I'd prefer it if there was no free market and I was given a vehicle to drive by my government with a government label on it. Chomsky is my hero, hope he dies soon.
A man with a fantastic memory is not an intellectual. He is so colorless and boring and doesn't acknowledge passion or hatred or love or anything that has to do with emotions. There is no light without shadow. There is no sense of peace without conflict, no sense or appreciation of love without hate. You can't sit in a room like this guy does and live life. Does he climb live volcanoes or motorcycle around exotic islands? NO, he talks. We owe a debt of gratitude to evil. Without it we're rocks.
@JamesErvin100 the man has spent his life fighting for whats right. You talk shit about emotion. this man has spent his life doing one of the most important thing someone can do to another, educating people. Making them aware of whats happening around them. indoctrinated people like you will learn one day. I just hope it wont be too late.
@JamesErvin100 how does climbing live volcanoes or riding a bike on an island owe anything to evil? an evil thief would steal your motorcycle without a second thought making your island drive impossible... your proposed island drive is dependent on good, not on evil... motorcyclists, and bicyclists for that matter, owe nothing to evil
@JamesErvin100 your a fuckin nut job, plain and simple. he's not debating the array of human emotions all of which he has no doubt felt in his 80 years most of which as an activist and political commentator. he unlike you feels no need for people to suffer for unjust causes. he talks about how america kills thousands of people in unjust wars. you cant feel emotions when your dead, now can ye. so whats your argument based on. i think bullshit
Chomsky spends all of his time reading and learning. Politicians spend all their time campaigning and fund-raising. Who do you think is going to know truth better?
Americas crime rate, size of its prison population, alliteracy'/illiteracy, violent foreign policy, child poverty, child hunger, elderly abuse & neglect, prostitution, drug use (legal & illegal), war on drugs, useless & expensive education system etc... is evidence of a failed state not to mention the marriage of religion and state..
when 60% of your population believe that the constitution was forged on biblical principles you are fucked...
@Th3Wab3 Best military, best forensic science, best computer software and computers, best films, best university system, free speech, most variety and involvement in sports, best archaeologists, geologists, oil drillers, heavy machinery, tons of book stores, social networks used all over the world, best TV production, most popular music and best music for decades, most spacious homes. We're pretty much state of the art in everything and in the stuff we're not we innovated. Try again jealous.
@Th3Wab3 Since we set the bar for everything in the world from forensics, medicine, policework, theater, films, education, science, archaeology, geology, literature, tv, computers and software, music, music studios and multi tracks, the music industry, mass production ideas, managerial ideas, heavy machinery and 19 million things more, it's hard to imagine what in the world your jealous and humiliated mind is talking about. Try some wake up pills stupid.
Now, Chomsky, do I turn to thee, and mark my greeting well; for what I speak my body shall make good upon this earth, or my divine soul answer it in heaven. Thou art a traitor and a miscreant, too good to be so and too bad to live, since the more fair and crystal is the sky, the uglier seem the clouds that in it fly. Once more, the more to aggravate the note, with a foul traitor's name stuff I thy throat; and wish, ere I move, what my tongue speaks my right drawn sword may prove.
If you're "serious" about it, you leave a smoldering hole where the people who took down those towers (and the nation that sheltered them) once stood. Then you leave, and let them decide, "Is it in our best interested to allow the Taliban and Al Queda to run our country?" Because in the end, governments can't do anything without consent of the people. Remembering of course, that to be silent is to consent.
well, should other countries leave a "smoldering hole" where the U.S.A stands because of the autrocities that the States has committed? After all, they ARE the largest and most powerful terrorist state.
@Zackerybob Try getting a dictionary and expanding your vocabulary instead of using the words terrorist and imperialism to color everything you don't like. At least we can speak our mind without being arrested. If youtube were based in Canada it'd be shut down for the comments. Sad you have to come to a terrorist state to be free. Everything in your culture is a watered down version of America except for the free speech part of which you have none.
@jboric02 In modern context, the term "people" and "person" are not necessarily of the organic variety. Corporations are legally "persons" but, with much greater power to having its voice heard in government.
By any definition, the U.S.A. is a failed state. It is little more than a confederation of private power centers that still holds the outward appearance of the Old Republic. But, even that ruse is failing fast. Organic persons are no longer represented. Only corporate persons.
This Naveed at 14:21 should first read the Quran. If he had done so he would understand that there is no point in asking a Jew to convert to Islam, as Judaism (and Christianity) are considered valid alternatives... But, of course, maybe Naveed was aware that Chomsky is at most an agnostic (in his words "child of the enlightment").
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"The area was underpopulated and remained economically stagnant until the arrival of the first Zionist pioneers in the 1880's, who came to rebuild the Jewish land. The country had remained "The Holy Land" in the religious and historic consciousness of mankind, which associated it with the Bible and the history of the Jewish people. Jewish development of the country also attracted large numbers of other immigrants - both Jewish and Arab.
- The report of the British Royal Commission, 1913 -
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Is this an interview, or a platform for Chomsky and anti-americanism. Chomsky cherry picks his studies and polls, and talks and sneers as if those are the only ones or the only accurate ones. This is a bitter old man whose real unhappiness is likely something else, I suspect dissatisfaction with his genetic makeup, for which all his life he has hated the strong, beautiful and successful. I suspect he was bullied as a child/teen.
What a ridiculous comment. Chomsky's work is highly researched and detailed. You clearly have not read a single of his books. They are often far too detailed and cite too many references, making the books dry and hard to read.
His analysis can be backed with countless debates against his critics, many of which can be found right here on youtube.
His critics have now begun to reject offers of debating Chomsky and for good reason. They run the risk of being quite badly embarrassed.
How's that then? I have begun my reply with an insult, mirroring your advanced style! I am so fortunte to have you for a teacher.
What youi may not understand is that many people can see that life is somewhat a horror & tragedy, and yet that fact does not pre-occupy them as it does Chomsky. Chomsky has issues separate from his subject matter - nothing will ever be good enough for him -although Prozac might help.
You are a Chomsky fan, so what? What are you doing to improve world?
What am I doing to improve the world? What a strange question to ask. Was it not you who just argued that "life is somewhat a horror & tragedy" and that we should not spend time preoccupying ourselves with ideas on how to make it better?
I wonder if you would extend your "shit happens" ideology to, say the Nazi Holocaust or perhaps 9/11?
Yes, sure innocents died but "life is somewhat a horror & tragedy" anyways and there is no sense letting that fact "pre-occupy (us) as it does".
Marr, a BBC twat somehow thought he could get the better of that interview. He ended up being badly embarrassed by Chomsky. You should watch it.
And you should certainly at least read one of his books before making ridiculous comments like Chomsky "is a bitter old man ... I suspect dissatisfaction with his genetic makeup".
LOL! What a dumb thing to say!!! You must be really bitter because you understand the validity of his arguments.
The truth is I'm not a bitter person - my presentation is very different than Chomsky's. He is clearly a bitter person - how could anyone not see that. Of course it could be his choice of wife that makes him bitter, but I think it is his slave-moralist worldview. I know several really bitter people and they see things his way. Bias, motive and agenda predeed all thinking and speech. No one can be objective, so it makes sense to try to figure out why a person has their particular views.
So he is "bitter" because of his " slave-moralist worldview"? I think adherence to a moral code is standard in humans. Don't ask what Chomsky adheres to his. Ask why you are not adhering to yours.
Most people who were aware of the racism of Apartheid condemned it. Not because they were "bitter". But rather because ethical people tend to have innate issues with injustice and other unethical behaviours.
Why you do not may be resolved by spending some time on the couch with a psychiatrist.
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man, oh Man! What a bunch of boiler plate retorts! A Psyciatrist? Most psychiatric patients report great dissatisfaction with that bunch. And may I point out that you did not answer my question as to what you are doing to make the world a better place - you ducked it. And then you went on to project onto me things I did not say. I don't think you are very clear minded. By the way, have you read Geneology of Morals? What do you really know about morality? Your emotions don't matter.
Get off your high horse. No one needs to have read Nietzsche in order to decide whether genocide is something to condemn. Millions of people make such decisions. Many of them do not even know who Nietzsche is.
What have I done to make the world a better place? A veriety of things. For example, I network and organize. I engage in debate. I boycott. I protest ...
Let me put it this way, I do the same things that anti-Apartheid activists did more than two decades ago.
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Well, as I suspected you do very little to make the world a better place - you are little more than a gadfly. The core of people who fought against Apartheid worked tirelessly and cleverly, building a case and getting in to see people in power and changing their minds. It was like a full time job for them. You are an amchair activist. FYI, I do more than you with my charity work, which costs me time and money.
I was not aware this was a pissing contest. I never claimed to do more than you to change the world.
I just ridiculed your claim that Chomsky is "a bitter old man" because of his "slave-moralist worldview".
If anything your claim to do charity work makes you look even more foolish. Why are you "preoccupy(ing)" yourself with the suffering of others? Don't you understand that "life is somewhat a horror & tragedy" anyways?
One thing Chomsky certainly is not is a hypocrite like you.
But why do you care how anyone is making the world a better place?
Isn't life "somewhat a horror & tragedy"? Should we not refrain from "preoccupy(ing)" ourselves with ideas on how to make it better? Isn't that "bitter"?
Should we not maintain this cesspool of injustice and crime and give in to apathy on the basis that it benefits us?
In other words, should we not side with "the strong, beautiful and successful" no matter how preverse of a description that may be for man-kind's worst?
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As usual , you project. Projection is a technique of the weak and wrong. You don't give me the impression that you are a strong and active person, rather you strike me as a weak debbie-downer. It is important, especially for young people, to learn to identify your type and avoid becoming like you - a critic. Rather they should become strong and striving and abhor weakness. A world of weaklings enables thugs and goons. The weak are the scourge of humanity.
Who are you referring to when you say "young people"? I am 27 years old (my profile says 28 for some reason). I consider that young,
On one hand you dismiss the work of psychiatrists and on the other hand you make very weak/pathetic attemps to analysis me using, what? a youtube chat?
My friend, hypocrites like you are shameless and few.
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By "young people" I am referring to teens and early 20's. Young people can be taught to value strength and to make an effort to be stronger which makes for a better world and one with fewer "debbie-downers", who have unresolved parental or other childhood issues that then taint their worldview. More emphasis on strength will lead to less obesity and drug addiction and generally less vanity in the culture. PS: Pyschiatrists are nuts, but some psychologists are insightful, like John Breeding.
And everything I said about you stands. Those who label criticism of American government policy as "anti-americanism" are clearly adhering to some totalitarian ideology.
Your last sentence explains you entirely.
The Nazis were strong. South African supporters of Apartheid were strong. The slavers were strong...
The Jews in the holocaust were weak. The South African blacks were weak. The slaves were weak ...
Yet you consider "the weak" to be "the the scourge of humanity".
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The weak are the scourge of humanity because they enable the thugs and goons. Thugs and goons rarely make headway against strong and noble types. When the weak become strong then they are no longer weak and no longer a scourge. Now the Jews are stong - they learned, they evolved, and they have the Nazis to thank for that. The Sinhala are now a serious fighting force, thanks to the LTTE. And when Islamo-terrorism is finished, we will be stronger because of them. No hypocrisy - just reality.
So the Jews should be thankful of the Nazis for the holocaust?
This is getting more perverse by the minute!
The people who "enable thugs and goons" are those who are indifferent and apathatic. They are those who argue "that life is somewhat a horror & tragedy" anyways and that they need not "preoccupy" themselves with the injustices inflicted by the strong against the weak.
It is they, who are "the the scourge of humanity".
Noam is the man !!! .. When it comes to linguistics .. rhetoric .. propoganda etc .. No one knows better !!! .. Considered the numero uno intellectual on the planet .. Any one who does'nt take his opinions seriously is in serious need of therapy !!! ..
Unless I'm very much mistaken, a republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch. Under what political system? Democracy. You can have a union which is also democratic. Seems your distinction is pedantic at best, and idiotic at worst.
I think the offer of converting to Islam was actually quite sweet, although very spiritually naive. He should know that Chomsky knows who he is and has delved as deeply as most into the truth of world events. It was meant as a compliment, but showed some naivety. The future for the world is not reliant on religion, but it is reliant on Truth and Spirit.
I agree with alot of what he writes, but if Chomsky thinks that Israel would be safe from jihadists if it simply stopped its expansionist policies, he is mistaken. It would help, but those who blow themselves up in crowded markets will not stop until there is no israel.
I think the last call was a chilling reminder of what dwells in the subconscious of some muslims - I dualistic war of Islam Vs the west, followed by an arrogant invitation for chonsky to convert.
Bill O Reilly talking with Noam Chomsky would be horrible, it would end like William Buckley and Gore Vidal's infamous interview, which he tried to replay with Chomsky.
I worship thee oh Noam Chomsky; Thou art a god among men, thy theories on the grammar theory is a master piece worth venerating, thou art my sun and my moon.
Chomsky is surely a national treasure of America. He is the most read and translated (next to the bible) intellectuals in American history today. I will surely mourn for the rest of my life after his death. We love you, Noam.
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He's a national albatros and should be ejected from the country. He's just simply "not on our side". He is part of the mechanisms that the enemy (those who wish to see us damaged or fail) use as a bait and switch device to further their own agendas and people who back fools like chomsky are meat puppets pretending they are "clear thinkers".
noam chomsky is the best leader of opinions america can ever have after malcom x ,he always tell the trues no matter what the wing nuts and the hypocrites say about him,anyone who is for justice in america and around the world need to help in his struggle against injustices.
The trouble is that Chomsky never seems to be interviewed by a challenging interviewer. His closing statement that the US was at war with the Catholic church in Latin America in the 80s is somewhat dubious. As I recall, Liberation Theology was roundly condemned by Pope John Paul II so Chomsky really needs to clarify this statement. Wild extrapolations do not make for sound analyses !
What do we say about China's human rights violations in Xinjiang? Being the engine of world economy doesn't excuse China from its moral & political responsibilities. We have to be wary of any rising economic & political powers anywhere in the world. No country or individual in the world has the special right & privilege to do anything it/she/he wants to do just because it/she/he is politically & economically powerful. What would Chomsky say about China's bullying behavior in Asia?
Western Democracies need a new revolution, and hopefully with the MPs expenses scandal we might see one in the UK. If the MPs dont change here soon, the people will, and thier folls if they think cuts in MP's and the amount of money they can claim will be enough.
Gee, wonder why they will not interview this guy on American 'news' channels. Imagine o' reilly trying to interview an intelligent human being like Chomsky
O'Reilly would rip Chomsky to bits? hahah you MUST be joking. Only if it were a three minute segment where Bill could just yell and not actually let Chomsky speak.
Unfortunately, for some people, that merits an intellectual 'win' these days.
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Damn liberals,
You have ruined my college experience. I hate college, my grades are high but I gotta spend hours on papers trying to feed these stupid tree hugging bastards with what they love to hear. they will never Brainwash me .Thank god racism still exists (and always will) , gotta love plastic, forget recycling, support big business, give Israel more than the 10 million or so per day so they bomb Palestinians (hopefully innocent ones).
karma52 is just a deranged Jew hater, look at his profile. thats the reason he believes Chomsky is a Zionist, he believes in Jewish conspiracies. Chomsky can ridcule Israel all he wants he won't appease someone like karma52.
you really have missed chomsky's ideas. He is not a Zionist. He is for the freeing of Palestine, IN SPITE OF THE FACT that he is a Jew from a Zionist family. Do you know how to read krapma?
Those who don't agree with Noam Chomsky and there are many, consider this: for a man born in 1928 he looks great for his age. Bright as a button and apparently healthy. Mind over matter perhaps ?
Noam is a great man, but it's too late for what he's trying to do. America is riding a very fast train to hell. And that train sooner or later will reach it's destination. Enjoy the ride guys.
Propaganda [from modern Latin: 'propagare', "extending forth"] is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people. From Wikipodia ... so basically if you question any societal norms with factual evidence in order to change (or improve) the current institutions it is propaganda. In my opinion Mr. Chomsky makes immaculate arguments, maybe you should listen.
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If chomsky went against an Islamic Scholar he would have to concede. He has use dhis brain to explain the obvious but has no other option. Islam is the answer.
This is an awful misinterpretation of what Chomsky is repeatedly saying. He has always stressed that a "clash of civilizations" has never been an issue that prompted US foreign policy.
And just out of curiosity, "Islam is the answer" to what exactly? What is the matter in question here that you are talking about? Vacant statements like these are meaningless, and frankly should seem embarrassing to those who reiterate them.
Noam Chomsky's comment after seeing YouTube's video "Èric and the Army of the Phoenix": "That's quite incredible. I hope that there is something in print, and that there is serious protest organized. That should be widely known."
P.S.: if you want to help us fight Spanish Fascists, please post your own video responses in Èric's video.
Organized religion is part and parcel why we're in the mess we're in with Americans. The last thing we need is our greatest thinkers dumbing themselves down with religion.
Religion so called is really about instilling in you since your birth that if you don't do or live in a certain manner then "God" or "Allah" will have you sent to hell; essentially, you're living in fear for all of your life. What kind of religion is that when you are living under threat of eternal damnation? Please....
Well. This is only one school of religion. There another school that makes you follow the doctrine because you want the ultimate prize which is heaven. I think there were many good religious people as well as good people that had no affiliation with any religion. My note was simply a matter of courtesy and personal respect.
Thank you for the post Aljazeera. Chomsky's logic is ironclad. Debate his talking points rather than voice your prejudiced ideological views. Why is a man who tries to adhere to rationalism and logic in his arguments labeled as controversial? It's the basis of what is wrong with the world.
I'm sorry Professor Chomsky had such poor questions posed. And to have to answer them in little sound bites. The New York Times is correct, he is one of the top intellectuals. And as far as the Islamic posts and the poor professor's inability to answer them it isn't a war on Islam! Again saying that it is is merely another distraction for Christians and Muslims. Just like the distractions republicans and democrats get into when deciding a democracy, which we do NOT have in America!
The last guy was stupid for asking a ridiculous question on the issue of War against Islam. For a war to exist against Islam, the practices of Islam itself must exist within nations. I have lived in the middle east for 20 years...the only "version" of Islam that survives today, is the one concocted by nihilist and hypocrites. If there is no Islam, how can there is a war on it.
I think Chomsky would say that American tv media only shows a narrow band of the intellectual spectrum and he doesn't fall within that band. Bill Kristol and the neo-cons do fall into that band. He would also point to the corporate owners of American tv media and the fact that their interests are not served by his opinions. I think that those are the main reasons you don't see him on American tv.
how come and correct me if i am wrong [and send me the links]why is Noam Chomsky never interviewed here in america by the news and talk shows or asked to comment on certain issues on TV like bill kristol and such other idiot neo-cons even recently or its just me and I've just havent seen him.
If you're referring to mainstream media, forget it. No chance of that ever happening. Professor Chomsky has been so outspoken (and factual) in his critique of America's foreign policy that apparently he has received death threats in the past and at times has had to have a bodyguard accompany him when he used to lecture at MIT. The biggest mistake mainstream media (who are extremely partisan), could make, is allow people to listen to someone like Prof. Chomsky.
That makes sense, then it would be safe to say that he has never been interviewed HERE in the US [mainstream media] even before he had become such an outspoken activist. Because I find it hard to believe that he has never been interviewed [for political purposes] here in the US, but for obvious reasons I would not be amazed if he has'nt.
Not only has he been interviewed here in the US. He was shown on C-Span speaking at West Point on Just War theory. He's been on Bill Moyer's show, I think Charlie Rose, and definitely on Bill Maher.
The short answer as to why you won't see Noam Chomsky on American telvision media too often is because he actually wants to contribute meaningful information as a part of a critical assessment of some issue.
thats true and also its because the majority of rednecks that make up this country wont understand chomsky, news in this country is sold as a comodity and the typical rednecs need something like bill-oreilly or sean hannity, something quick and brainless, thats why they are so popular
The more complicated reason reason is because American media is an extreme version of what most all media is: a re-representation of previously established views in dichotomous (often polemical) structure. For example, an 'expert' on the right will defend opinions based on some sort of evidence against an 'expert' on the left whom is also defending opinions based on some sort of evidence.
Of course, there are variations on this, in terms of the number of contributors as well as how opionionated or neutral the contributor is. The main thing to note is that the discussion being had in real time is designed in terms of the 'profit motive' for quick and easy digestion by a public that doesn't have time to really analyze an issue.
It is clear to see why, then, television media does not support true dialogue and critical analysis, but rather easy-to-grasp (with greater and lesser degree) conventional topics later rehashed as sound bites.
very well put, i read Fahrenheit 451 a about 2 months ago and well thats what it looks like.
the government is always there watching [bigbrother] and taking as much as possible by force, the classical Orwellian picture but it seems that Ray Bradbury had a better premonition of what was going to happen and I think is happening, what do you think Orwell or Ray Bradbury
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The Saudi family needs to understand the Qur'an when reading it, mainly about seeking allies and protectors, they are crystal clear Verses, even to the idiots, they need no explanation or interpretation, even when translated to other languages, they all mean the same thing, they are not vague and not allegorical. There is a war on Islam, Chomsky knows it but he's lying to his teeth.
The US government doesn't care about Islam. It cares about the oil, its strategic supporters and the US economy. It just so happens that the countries that they want control over are Islamic.
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Chomsky is ether a bit naïve despite his bright mind, or he's being hypocritical. The house of Saudi may be a Muslim family, unfortunately ruling a great Muslim nation, but since when have their policies been Islamic?
Since when have Saudi policies been Islamic? They enforce Sharia law and export their ideology. They were the basis and primary backers of the Taliban.
How can anyone argue that the Saudi government's policies are not Islamic?
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I love that thing about radical Islam being a vanguard. If Bolshevism supposedly was the brains of the working class then Al Qaeda is the brains of Islam, in their own estimation only that is.
I wish media had devoted more time and effort to bring the intellect of the likes of Prof.Chomsky rather then their propaganda model selling their products overseeing its impact on human life in general round the globe.
Well said. The general standard of news presentation is purile. We really need more intelligent discussions like this to inform us when we are deciding what our opinions are on big issues.
Chomsky is correct in what he says, but if anyone has doubts, then verify anything that can actually be verified. If anyone disagrees, then they can argue their point. But most who disagree with Chomsky don't argue anything, rather they just make declarations, resort to cheap name calling, etc.
I normally don't agree with Chomsky but he's absolutely right about this. Then again how can the US fight terrorism when they are bestest buddies with the biggest terrorist sponsors in the world, Saudi Arabia, and do whatever they can to help them wage terror war against everyone else in Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, and elsewhere. Palestine is legit grievances, Al-Qaeda (wahabi) is pure murder.
Well said. "If you want to stop terror, what you do is pay attention to the grivences, see if they are legitimate. If they are legitimate, then deal with them."
hamas is fighting the occupation. there is no self defense as long as your forces are standing on occupied land, supressing and killing the population.
you make peace with your foes not with your friends. but israeli government and strong powers in the us don`t want peace.
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Chomsky is a bookworm
The1211deep 1 month ago
is riz khan finished? :(
QGprincess 4 months ago
@Cleverman50 it is the last bit of your sentence that made the real effect. Thanks for the laugh. :)
OKEKOBEB 5 months ago
I think we should all thank Al-Jazeera English for interviewing Noam Chomsky and for their network in general.
s0673451 6 months ago 2
@zweezey i agree with that statement..
Th3Wab3 7 months ago
Five people own Halliburton and Bechtel stock.
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I'd prefer it if there was no free market and I was given a vehicle to drive by my government with a government label on it. Chomsky is my hero, hope he dies soon.
SeeProfileForDetails 1 year ago
A man with a fantastic memory is not an intellectual. He is so colorless and boring and doesn't acknowledge passion or hatred or love or anything that has to do with emotions. There is no light without shadow. There is no sense of peace without conflict, no sense or appreciation of love without hate. You can't sit in a room like this guy does and live life. Does he climb live volcanoes or motorcycle around exotic islands? NO, he talks. We owe a debt of gratitude to evil. Without it we're rocks.
JamesErvin100 1 year ago
@JamesErvin100 Are you talking about Chomsky?
toseeornot2see 1 year ago
@JamesErvin100 the man has spent his life fighting for whats right. You talk shit about emotion. this man has spent his life doing one of the most important thing someone can do to another, educating people. Making them aware of whats happening around them. indoctrinated people like you will learn one day. I just hope it wont be too late.
alexandertmackay 1 year ago
@JamesErvin100 how does climbing live volcanoes or riding a bike on an island owe anything to evil? an evil thief would steal your motorcycle without a second thought making your island drive impossible... your proposed island drive is dependent on good, not on evil... motorcyclists, and bicyclists for that matter, owe nothing to evil
leet512 9 months ago
LOL
leet512 9 months ago
@JamesErvin100 your a fuckin nut job, plain and simple. he's not debating the array of human emotions all of which he has no doubt felt in his 80 years most of which as an activist and political commentator. he unlike you feels no need for people to suffer for unjust causes. he talks about how america kills thousands of people in unjust wars. you cant feel emotions when your dead, now can ye. so whats your argument based on. i think bullshit
clerkhog 9 months ago
Discussing philosophy with buffalo!
crookcrow 1 year ago
Haha that guy tried conversion. Hilarious
kaushiksays 1 year ago
Chomsky spends all of his time reading and learning. Politicians spend all their time campaigning and fund-raising. Who do you think is going to know truth better?
viper8red 1 year ago 13
Americas crime rate, size of its prison population, alliteracy'/illiteracy, violent foreign policy, child poverty, child hunger, elderly abuse & neglect, prostitution, drug use (legal & illegal), war on drugs, useless & expensive education system etc... is evidence of a failed state not to mention the marriage of religion and state..
when 60% of your population believe that the constitution was forged on biblical principles you are fucked...
Th3Wab3 1 year ago 3
@Th3Wab3 Best military, best forensic science, best computer software and computers, best films, best university system, free speech, most variety and involvement in sports, best archaeologists, geologists, oil drillers, heavy machinery, tons of book stores, social networks used all over the world, best TV production, most popular music and best music for decades, most spacious homes. We're pretty much state of the art in everything and in the stuff we're not we innovated. Try again jealous.
JamesErvin100 1 year ago
@Th3Wab3 Since we set the bar for everything in the world from forensics, medicine, policework, theater, films, education, science, archaeology, geology, literature, tv, computers and software, music, music studios and multi tracks, the music industry, mass production ideas, managerial ideas, heavy machinery and 19 million things more, it's hard to imagine what in the world your jealous and humiliated mind is talking about. Try some wake up pills stupid.
JamesErvin100 1 year ago
@JamesErvin100 Your posts are absolutely hilarious, kudos if that was your intent!
xjtbarnesx 1 year ago 3
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self hating jew
shayshalom 1 year ago
brilliant mind.
dinavienna 1 year ago
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Now, Chomsky, do I turn to thee, and mark my greeting well; for what I speak my body shall make good upon this earth, or my divine soul answer it in heaven. Thou art a traitor and a miscreant, too good to be so and too bad to live, since the more fair and crystal is the sky, the uglier seem the clouds that in it fly. Once more, the more to aggravate the note, with a foul traitor's name stuff I thy throat; and wish, ere I move, what my tongue speaks my right drawn sword may prove.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
If you're "serious" about it, you leave a smoldering hole where the people who took down those towers (and the nation that sheltered them) once stood. Then you leave, and let them decide, "Is it in our best interested to allow the Taliban and Al Queda to run our country?" Because in the end, governments can't do anything without consent of the people. Remembering of course, that to be silent is to consent.
jboric02 1 year ago
@jboric02
well, should other countries leave a "smoldering hole" where the U.S.A stands because of the autrocities that the States has committed? After all, they ARE the largest and most powerful terrorist state.
Zackerybob 1 year ago
@Zackerybob Try getting a dictionary and expanding your vocabulary instead of using the words terrorist and imperialism to color everything you don't like. At least we can speak our mind without being arrested. If youtube were based in Canada it'd be shut down for the comments. Sad you have to come to a terrorist state to be free. Everything in your culture is a watered down version of America except for the free speech part of which you have none.
JamesErvin100 1 year ago
@jboric02 In modern context, the term "people" and "person" are not necessarily of the organic variety. Corporations are legally "persons" but, with much greater power to having its voice heard in government.
By any definition, the U.S.A. is a failed state. It is little more than a confederation of private power centers that still holds the outward appearance of the Old Republic. But, even that ruse is failing fast. Organic persons are no longer represented. Only corporate persons.
InfiniteMushroom 1 year ago
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TedDGPoulos 1 year ago
This Naveed at 14:21 should first read the Quran. If he had done so he would understand that there is no point in asking a Jew to convert to Islam, as Judaism (and Christianity) are considered valid alternatives... But, of course, maybe Naveed was aware that Chomsky is at most an agnostic (in his words "child of the enlightment").
kephas10yf 1 year ago
RESPECT SIR..ALL MY RESPECT
hala454 1 year ago 3
what he says from 9:45 to 10:18 is quite disturbing. usa government is really disgusting in its foreign policy.
stagesix6 2 years ago 7
Don't call the number now....this isn't live.
doston1 2 years ago 2
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Graham6762 2 years ago
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ha why is the presenter so english?
djboony 2 years ago
@djboony, because he actually is that English......
shariotoflove 1 year ago
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"The area was underpopulated and remained economically stagnant until the arrival of the first Zionist pioneers in the 1880's, who came to rebuild the Jewish land. The country had remained "The Holy Land" in the religious and historic consciousness of mankind, which associated it with the Bible and the history of the Jewish people. Jewish development of the country also attracted large numbers of other immigrants - both Jewish and Arab.
- The report of the British Royal Commission, 1913 -
WingThaiJ 2 years ago
Is Mr. Khan sick or constipated? What is wrong with him?
rh001YT 2 years ago
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Is this an interview, or a platform for Chomsky and anti-americanism. Chomsky cherry picks his studies and polls, and talks and sneers as if those are the only ones or the only accurate ones. This is a bitter old man whose real unhappiness is likely something else, I suspect dissatisfaction with his genetic makeup, for which all his life he has hated the strong, beautiful and successful. I suspect he was bullied as a child/teen.
rh001YT 2 years ago
lol!
What a ridiculous comment. Chomsky's work is highly researched and detailed. You clearly have not read a single of his books. They are often far too detailed and cite too many references, making the books dry and hard to read.
His analysis can be backed with countless debates against his critics, many of which can be found right here on youtube.
His critics have now begun to reject offers of debating Chomsky and for good reason. They run the risk of being quite badly embarrassed.
poyani 2 years ago 4
lol!
How's that then? I have begun my reply with an insult, mirroring your advanced style! I am so fortunte to have you for a teacher.
What youi may not understand is that many people can see that life is somewhat a horror & tragedy, and yet that fact does not pre-occupy them as it does Chomsky. Chomsky has issues separate from his subject matter - nothing will ever be good enough for him -although Prozac might help.
You are a Chomsky fan, so what? What are you doing to improve world?
rh001YT 2 years ago
What am I doing to improve the world? What a strange question to ask. Was it not you who just argued that "life is somewhat a horror & tragedy" and that we should not spend time preoccupying ourselves with ideas on how to make it better?
I wonder if you would extend your "shit happens" ideology to, say the Nazi Holocaust or perhaps 9/11?
Yes, sure innocents died but "life is somewhat a horror & tragedy" anyways and there is no sense letting that fact "pre-occupy (us) as it does".
poyani 2 years ago 3
One last note, my derision of your comment was justified. It was at best a mixture of heresay and bigotry.
"I suspect dissatisfaction with his genetic makeup"? Oh, you mean a self-hating Jew which is a racist sterotype? Nice attempt at criticism.
It is also interesting that you find opposition to government policy as "anti-americanism". Was Oskar Schindler suffering from "anti-Germanism"?
The fact that you believe the former is quite a telling sign of your totalitarian ideology.
poyani 2 years ago 2
My favorite must be his interview by Andrew Marr.
Marr, a BBC twat somehow thought he could get the better of that interview. He ended up being badly embarrassed by Chomsky. You should watch it.
And you should certainly at least read one of his books before making ridiculous comments like Chomsky "is a bitter old man ... I suspect dissatisfaction with his genetic makeup".
LOL! What a dumb thing to say!!! You must be really bitter because you understand the validity of his arguments.
poyani 2 years ago
The truth is I'm not a bitter person - my presentation is very different than Chomsky's. He is clearly a bitter person - how could anyone not see that. Of course it could be his choice of wife that makes him bitter, but I think it is his slave-moralist worldview. I know several really bitter people and they see things his way. Bias, motive and agenda predeed all thinking and speech. No one can be objective, so it makes sense to try to figure out why a person has their particular views.
rh001YT 2 years ago
So he is "bitter" because of his " slave-moralist worldview"? I think adherence to a moral code is standard in humans. Don't ask what Chomsky adheres to his. Ask why you are not adhering to yours.
Most people who were aware of the racism of Apartheid condemned it. Not because they were "bitter". But rather because ethical people tend to have innate issues with injustice and other unethical behaviours.
Why you do not may be resolved by spending some time on the couch with a psychiatrist.
poyani 2 years ago 2
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man, oh Man! What a bunch of boiler plate retorts! A Psyciatrist? Most psychiatric patients report great dissatisfaction with that bunch. And may I point out that you did not answer my question as to what you are doing to make the world a better place - you ducked it. And then you went on to project onto me things I did not say. I don't think you are very clear minded. By the way, have you read Geneology of Morals? What do you really know about morality? Your emotions don't matter.
rh001YT 2 years ago
Get off your high horse. No one needs to have read Nietzsche in order to decide whether genocide is something to condemn. Millions of people make such decisions. Many of them do not even know who Nietzsche is.
What have I done to make the world a better place? A veriety of things. For example, I network and organize. I engage in debate. I boycott. I protest ...
Let me put it this way, I do the same things that anti-Apartheid activists did more than two decades ago.
poyani 2 years ago 2
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Well, as I suspected you do very little to make the world a better place - you are little more than a gadfly. The core of people who fought against Apartheid worked tirelessly and cleverly, building a case and getting in to see people in power and changing their minds. It was like a full time job for them. You are an amchair activist. FYI, I do more than you with my charity work, which costs me time and money.
rh001YT 2 years ago
I was not aware this was a pissing contest. I never claimed to do more than you to change the world.
I just ridiculed your claim that Chomsky is "a bitter old man" because of his "slave-moralist worldview".
If anything your claim to do charity work makes you look even more foolish. Why are you "preoccupy(ing)" yourself with the suffering of others? Don't you understand that "life is somewhat a horror & tragedy" anyways?
One thing Chomsky certainly is not is a hypocrite like you.
poyani 2 years ago
But why do you care how anyone is making the world a better place?
Isn't life "somewhat a horror & tragedy"? Should we not refrain from "preoccupy(ing)" ourselves with ideas on how to make it better? Isn't that "bitter"?
Should we not maintain this cesspool of injustice and crime and give in to apathy on the basis that it benefits us?
In other words, should we not side with "the strong, beautiful and successful" no matter how preverse of a description that may be for man-kind's worst?
poyani 2 years ago
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As usual , you project. Projection is a technique of the weak and wrong. You don't give me the impression that you are a strong and active person, rather you strike me as a weak debbie-downer. It is important, especially for young people, to learn to identify your type and avoid becoming like you - a critic. Rather they should become strong and striving and abhor weakness. A world of weaklings enables thugs and goons. The weak are the scourge of humanity.
rh001YT 2 years ago
lol
More ridiculous/incoherent babble.
Who are you referring to when you say "young people"? I am 27 years old (my profile says 28 for some reason). I consider that young,
On one hand you dismiss the work of psychiatrists and on the other hand you make very weak/pathetic attemps to analysis me using, what? a youtube chat?
My friend, hypocrites like you are shameless and few.
poyani 2 years ago 2
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By "young people" I am referring to teens and early 20's. Young people can be taught to value strength and to make an effort to be stronger which makes for a better world and one with fewer "debbie-downers", who have unresolved parental or other childhood issues that then taint their worldview. More emphasis on strength will lead to less obesity and drug addiction and generally less vanity in the culture. PS: Pyschiatrists are nuts, but some psychologists are insightful, like John Breeding.
rh001YT 2 years ago
"More emphasis on strength will lead to less obesity and drug addiction and generally less vanity in the culture."
You first refer to Chomsky's views as "anti-americanism" because of his critique of American foreign policy.
You then go to attack American culture, claiming that it is a by-product of lack of strength.
How ironic.
Attacking American government policy is not anti-American. Attacking American culture is a different matter.
poyani 2 years ago 3
you are taking nietzsche way too literally my friend...
indgiu 2 years ago 4
And everything I said about you stands. Those who label criticism of American government policy as "anti-americanism" are clearly adhering to some totalitarian ideology.
Your last sentence explains you entirely.
The Nazis were strong. South African supporters of Apartheid were strong. The slavers were strong...
The Jews in the holocaust were weak. The South African blacks were weak. The slaves were weak ...
Yet you consider "the weak" to be "the the scourge of humanity".
poyani 2 years ago 8
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The weak are the scourge of humanity because they enable the thugs and goons. Thugs and goons rarely make headway against strong and noble types. When the weak become strong then they are no longer weak and no longer a scourge. Now the Jews are stong - they learned, they evolved, and they have the Nazis to thank for that. The Sinhala are now a serious fighting force, thanks to the LTTE. And when Islamo-terrorism is finished, we will be stronger because of them. No hypocrisy - just reality.
rh001YT 2 years ago
So the Jews should be thankful of the Nazis for the holocaust?
This is getting more perverse by the minute!
The people who "enable thugs and goons" are those who are indifferent and apathatic. They are those who argue "that life is somewhat a horror & tragedy" anyways and that they need not "preoccupy" themselves with the injustices inflicted by the strong against the weak.
It is they, who are "the the scourge of humanity".
poyani 2 years ago 5
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wow, spoken like a true nazi...
indgiu 2 years ago
Spread this BREAD to the world!!! He's the man.
royrattler 2 years ago
Noam is the man !!! .. When it comes to linguistics .. rhetoric .. propoganda etc .. No one knows better !!! .. Considered the numero uno intellectual on the planet .. Any one who does'nt take his opinions seriously is in serious need of therapy !!! ..
miragin7 2 years ago
yes get your heads examined if you dont subscribe to chomsky. HE IS A FUCKING GENIUS!!!!
KrishnaConscious 2 years ago
The only thing he is wrong about is America being a 'Democracy' it was founded as a REPUBLIC!
stevebuell 2 years ago
dude its noam
KrishnaConscious 2 years ago
@stevebuell
Unless I'm very much mistaken, a republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch. Under what political system? Democracy. You can have a union which is also democratic. Seems your distinction is pedantic at best, and idiotic at worst.
YerTalkingKrap 2 years ago
Duh.... so what do you mean, only white slaveowners and CEOs should get to vote? Wooooow... now there's an idea. Bet I can guess how you vote...
Diosibundo 2 years ago
He has never claimed that America is a 'democracy' in a true sense. You clearly have not read his critiques of people like Walter Lipmann.
poyani 2 years ago
USA becoming a failed state?
Pnkbong 2 years ago
it has been a failed state since bush took power
nela04 2 years ago
yeah sure, bush did everything suuuuuureeee.
It's pretty naive to think that.
Almost as naive as zeitgeist claims which can easily be debunked.
what about nam, nicaragua, chili, cuba?
seanwid 2 years ago
Hey All,
What was the name of the guy Chomsky said had written about the Jihadi movement?
peterfdrucker 2 years ago
I think the offer of converting to Islam was actually quite sweet, although very spiritually naive. He should know that Chomsky knows who he is and has delved as deeply as most into the truth of world events. It was meant as a compliment, but showed some naivety. The future for the world is not reliant on religion, but it is reliant on Truth and Spirit.
dimitraeus202 2 years ago
I agree with alot of what he writes, but if Chomsky thinks that Israel would be safe from jihadists if it simply stopped its expansionist policies, he is mistaken. It would help, but those who blow themselves up in crowded markets will not stop until there is no israel.
I think the last call was a chilling reminder of what dwells in the subconscious of some muslims - I dualistic war of Islam Vs the west, followed by an arrogant invitation for chonsky to convert.
theREALshafan 2 years ago
Bill O Reilly talking with Noam Chomsky would be horrible, it would end like William Buckley and Gore Vidal's infamous interview, which he tried to replay with Chomsky.
trollfinger 2 years ago
Did you see that interview with Chompsky and Buckley, Chompsky shut him up, lol. But when it comes to vocabulary I put Buckley on a higher pedestal.
sktbd5001 2 years ago
I think Chomsky intentionally tries to keep his arguments simple. He uses simple/easily understandable words and arguments.
Often times when people try to make illogical arguments, they try to make it as complex as possible so its flaws are burried under jargon.
For example it is much preferable to argue
"The summation of two identical numbers, second lowest in the traditional set of natural numbers may be the second highest factor of ten"
than to just say 2 + 2 = 5
poyani 2 years ago
lol that andrew guy was hilarious
moceanu 2 years ago
I worship thee oh Noam Chomsky; Thou art a god among men, thy theories on the grammar theory is a master piece worth venerating, thou art my sun and my moon.
davuleo 2 years ago
I bet you didn't know that "you" is actually more respectful than "thou".
wrinkleypp 2 years ago
Says who?
davuleo 2 years ago
Chomsky is surely a national treasure of America. He is the most read and translated (next to the bible) intellectuals in American history today. I will surely mourn for the rest of my life after his death. We love you, Noam.
bebopbopbebop 2 years ago 4
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He's a national albatros and should be ejected from the country. He's just simply "not on our side". He is part of the mechanisms that the enemy (those who wish to see us damaged or fail) use as a bait and switch device to further their own agendas and people who back fools like chomsky are meat puppets pretending they are "clear thinkers".
battlestarvfx 2 years ago
noam chomsky is the best leader of opinions america can ever have after malcom x ,he always tell the trues no matter what the wing nuts and the hypocrites say about him,anyone who is for justice in america and around the world need to help in his struggle against injustices.
may god be with him.. amen
maarufABDAL99 2 years ago
The trouble is that Chomsky never seems to be interviewed by a challenging interviewer. His closing statement that the US was at war with the Catholic church in Latin America in the 80s is somewhat dubious. As I recall, Liberation Theology was roundly condemned by Pope John Paul II so Chomsky really needs to clarify this statement. Wild extrapolations do not make for sound analyses !
celticrebel2 2 years ago
What was the 'real grievance' of the over-indulged Saudi brat, Osama Bin Laden ?
celticrebel2 2 years ago
What do we say about China's human rights violations in Xinjiang? Being the engine of world economy doesn't excuse China from its moral & political responsibilities. We have to be wary of any rising economic & political powers anywhere in the world. No country or individual in the world has the special right & privilege to do anything it/she/he wants to do just because it/she/he is politically & economically powerful. What would Chomsky say about China's bullying behavior in Asia?
bebopbopbebop 2 years ago
Western Democracies need a new revolution, and hopefully with the MPs expenses scandal we might see one in the UK. If the MPs dont change here soon, the people will, and thier folls if they think cuts in MP's and the amount of money they can claim will be enough.
JustB3NJI 2 years ago
Gee, wonder why they will not interview this guy on American 'news' channels. Imagine o' reilly trying to interview an intelligent human being like Chomsky
motorolarules 2 years ago 16
O' Reilly would love that interview--Noam is so soft-spoken, he'd just shout over him.
suckfist 2 years ago 4
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Bill would rip him to bits.
battlestarvfx 2 years ago
O'Reilly would rip Chomsky to bits? hahah you MUST be joking. Only if it were a three minute segment where Bill could just yell and not actually let Chomsky speak.
Unfortunately, for some people, that merits an intellectual 'win' these days.
jhille85 2 years ago 72
rachel maddow can wip o'reilly ass, don't get on here quoting fox news.
starkswinky 1 year ago
that's what a prostitute can do too
amirkhan19 2 years ago
well he would yell over the top of him. He wouldn't put forward any intelligent arguments though.
theREALshafan 2 years ago
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Damn liberals,
You have ruined my college experience. I hate college, my grades are high but I gotta spend hours on papers trying to feed these stupid tree hugging bastards with what they love to hear. they will never Brainwash me .Thank god racism still exists (and always will) , gotta love plastic, forget recycling, support big business, give Israel more than the 10 million or so per day so they bomb Palestinians (hopefully innocent ones).
destroyedu 2 years ago
Its 15 million per day and that may not include military and other perks... not sure.
motorolarules 2 years ago
I found his "thank you" at the end cute and funny... he always ends things like this with a tad bit if awkwardness I find.
Chomsky forevarrrr!
mdoob11 2 years ago
Im against jewish wars and religion, not against the jewish people, the same is noam.
snakeweirdo 3 years ago 4
Sobering. We need him now more than ever. And he's 80. I hope he makes 100.
podfunk 3 years ago 45
Is someone stifling a giggle at 05:53?!?
dimoshka8 3 years ago
dimoshka8, you're right, i think khan is laughing at the old man... 06:04 too...
julianppp 2 years ago
the laughing or wheezing isnt coming from either noam or riz because it can be heard while both are talking.
LetsGo6009 2 years ago
Wow!
biantai888 3 years ago
Chomsky is a genius. He makes you think and teaches one main thing, think for yourself.
More Chomsky please!!!!!
bootleg42 3 years ago 7
Riz Khan is awesome! Thanks for some real journalism!!!
mr1001nights 3 years ago 3
I am sleazy but not really a Zionist. also Zionists are most religious Jews who don't believe in Satan.
freethinker17 3 years ago
Many Palestinians including the Hamas support the 2 state soln.
mrdhikrbeads 3 years ago 4
karma52 is just a deranged Jew hater, look at his profile. thats the reason he believes Chomsky is a Zionist, he believes in Jewish conspiracies. Chomsky can ridcule Israel all he wants he won't appease someone like karma52.
freethinker17 3 years ago
you really have missed chomsky's ideas. He is not a Zionist. He is for the freeing of Palestine, IN SPITE OF THE FACT that he is a Jew from a Zionist family. Do you know how to read krapma?
nctanner 3 years ago 2
Pure idiocy. You don't get the picture at all. He doesn't support terrorists. He defines what terrorists are.
bbkingzor 3 years ago
great intellectual!!!
thank you chomsky
rodeo179 3 years ago 4
Those who don't agree with Noam Chomsky and there are many, consider this: for a man born in 1928 he looks great for his age. Bright as a button and apparently healthy. Mind over matter perhaps ?
pissedinperu 4 years ago 2
and he's the 8th most attributed person in all of literature (like shakespeare, jesus, gandhi and marx)
mykalwhite1 4 years ago
Noam is a great man, but it's too late for what he's trying to do. America is riding a very fast train to hell. And that train sooner or later will reach it's destination. Enjoy the ride guys.
zoom1177 4 years ago 6
There never was any chance to stop it completely. And People like him at least have a chance to slow it down a bit.
flamablesteve 3 years ago
time is so limited,u can so that from Riz's face.good interview though.
martina2323 4 years ago
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Noam Chomsky is a Propagandist. He has the right to be one. He has three VERY prominent supporters:
1. Hugo Chavez. (would-be dictator)
2. Fidel Castro. (Communist dictator)
3. Osama Bin Laden. (Al-Qaeda fanatic)
Yesterday's failures: Trotskyites.
Today's new-and-improved failures: Chomskyites!
tharnax 4 years ago
Propaganda [from modern Latin: 'propagare', "extending forth"] is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people. From Wikipodia ... so basically if you question any societal norms with factual evidence in order to change (or improve) the current institutions it is propaganda. In my opinion Mr. Chomsky makes immaculate arguments, maybe you should listen.
supaajeman 4 years ago
I don't consider any Propaganda that ignores the opposing view ENTIRELY, and neither should you.
tharnax 4 years ago
u.s. doesn't deserve Noam or Paul.
herpescrabman 4 years ago 2
Ron Paul the Republican candidate for president speaks along the same lines of clear sharp thinking in terms of foreign policy.
mnb125 4 years ago
Yes, however Ron Paul is in support of neoliberal economics, which is fundamentally insane and inhuman.
aewester 2 years ago 3
Viva Chaves! Viva Commandante Che Guevara! Viva Noam Chomsky, rebel without a pause!
MopacMurtaza 4 years ago
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what is that retarded start-up music.
swisha300 4 years ago
This man is a great mind I only wish he was heard more here in the states....we need people like him to present us with this knowledge.
kenpokidz 4 years ago 6
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If chomsky went against an Islamic Scholar he would have to concede. He has use dhis brain to explain the obvious but has no other option. Islam is the answer.
hudders128 4 years ago
All Religion is a form of Control and an Opiate, Islam may be the answer for you, but facts are facts.
kenpokidz 4 years ago 5
This is an awful misinterpretation of what Chomsky is repeatedly saying. He has always stressed that a "clash of civilizations" has never been an issue that prompted US foreign policy.
And just out of curiosity, "Islam is the answer" to what exactly? What is the matter in question here that you are talking about? Vacant statements like these are meaningless, and frankly should seem embarrassing to those who reiterate them.
nochnoipetux 4 years ago
"Noam Chomsky . . . is a major scholarly resource. Not to have read [him] is to court genuine ignorance."
--The Nation
"Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare, and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities."
--The Guardian
"One of the West's most influential intellectuals in the cause of peace."
The Independent
mose3 4 years ago 3
Noam Chomsky's comment after seeing YouTube's video "Èric and the Army of the Phoenix": "That's quite incredible. I hope that there is something in print, and that there is serious protest organized. That should be widely known."
P.S.: if you want to help us fight Spanish Fascists, please post your own video responses in Èric's video.
panchonansen 4 years ago
The last caller was such an naive man. I think it is almost insulting to tell someone : "Hey I think you are smart. Can you please join my religion".
mkz42279 4 years ago 4
Organized religion is part and parcel why we're in the mess we're in with Americans. The last thing we need is our greatest thinkers dumbing themselves down with religion.
Religion so called is really about instilling in you since your birth that if you don't do or live in a certain manner then "God" or "Allah" will have you sent to hell; essentially, you're living in fear for all of your life. What kind of religion is that when you are living under threat of eternal damnation? Please....
fooooseball 4 years ago 2
Well. This is only one school of religion. There another school that makes you follow the doctrine because you want the ultimate prize which is heaven. I think there were many good religious people as well as good people that had no affiliation with any religion. My note was simply a matter of courtesy and personal respect.
mkz42279 4 years ago
Thank you for the post Aljazeera. Chomsky's logic is ironclad. Debate his talking points rather than voice your prejudiced ideological views. Why is a man who tries to adhere to rationalism and logic in his arguments labeled as controversial? It's the basis of what is wrong with the world.
yerffoeg007 4 years ago 5
I'm sorry Professor Chomsky had such poor questions posed. And to have to answer them in little sound bites. The New York Times is correct, he is one of the top intellectuals. And as far as the Islamic posts and the poor professor's inability to answer them it isn't a war on Islam! Again saying that it is is merely another distraction for Christians and Muslims. Just like the distractions republicans and democrats get into when deciding a democracy, which we do NOT have in America!
shpadua 4 years ago
The last guy was stupid for asking a ridiculous question on the issue of War against Islam. For a war to exist against Islam, the practices of Islam itself must exist within nations. I have lived in the middle east for 20 years...the only "version" of Islam that survives today, is the one concocted by nihilist and hypocrites. If there is no Islam, how can there is a war on it.
mezaan 4 years ago
thank god for chomsky.... even a four year college education will not give you the information that he will in this 15 minute interview.
mcutler83 4 years ago 2
Noam Chomsky, the conscience of the world.
antiwarcampaigner 4 years ago 2
I think Chomsky would say that American tv media only shows a narrow band of the intellectual spectrum and he doesn't fall within that band. Bill Kristol and the neo-cons do fall into that band. He would also point to the corporate owners of American tv media and the fact that their interests are not served by his opinions. I think that those are the main reasons you don't see him on American tv.
Slippojo 4 years ago 2
how come and correct me if i am wrong [and send me the links]why is Noam Chomsky never interviewed here in america by the news and talk shows or asked to comment on certain issues on TV like bill kristol and such other idiot neo-cons even recently or its just me and I've just havent seen him.
scythend 4 years ago 3
scythend,
If you're referring to mainstream media, forget it. No chance of that ever happening. Professor Chomsky has been so outspoken (and factual) in his critique of America's foreign policy that apparently he has received death threats in the past and at times has had to have a bodyguard accompany him when he used to lecture at MIT. The biggest mistake mainstream media (who are extremely partisan), could make, is allow people to listen to someone like Prof. Chomsky.
bluefont 4 years ago 2
That makes sense, then it would be safe to say that he has never been interviewed HERE in the US [mainstream media] even before he had become such an outspoken activist. Because I find it hard to believe that he has never been interviewed [for political purposes] here in the US, but for obvious reasons I would not be amazed if he has'nt.
thanks for the reply
scythend 4 years ago
Not only has he been interviewed here in the US. He was shown on C-Span speaking at West Point on Just War theory. He's been on Bill Moyer's show, I think Charlie Rose, and definitely on Bill Maher.
harkmiatt 4 years ago
thanks ill look for those thats if you wouldnt happen to have the links.
scythend 4 years ago
The short answer as to why you won't see Noam Chomsky on American telvision media too often is because he actually wants to contribute meaningful information as a part of a critical assessment of some issue.
tihzoa 4 years ago
thats true and also its because the majority of rednecks that make up this country wont understand chomsky, news in this country is sold as a comodity and the typical rednecs need something like bill-oreilly or sean hannity, something quick and brainless, thats why they are so popular
fernandorosdav 4 years ago 11
The more complicated reason reason is because American media is an extreme version of what most all media is: a re-representation of previously established views in dichotomous (often polemical) structure. For example, an 'expert' on the right will defend opinions based on some sort of evidence against an 'expert' on the left whom is also defending opinions based on some sort of evidence.
tihzoa 4 years ago
Of course, there are variations on this, in terms of the number of contributors as well as how opionionated or neutral the contributor is. The main thing to note is that the discussion being had in real time is designed in terms of the 'profit motive' for quick and easy digestion by a public that doesn't have time to really analyze an issue.
tihzoa 4 years ago
It is clear to see why, then, television media does not support true dialogue and critical analysis, but rather easy-to-grasp (with greater and lesser degree) conventional topics later rehashed as sound bites.
tihzoa 4 years ago
very well put, i read Fahrenheit 451 a about 2 months ago and well thats what it looks like.
the government is always there watching [bigbrother] and taking as much as possible by force, the classical Orwellian picture but it seems that Ray Bradbury had a better premonition of what was going to happen and I think is happening, what do you think Orwell or Ray Bradbury
or may be some other author haven't read about.
thanks for the reply
scythend 4 years ago
'Orwell' (Eric Blair) is long dead. Tuberculosis killed him...many years ago.
Quietlydoesit 4 years ago
Reagan es el principal terrorista del mundo
raizalegre 4 years ago
Reagan was a terrorist.
overmind25 4 years ago
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The Saudi family needs to understand the Qur'an when reading it, mainly about seeking allies and protectors, they are crystal clear Verses, even to the idiots, they need no explanation or interpretation, even when translated to other languages, they all mean the same thing, they are not vague and not allegorical. There is a war on Islam, Chomsky knows it but he's lying to his teeth.
najib111 4 years ago
The US government doesn't care about Islam. It cares about the oil, its strategic supporters and the US economy. It just so happens that the countries that they want control over are Islamic.
overmind25 4 years ago 5
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Chomsky is ether a bit naïve despite his bright mind, or he's being hypocritical. The house of Saudi may be a Muslim family, unfortunately ruling a great Muslim nation, but since when have their policies been Islamic?
najib111 4 years ago
Since when have Saudi policies been Islamic? They enforce Sharia law and export their ideology. They were the basis and primary backers of the Taliban.
How can anyone argue that the Saudi government's policies are not Islamic?
poyani 2 years ago
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I love that thing about radical Islam being a vanguard. If Bolshevism supposedly was the brains of the working class then Al Qaeda is the brains of Islam, in their own estimation only that is.
FA8T 4 years ago
I wish media had devoted more time and effort to bring the intellect of the likes of Prof.Chomsky rather then their propaganda model selling their products overseeing its impact on human life in general round the globe.
myqarar 4 years ago 5
Well said. The general standard of news presentation is purile. We really need more intelligent discussions like this to inform us when we are deciding what our opinions are on big issues.
youwhatnow 4 years ago 4
Right. Such as corporate globalism for instance.
lookupzionism 4 years ago 3
bad ass Chomsky breaks it down again.
souljaEXVOTO 4 years ago 4
Chomsky is correct in what he says, but if anyone has doubts, then verify anything that can actually be verified. If anyone disagrees, then they can argue their point. But most who disagree with Chomsky don't argue anything, rather they just make declarations, resort to cheap name calling, etc.
Uber99 4 years ago 4
Wow! The last caller invited Chomsky to convert to islam and Khan tossed the invitation real quick. Never saw that coming! :)
matamor78 4 years ago
real nice, but you didn't get any good shots of the ivory tower he lives in.
hoomelemele 4 years ago
I normally don't agree with Chomsky but he's absolutely right about this. Then again how can the US fight terrorism when they are bestest buddies with the biggest terrorist sponsors in the world, Saudi Arabia, and do whatever they can to help them wage terror war against everyone else in Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, and elsewhere. Palestine is legit grievances, Al-Qaeda (wahabi) is pure murder.
t00muchtim3 4 years ago
Well said. "If you want to stop terror, what you do is pay attention to the grivences, see if they are legitimate. If they are legitimate, then deal with them."
oracioholiveira 4 years ago 2
well said oracioholiveira and the grievances of the Palestinians are indeed legitimate
relarerfhjk 4 years ago
hamas is fighting the occupation. there is no self defense as long as your forces are standing on occupied land, supressing and killing the population.
you make peace with your foes not with your friends. but israeli government and strong powers in the us don`t want peace.
hypokrit07 4 years ago 3
That is simply one example of numerous accounts of the United States' disdain for Democracy.
bodhinature 4 years ago