Noam Chomsky on public opinion, public policy, masochist streaks, elections, NPR, Barack Obama, war in Iraq, Iran, Bolivia etc.
Noam Chomsky on public opinion, public policy, masochist streaks, elections, NPR, Barack Obama, war in Iraq, Iran, Bolivia etc.
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I hope more people read/watch/listen to Chomsky.
@ marscubed
Why not just support true freedom via true democracy.. Screw politicians.
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That is a response typical of TOTALITARIAN regimes.
If someone disagrees with being shafted, then they can fuck off somewhere else.
NO. In a democracy you have the right to voice your opinion just like you have the right to pay taxes so you can contribute to state policies that reflect the will of the people.
That’s how it’s supposed to happen anyway. Saying “our way or the highway” is not democracy it’s a totalitarian regime, and anyone who spouts it has been brainwashed.
Don’t you mean dead?
A problem the economy is that it is stupid.
The blind logic of what makes the next $.
We can do 3 things.
we can increase competition to the point of war and extinction.
we can overthrow the system and replace it with distribution based on informed democracy.
or we can evolve what we have into a better form with progressive tax and sane green markets.
Expose corps which hide money from the tax catchment instead.
MANY declare no taxable income in the USA by moving profits to tax havens.
jsh78mang, I am not sure of my facts regarding Ron Paul by any means.
However here is what I see, he gets called a social liberal, and yet he is about the most reactionary, hinting at murder charges for possession of the morning after pill, pro religion, pro corps having anything they want! , He is against welfare, so any tax would only be for army and police.
small govt is a place we will get to, but ppl have to do it themselves. not corp power and charity. look up corporate state aka fascism
I’m afraid your insane the richest man in the country Bill gates is a Dem. The Neo nazi rich crap is not secluded to the right, but on both sides of the coin. RP is not a puppet or a pawn. If you look up your Facts he has voted the same way for years and has alway been a a solid constitutional Republican/ Libertarian. Alex jones is a nut bag and you sound like his left counter part. Sorry I just don’t agree with you.
Vote Obama, it weakens the right,
when Obama is in office push him hard, he will go some of the way, and then when he is used up, leave him behind and keep going.
Keep pushing in the direction you want to go. If you have an opposition to everything then you can’t move.
sometimes we need stepping stones, sometimes a bridge.
use what is there and climb over it. Obama may be a sham, but he opens doors to the next level.
and it shuts down opportunities for the worst reactionary elements.
RP and other far right republicans are a con jsh78mang.
Alex Jones led the anti war movement into obscurity, it was used to attack the UN on queue when Bush needed it. This same band has now been handed over to the republicans to hit welfare and employment rights.
Ii’s decades of cold war propaganda and the false assertion that rule by unelected bosses is freedom.
wake up now.
Join people who fight for human rights and democracy, not zero tax for the unelected rich neo nazi crap.
yes they didnt tell us that 911 was an inside job trythseekers so it couldnt have been!when they say it on the news all sheep will beleive it!Wake up sheeeple ,cos until you do we will keep getting treated like the cattle we are!Anyone who thinks Obama is going to save us thay are living in cookoo land!JUST WAKE UP!wots it going to take?
Is Public Opinion Died?
I didn’t vote for Ron Paul because he’s a creationist nut bag, I expect more from a doctor of medicine. In spite of his constutionalist stance and desire to break down the fed, there isn’t much about him that is better than other politicans like Nader or Kucinich.
Listen, don’t buy into the whole republican vs democrat typical controlled BS arguments. THIS IS ABOUT THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE UNITED STATES! WE NEED TO BE AMERICAN and stand up for the TRUTH!
MUST SEE ‘OBAMA DECEPTION’
People like you make others not want to vote for people like Ron Paul. Do the world a favor since your the minority Shut the fuck up about 9/11 and conspiracy theories you have no proof of so that we can get a real president into office. Thenn if there is something wrong he can find it, and fix it . TY
yipp
Yes, you can.
Can I listen to the dude’s words without funky background music distracting me please?
Exactly. People need to start reading about Goldman, Kropotkin, Marx, Bakunin, and others.
That there is an alternative to “toothpaste”, as you call.
Same thing happened with Dennis Kucinich. I may not agree with Ron Paul with everything but he talked about real issues.
I think Ron Paul was the best example of that the election. I’m not sure that he represented true public opinions but he certainly had different stances than the other candidates, won all his debates by huge amounts, and was never taken seriously. What a joke this is.
No issues are ever discussed here. Trivial matters rule. Whichever candidate tries to raise a serious issue gets marginalized as a crazy and no one wants to “throw their vote away” on a crazy guy.
you may be right Henry, wordsmiths can be very elusive at times. People follow Noam because they accept his speech in good faith. People are drawn to him because they want to hear something other than death and destruction or greed. (reasons why I was a big fan) but 9/11 changed everything and MIT is a CIA funded institution.
FARD
Noams the man. My american idol. haha
Same here. His observations about the government, media, and all that has helped me make my own observations about those things, which is what he is there to do.