Noam Chomsky on Academic Freedom and the Corporatization of Universities

[lovelplants]

very nice noam .. :)

[xMaXiMuSx]

You know as big of a genious as Noam Chomsky is he can't figure our why univeristies are becoming like "corporations'.. It's because of goverment guaranteed loans that allows Univeristies to become as big as they want because they can charge any price they want for tution cause they goverment will guarantee the money.

[gamerunknown]

Even if the head of a corporation supported not letting people starve to death or die from a preventable disease, they probably couldn't come out in favour of that for risk of their share price declining.

[mendali]

Nice Harry Potter reference 37:46

[TheTostadero]

any comment about the actual content of my refrasing?

[tubesbestmusic]

THE BEST QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION EVER! Noam sums up the last 40 years of the U.S. Economy in just over 9 minutes: 54:02 - 1:03:19 .... GREAT UPLOAD!!!!!

[elspoono]

@NegativeNick I agree completely. More conversation at that level of dialogue can only help in several ways, including raising the credible of Chomsky himself.

@cnotemorello lol.

[Leibinz]

Noam Chomsky is the most lucid commentator the world has.

[stickjohnny]

Noam starts at 7:20

[NegativeNick]

I wish we had more people who spoke like he did but disagreed with him. At least then we would have a plurality of reliable views rather than just a single voice against the wind.

[cnotemorello]

@NegativeNick Why dont you pick up the Wall Street Journal! All the facts and opinions of the business class in America.

[lyricalbrilliance]

@cnotemorello AND OWNED BY WHO? RUPERT MURDOCH! THAT'S WHO...

[TheTostadero]

@NegativeNick well, there are plenty of voices speaking in other views than Chomsky in a very elocuent way and with great intelectual support. To my opinion, that's the problem. Now, if what you're asking is the same level of honesty and knowledge, but on an "elite" level, that would mean to have Hilary Clinton (ex-member of the Trylateral comission) tell you that they are trying by any means to reduce the "excessive democracy" that defies power. No public figgure will tell you that openly.

[NegativeNick]

@TheTostadero I'm looking for the truth and i just don't have the time to do all the reading required so it would be nice to have people I could trust who tell the truth. sadly such people are very rare. I think Chomsky, Chalmers and Zinn were a few but I would like more. I guess I'll have to become one myself.

[TheTostadero]

@NegativeNick No attack intended! but, let me refrase, I really think that Chomsky's speaches are a lot less political and a lot more Human Rights and pointing out the problems than saying "the solutions is liberal socialim/ anarcho sindicalism / or something" I mean, What is needed are analysts that put their fingers where it hurts, and then policy makers that respect the preassure that this excelent individuals manage to gather....

[pocketfox17]

@TheTostadero It's good that you can refrase. Refrasing is good.

[tstruss912]

@NegativeNick  Like Ron Paul? There are many like him.

[clockworkscott]

@tstruss912 yeah, i get all my opinions from ron paul and the koch brothers.

[tstruss912]

@clockworkscott hmmm...yeeessss....they are in on it together aren't they.....I see it clearly now.

[xMaXiMuSx]

@clockworkscott

Ron Paul has nothing to do with Koch brothers.. Koch Brothers and the mainline republicans like Palin, and some other hijacked the tea party but real tea parties know the difference between teacons and tea partiers.

[Tougemaster06]

@xMaXiMuSx The Koch Brothers are Libertarian, of the extreme variety just like Ron Paul...

[xMaXiMuSx]

@Tougemaster06

nonsense.. Koch brothers are corportists who want special privilages.. It's not Ron Paul that Koch is funding but fake tea partiers like Bachman and yor regular republicans..Noam Chomsky is genius in many thing but in terms of economics he is inferior to Ron Paul..