Michael Parenti hilariously on Paradigms & Perceptions

[MichaelParentiOrg]

Thanks for uploading!!

[saalihah]

"Approved"



[seigneurvoland666]

wow shut up about the sound system alrdy!!

[tom6612]

Parenti is Chomsky with an edge. Plus Parenti is much more realistic about certain historical events like the 1960s assassinations. I would really recommend his Youtube lecture on "The Gangster Nature of The State". It's filled with brilliant analysis.

[August1977]

Ideas are not about essence and quality, it's all about pragmatism, unanimity and consensus, i.e. the notion that 'truth' only matters if and when professed collectively. This is true to the extent that social structures and hierarchies are the result of consensual views which implies that they have a social function independent of the essence of these views.

[TheeUnidentified]

“The enormous gap between what U.S. leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology.” - Michael Parenti

[Yukoners4CivilRights]

I heard Parenti on the local radio station up here talking about world war 2. Since then have been following his work full time. The language in the notes could be simplified but at the same time it's not that hard to pick up a dictionary.

[canaan1967]

I'm was told by someone that I read to much and that I believe "everything that I read". I said that it's precisely the opposite in that I stopped believing everything I read and have become very skeptical and selective of what I read in the process of forming my heterodox views.

[DuffmanIRL]

The notes section of this video should be written in simpler language so as not to scare off people.

Don't make the simple complex. Thats what intellectuals do to justify their existence.

[MarioSavioTZM]

@DuffmanIRL agreed I consider myself fairly intellegent, read the word 'geospatial' and thought, wtf?

[DuffmanIRL]

@MarioSavioTZM Exactly. It was the same for me. Thats needlessly complicated language.

[seigneurvoland666]

lol @ 8:20 - 8:31 hahah true

[fewmetsiam4u]

The rest of the vid "Lies, War and Empire" great stuff.

[canaan1967]

@fewmetsiam4u

There's not a book or a talk by Parenti that's not worth listening to.

[Roch21173]

could you post the whole video please?

[SomeUsefulVids]

Heh so few views.

[skeetrosauce]

Only 367 views.

What the hell?

Spread the truth Parenti!

[Mojo1982]

991 views now......................Never­theless more people need to hear Parenti.

[crimsoncoin]

learned summit knew..! good oratory after class settles down. Good one great teacher

[filoulechatnoir]

great

:-)