John Zerzan: Pretentions of Modernity 1/11

[technatezin]

John Zerzan please take off your glasses and smash it with a rock. Sorry can't give you a hammer. That's technology.

[siliconsannyasin]

No technology could cure your blindness.

[ggwicz]

rogan

[talyesin3]

Everywhere in the city people read their sms, or phone. They don't even remark your presence..they come back home and connect to the internet.You speak to them in the street and they look surprised if not afraid.The capitalists make them believe anything they want.We are all becoming egoist. Revolutionaries have lost. The fight for a society of justice and ecology has been lost.Nobody knows what is ahead but it sure won't be good.

[jennyaskswhy]

One question. If he's so into primitivisation of culture, why is he using the Internet to spread his message? Am I the only one to see the contradiction?

[facepalmsociety15]

@jennyaskswhy i think it is absurd to suggest that just because you disagree with technology it makes you a hypocrite to use the internet.

how else is he suppose to get his message out?

[littleflags]

@lol97d Who the hell is Norman Chomsky?

[dhymers]

@littleflags Noam Chomsky - Linguist and Philosopher among other things. Wikipedia him.

[littleflags]

@dhymers yeah yeah, I know who Noam Chomsky is. the comment i was responding too kept refering to him as Norman Chomsky. ; -)

[heraze]

I think the acellerated growth and cotinued expansion is something related to evolution itself. There are people who think that we will be surpassed and will continue to merge ourself with technology and machines, but it will not be very nice if we take this path with a individualistic/egocentrist culture and economic paradigm we have now. So I invite people to see exaclty the opposite opinions of John Zerzan with the movies Zeitgeist Addendum and Zeitgeist Moving Forward found here on youtube.

[mikekrentz]

@lol97d

how would you propose ending civilization?

[Doubledig]

'...I was reading a review when I was flying here..' Maybe in light of the catastrophe he's talking he shouldn't be flying anywhere!

[bumzurvaj]

He offers a stunning critique of the modern world, but his solutions suck ass.

[lunesymiercoles1]

subtitularloooooooooo

[matchbox555]

chomsky is right on

[matchbox555]

this is pointless

[lunesymiercoles]

alguien puede subtitularlo al español

[hivelocity100]

Wow....I just lost every single bit of intellectual respect for Noam Chomsky.

[sansdieu]

the anti-civ cadre of authors may be able to write some fairly engaging books, but jesus h., they sure aren't very adept at the art of oratory. it would be great if jz could marshal his arguments in a concise and compelling manner rather than this meandering and tepid style he is employing.

[vanderbilt887]

"Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an ax in the hand of a pathological criminal."

ALBERT EINSTEIN

[fdesouchecom]

@vanderbilt887 Yeah sure EINSTEIN, you had no problem with the atomic bomb, right?

[antibernays]

Por favor, que alguien traduzca estos videos al castellano, sería muy interesante. Gracias

[TheAssholearchist]

antibernays,

Si me buscas por lo menos dos personas mas que entiendan Ingles yo ayudo a traducir y a volverlas a subir a Youtube con subtitulos. Once videos, de 10 minutos cada uno, es demaciado trabajo para mi solo. Digo, yo lo podria hacer solo, pero me tomaria MUCHO mas tiempo que si tuviera la ayuda de unos cuantos mas.

[slackmason]

John Zerzan, LOOK OUT! AGRICULTURE IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[freedomclubLX]

slackmason, it's behind all of us.

[PeterPancrease]

I like the response to Noam Chomsky. It was spot on and I hope this Zerzan posed it to him.

[NeoSapienist]

hate to disagree, but there should NOT be a country called IRAQ. it is a totally fictional puppet state. Do your research.

[newmoongathering]

hahahahahahhaa. You have all proven John Zerzan right.

[Pollther]

The Jivaro are agriculturalists. Nuff' said.

[zxygh]

John Zerzan: an example of the pretentions of anarchy. By the way, where did he get those corrective lenses he's wearing on his face? Did they grow on a tree?

[Pollther]

Fuck yourself, asshole.

[zxygh]

Fuck myself? Are you sure? That might involve using technology and, thus, violate the anarcho-primitivist nonsense you believe in.

[Pollther]

Tell me where you live and I'll take care of it myself, sans technology.

[zxygh]

You seem to have no problem threatening people with technology. In other words, using a computer and watching youtube.

[Pollther]

When did I say I was a primitivist? Whereas I can reveal myself to be otherwise, you can only remain a constipated, stodgy, worn-out housewife with an axe to grind.

[zxygh]

I stand corrected, you are not a primitivist. You are just a loser that couldn't find woman's clitoris to save your life.

[Pollther]

The real question is: can anyone find your clitoris, or is it tucked underneath rolls of fat pubic tissue?