois control of means of production, the state, ect.
Trying to fight these individual issues while leaving the root cause in place is like trying to clean up an oil spill without plugging the leak first; which means we'll continue to spin our wheels, slowly moving backwards, until the problem overwhelms even the strongest Proletarian movement.
The 20 year-long Princeton University research in 2014 revealed/confirmed the US is not a democracy or a republic. Its system is corporate-controlled and it serves the corporations not the people. JFK was the last US president to oppose the military/industrial complex and he paid the ultimate price. The US hawks wanted JFK to nuke the USSR. Opting for peaceful coexistence with the USSR and Cuba, and ordering the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam got JFK killed by the military-industrial complex which controls the US. LBJ reversed the order, four days after the assassination.
Chomsky's job, as a limited hangout sheepdog, is to make you feel good about your differences with the people who rule primarily over lefties, and keep them divided from people who have the same interests.
@@OrwellsHousecat I agree 100%. I have nothing to add to that bc it encapsulates my perspective perfectly. Thsnk your for that
@@patm6704 i use the princeton study example all the time when talking to people stuck inside the mainstream. That's a good one to get people to start questioning things. Another is the widespread support of that german party from ww2 - thats what sent me down the rabbit hole. The JFK stuff is fascinating to look into and so is that one event from about 21 years ago. Both pretty well rebuke the "American Democracy Myth".
The ownership class are the ones moving backwards through the mud. They're doomed.
Chomsky has made a great contribution to progressive thought over the years. However, I can't overlook that no matter what he says he always ultimately tells us to vote for the lesser of two evils during elections. I also have a problem with his support for segregating the unvaxed from the rest of society.
Just started reading Manufacturing Consent.
Wow, Chomsky is an all time genius. So glad to see him here with Chris.
Im going to damn myself here, but: You should have seen him when he was lucid, and relevant.
@@havephunnockyourself sure, he used to be better, but for over 90 he's very lucid
So much of this rings true . To hear this interview makes me feel better that other folk actually understand the attack (class war ) against all working class people
2 irreplaceable true American heroes
he wanted the unjabbed in camps. People dont forget.
@@akrobatish I'm not saying this isn't true but I'm requiring proof these days because there is too much disinformation and misinformation. Can you verify this?
@@russellgentile4719 search it. Jimmy dore also does a segment on it. He says it himself. On camera. Several times elaborated.
@@akrobatish Yes, but it would be foolish to dismiss his work and legacy for that. He is very old and perhaps dealing with the fear of death as he approaches it.
@@Windband1 i dont dismiss it. and idgaf , if he"s scared he should go to church and stfu before more apologists like yourself normalize this type of behavior.
Well, not sure if "Like" is the emoji I would use, but Noam sure does- unfortunately- nail it.
The only human I truly, deeply trust and respect in this planet. A life honorably lived - what a legend of a human.
I find some of the things Chomsky says contrary to my strong beliefs about certain issues. But, I know he is honest and more likely to be correct than wrong- therefore, I should check and question my assumptions. I wish there were more of those people around…so I could learn and improve.
I hope your fully vexed otherwise your hero would have you exiled from society and left to starve .. 😂😂😂
Don't we see that this is the most frightening interview/discussion these two greatest of our public intellectuals have done? Instead of praising their cerebral bandwidth in our comments, shouldn't we remember to actively do something about their warnings...?
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Talk. Talk. Talk. Talk to your classmates, your coworkers and your friends. Fight the belief in war and fight the capitalist religion.
Not looking good. Society is too timid to fight, too corrupt to reform.
@@carycunningham9510 Alright then. Go smaller. Anybody (including me) who puts themself in a position to judge society for not being feisty enough had better not be timid themselves. We can start with that and build on our own track record.
@@antimattv There's a reason governments focus so much on organizers - armies of one don't get too far.
Noam Chomsky is one of the few with both the vision and the courage to speak out. He's not doing it for himself; he's doing it for everyone who will be here when he's gone. Why don't we elect such people to office?
back in the day, yes. now? not so sure. Trump & COVID surely affected his brain.
he's a hack
@@RKZX2 back in the day? What day? Every president is controlled and manipulated this idea that" but but Kennedy" or but enter name. It doesn't matter none of them are aloud control over all levers of power, dare I say the only levers that matter. If people want want to change then stop working start suffering and go out indefinitely to achieve what you want peacefully. Yhat is the ONLY way otherwise the elite will achieve their ends on differing time scales because to the top of the hierarchy, intelligence can be led around a maze as long as it shapes it enough to eventually come to the center ie their goals
Lots of reasons... first off i doubt he'd ever run. Look at kshama sawant though, she's someone elected out of a socialist org and isn't in league with the rich ruling parties
@@anthonyrussano no evidence
I often become saturated by Noam and slip away into a deeper study of a single subject. In deed;, he is a thought invoking speaker.
I often become so saturated with the BS that I fall into a deep sleep.😴😴😴😴
@@vanman3752 says the one that slept in class because it wasn't sinking in anyway
@@aggravatedprogressive7443 You are the helplessly 'woke' who believe everything your masters tell you, how are those boosters working out now?
Everyone here seems to like Noam but I don't know about a person who decided that force the vote on Medicare for All was a lose for Democrats and liberals. Dude literally is considered this huge liberal but said no to a vote on Medicare for all during the pandemic. Can't let that go.
Thanks Chris ,great interview, excellent journalism, thank goodness 😅!
Chomsky and Hedges 💯💪👍❤️😁
Fitting that NPR has permabanned Noam from their consideration. It was when I started listening to his college talks that I began seeing their political broadcasts as, to put it in his words, 'serving power'.
Unfortunately mr Chomsky has decided to do the bidding of the establishment. Listen to this person talking about fascism when he is on record talking about starving people if they choose not to get a vaccine, a product which has been proven to have not been what it was supposed to be. I used to respect him and appreciated his work on exposing Manufacturing Consent but then does the very same thing. Is sad.
Chomsky still has his fast ball. It's going to hit me pretty hard when he goes. What about y'all ?
@JR Shield; I agree and hope and pray that he goes on well past the ton, and with as sharp a mind as he has always had. 🤲🏼🙏🏽
id be happy to die of old age, i very much doubt it will be a option for my generation though, our species is coming to a end, what if any of us that survive the experience wont be homosapiens anymore the disasters of last year will pale into this years as will next years pale into the year after's death tolls so on and so forth
the fascists got the workers to build a gas chamber so large it has no walls (global warming)
the permafrost started irreversible melt at 400ppm, theirs 1600ppm equivalent of CO2/CH4 in perma frost more than 50% will be melted by 520ppm....(releasing 800ppm in process) so unless we can trap 800ppm co2 in the next few decades we cant stop venus effect & we will be looking at a 2000ppm world, the only debatable factor really is how fast ice melts/how fast we hit that point
the reason we had to stay below 400ppm that everyone conveniently forgot when we blew through it was all the feedback loops that kicked in after 400ppm mean that if we couldnt keep it below 400ppm we definitely couldnt reverse the runaway climate change that comes in a 400ppm+ world
even if you removed all human industry from planet tomorrow wed still hit 2000ppm CO2 over the next century now we have set off loops so talk of carbon neutrality is pointless unless we can start taking 10 or 20 or 30 ppm co2 out of atmosphere every year we cant even keep up with the loops we have already set off
no, he completely missed covID-1984
Chomsky is a bad joke, an actor. Only people who are soft in the head fall for his BS mixed in with blatantly obvious virtue signaling.
@@audiogrouch1 yep, he sided with the fascist narrative on Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
Thank you for telling the truth. Seriously commendable.
Im about to watch part 1, do they address Chomskys calling for concentration camps for people who didnt get the jab?
Thank you Chris Hedges and thank you Professor Chomsky
How hard it must be as a wise, old man to see this apparently, inexorably drift into the abyss yet, at least as a necessity for public health, hold onto optimism …
Please gentlemen, you have to have more talks for us to listen to you.
Thank you for your Excellent presentation 👍
Vivà le Prof Noam Chomsky 👍💯💖👍
Vivà le Chris Hedges 💯👍💯👍
Stay blessed Sirs
Fan from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Former Pakistan Air Force 🇵🇰 Veteran
Ahh yes, the honorable Mr. Chomsky. 🙄 The guy that wants people who refuse to bow to the state and pharmaceutical companies to figure out how to find their own food. Truly a despicable human being.
Thanks!
After the fawning introduction, I expected 15 minutes of Chomsky and16 minutes of a sort of competing Chris Hedges curriculum vitae. I was surprised that the latter was almost absent. Great interview.
You are obviously new to Chris hedges interviews - he prepares an introduction then two or three well researched questions for his half hour shows. The questions are just prompts to invite the guest to speak. Expecting ‘A competing CV’ shows you are projecting your own ego nature and arrogance onto him. Grow up.
I lost all respect I had for Chomsky when he stated those who refused the jab should be removed from society and not allowed to work.
The right would agree. Most of the center right or left independents also. Hard core liberals, - some. But the Woke will follow the Narrative to their grave like a cult like religion
Noam is a gatekeeper. He supports the totally discredited Warren Commission findings on the JFK assassination and the equally fraudulent 9/11 Report. He opposes the BDS movement which is the only realistic option to force the necessary radical change on the brutal Israeli apartheid regime.
Compare the Covid deaths in China to those in the US. Unbelievable difference but it takes radical policy. Americans are too rugged individualism minded, while other cultures are more community and common good focused
If the vaccines worked, then the unvacc were no threat. He had the opportunity to keep human freedoms as a priority, but folded with the propaganda, media and gov fear mongering and he did not understand the science or listen to the many alt voices who did. Chomsky failed to practice what he preaches.
@@tombradburn3935 Yea,,, but you make light of the Chinese Central Government Tyranny that was taking place when they literally WELDED their people in there homes. They have no choice than to be " Community and common good focused" Not sure if you know what reality is on this subject. Maybe you could ask someone from Hong Kong,, if they're allowed to talk to you.
May God Bless all those who have the guts to speak the truth.
Chris, do you think that Noam was wrong in his stance about cov1d? He did say let the unv@xxed starve because they didn't have the right to go to a store and buy food, etc... Sure, he was right about a lot of things but i found him despicable with his stance in the "pandemic". Do you agree?
another person who fell for far right propaganda...
Noam Chomsky's mind is more lucid than ever.
lock them up if they refuse the jab right ? Deprive them of food and livleyhood right Noam?
Never forget his position and remind yourself of what actually came out of his mouth on state sanctioned enforcement of a still in trial medical procedure and the conspiracy of silence regarding injury and excess mortality world wide. Sickening.
hahaha we have a right-wing fool right here
Most likely that storyline has little weight. When vaccinating for a novel disease, it’s understandable that the drug had less testing than what we would normally expect. Excess mortality is due to Covid
Good to see TH-cam lifted their ban on you. Idk how you managed when you speak and report on the truth, but I'm glad just the same. I just purchased your book, "The Greatest Evil is War" but am impatiently still slogging through RFK's book "The Real Anthony Fauci." I put the latter off for so long, that many of the "revelations" aren't very secret anymore. But, I bought it, so I feel obligated to read it cover to cover. Your books, "America: The Farewell Tour," and "Days of Destruction. Days of Revolt" inspired original songs I posted on my music channel. I have no doubt this new one will be sung about in days to come! Thank you for your inspiration!
Good one. What kind of !music channel? Sounds interesting!
Chris Hedges has the coolest song for an introduction.
Chomsky has one of the most intelligent brains of this century
He’s definitely unique - alas.
I will never think of Chomsky the same after finding out he had financial connections with Jeffery Epstein. Really raises some questions about what Noam is into...
Unfortunately, this used to be hero turned into a fascist because of his fear of a flu!
Top down change is too dangerously slow now. Time for the bottom to stand up.
The present time is extremely frightening!!!!!! I try to fight for democracy, for liberté égalité fraternité, what Benjamin Franklin said and gave to the French Republic. I fear for the future and our children.
You're not much of a fighter if you "fear". If I would fear I would fear for the wealthy. Eventually the worthy rich will have to be sifted from the idle rich.
Chomsky’s clarity, concisely presented. Humble thanks.
I've been waging my own war against the corporate cockroaches for over 30 yrs. but nowadays, people can't put down their "Smart phones," to read or write or support one another.
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Organize, having fellow citizens who are committed to the same cause is immensely encouraging and empowering
to get people to stop, try organizing more things locally and communally. Start making community a part of daily life.
I say this as an old leftist: Orban and Hungary ain't got shit on Ursula and EU! "When fascism comes to the West it will be draped in a rainbow flag" #WokeReich
Pretty great interview!
Thanks Chris.
Listening to Chomsky and Chris....reminds me of "Horton Hears a Who" . In that these two voices are barely audible in this world, yet they are the most compelling. My thoughts align with them, as a mote of dust
Thank you !!!!!!
I wish this old man good health
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Superb Analysis
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God bless you, and us all.
This all about good and evil.
Peoples selfishness depresses me but i know they are compelled by their natural instinct to be competitive thus they cannot help themselves. But they are still either selfish or uneducated as they should know better, i'm trying not to be too hypocritical here but i am living modestly at the moment.
We need to regulate two instincts. That of being territorial and that of being competitive. Neither should harm either the environment nor each other and that is where they should be capped, on a global scale ! What a catch 22!
We are at least as cooperative by nature.
I think propaganda has led people to value ego and a false sense of superiority (through competition or otherwise). But we could just as easily raise people to help others instead of be selfish.
All hunter gatherer societies compel cooperation and sharing. Because they need it to survive. And i believe humans have some egalitarian tendencies, as other primates do.
But in capitalism, to survive you have to compete with others for a job. And whoever is most loyal, exploitable, and/or useful in furthering their owners' capital wins, so ofc ppl will be competitive in that environment
Being competitive is not natural instinct, maybe for those of predator prey evolutionary potential. It is natural for mammals to foster and raise families and communities in order to survive and thrive.
Agree. In a drive to insanely compete, people forget to cooperate in parallel. Common sense is above education. The balance of competition and cooperation is a sensitive balance of self and other. Cars movie explains the concept.
Competitiveness is not a natural human instinct. Cooperation is. Competition is a requirement for survival in capitalist systems.
Competitiveness is not a natural human instinct. Cooperation is. Competition is a requirement for survival in capitalist systems.
Great stuff, for sure.
Great to hear God speaking. Even though about an insane humanity... 👍
Thank you sir been a avid viewer since your time on RT, thank you for the knowldge on world leaders like victor orban that you have to know your world politicians.
Does Noam think that perhaps both parties could be fascist? He seems to think there's a difference between the 2 parties ? Noam should maybe wake up to the fact that the Democratic party of his day is nothing like what it is today.
I think he almost admits as much: the left has just handed power to the oligarchs.
He can't tho. He can't "wake up to the fact" of anything at this point. He's 94. I understand that he sounds very coherent for someone so old but the ravages of time spare no one. His brain, anyone's brain, is not going to be same anymore at 94. Just as his face could not be expected to have stayed the same from his youth.
In other words it is physically impossible that Noam is still the once brilliant man he once was because of the known science of what happens to the brain in the aging process especially at ages approaching a century.
Unfortunately Noam appears to have experienced a lesser state of brain decay so far. In that he sounds coherent enough so that all of his many, many sycophants will still hang on his every word as if the Oracle of Delphi has spoken. And I say unfortunately because you are right. You're 100% right about the mistake Noam is making. That mistake is likely something we will have to clean up for many years to come amongst his adoring fans who have very little critical thinking skills but great parroting skills.
@@Captain-Obvious i liked your reply. The oracle of Delphi was funny!
Following The Chris Hedges Report and today, Chomsky the present day Socrates/Bakunine
Would Jeffrey Sachs make a good candidate for president? I've been watching recent interviews with him, and he sounds pretty progressive.
I don't think it matters who the president is ultimately. They really only serve the illusion that there is a two party system, when there is really only one. And that one party is the unelected, forever serving bureaucracy that operates the system. Whose ultimate goal is global hegemony at the behest of the multinational corporations it makes policy and law for.
I do think Jeffery Sachs is an extremely well thought out man, who understands clearly our foreign policy positions. Especially in regards to Russia. I love listening to his assessments.
I just listened to his terrific October9th interview by Aaron Mate on the podcast Pushback.
Want to see how he would rule? Look at what he did with his capitalist neoliberal policies in Russia. Caused mass, mass suffering.
Search up his history.
Thank you!
Hungary is a democracy. Orbán was elected by us, the nation. And the elections were democratic and clear. We have free press, people can protest if they want to, and their voice gets heard. This is exactly what democracy is! How can you even question the rights and will of a nation? This is very much disrespectful.
He’s questioning Orbán, not the nation. Come on…
its nice seeing finally that Chomsky is evolving into a wizard,
Id love to hear Hedges and/or Chomsky talk about Huey Long.
If only Dems could take the moral high ground. But most are on the take too.
Many would rather support fascists on the ultra-right than to address the fundamental issues.
Balance is key💕 No fear💕
Noam looking good these days!
He looks like Gandalf the Grey's great-great grandfather.
"Corporation", "Cooperative"
One of them is the cause of our problems. The other is not popular and even feared and hated with xenophobia but seems to work and protects against fascism.
No apology for his stand on Covid then?
Long may run, long may you run...
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I wish the MAGA crowd would open their ears and listen to this.
aristotle was smarter than pr chomsky, he wrote a book on politics, and encapsulated a question as a fundamental aspect of his study:
"who decides?"
no one asks that question nowadays, everyone accepts the current rulers as legitimate, or at least untouchable.
this makes political discussion inane.
if the people decide, they exercise the power of democracy. they become 'citizens.'
public discussion becomes relevant and effective.
before the creation of democracy, public discussion is just chatter in the slave barracks.
What I can understand is that he seems to have lost the plot vis a vis Covid.
Wow with 2 stars
'5 stars'
Noam Chomsky is a man with a vast and admirable knowledge but it does grate on me when he refers to the UK as England.
Chris I credit you with my political awakening during Occupy NYC and DC, your talk on Neoliberalism at Freedom Plaza is one of awakening as you traced the legacy in clear terms. Somehow fighting back with NVDA bears credence and can lead to success, these talks with Professor Chomsky are fuel to the fire.
Hedges us the best of Harvard Divinity School graduates.
Please ask Mark to bring him to speak 😀
The popular vote already supports minority rule and a false compromise between what usually becomes two wings of the same corporate interests. Add to that like for example US involvement in the world and the US props up disproportionate power in places like Ukraine. After the occupation of the square in Kiev the US could have backed the pro democracy groups in Ukraine, but it's easier to just prop up the NeoNazis in Ukraine and far right nationalists who are a minority of the population. This causes war and conflict too which the MIC makes money from. And then also this whole Ukraine thing is a way by which the US can wage an economic war against Europe.
One of the best things Chomsky has taught me is to use the current system, whether you like it or not, to advance your goals. Overthrowing systems is not easy, violence has to be used, it fails many times, and you get a lot of negative publicity. With the current political climate in the US , leftist forces must join the political arena with Democrats if we even have a chance of making the Democrats move even more towards our position.
Current example. Cornel West's campaign, as it is now, I support. But when the rubber meets the road (General Election) I have no choice but to go for the Democrats. I believe it would be a bad idea if he were to stay in the race until the end.
tnx Chris..
The irony of Victor Orban is when Richard Spencer went to have a little speech in Hungary, Orban had him arrested on entry. Neither Orban nor the GOP s/b taken seriously.
Thank you gentlemen.. true heros
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Well said! and update
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
THIS.
It is wonderful to see how bright Professor Chomsky is at his age while President Biden is so dull at his own age.
how do Chomsky's people not get him a better microphone...like wtf.
As soon as tipping points are hit, we will race even faster because what the hell. I can already see Shell ads saying, were all gonna die so enjoy whats left.