actually linguists are more aware of reality because they are aware of language manipulation, they practice logic science and treat "names" more transparent, they see intentions and results above systems(names). Good example is this hidden tax that he mention.
you cannot drink the word "water"
we belive in names and put values to reality, things has no value attached to them by nature, we are the one that put values to them, therfore we see such differences in cultures.
311 the World woke up and decided NO NUKES NO FLUKES We ask for the END OF THE NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE ON EARTH. We DEMAND THE END OF TOXIC POWER SYSTEMS ON EARTH. Let us BAN HYDRO FRACKING IN AMERICA as this POISONS MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER Let us DEMAND THE END OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL CORPORATE COMPLEX NOW. Let us DEMAND THE END OF ENDLESS WARS ON HUMANKIND Let us DEVELOP IN UNITY the Energy of SOLAR, MAGNETIC,WIND TURBINE,GEOTHERMAL&HYDRO KINETIC 4ALL POWER
@honour123 The people who watch his videos do not reflect on him in any way, you do not chose those who are interested in you. Secondly, he is a leading intellectual when it comes to political science. Some people are capable of specializing in more than one topic. Never have I seen one individual know more about history, foreign policy, and econ. Don't be so closed minded my friend.
Nice ad hominem. His job does not disqualify him from speaking correctly nor render his arguments invalid. He states facts and would be giving quotes if he had had his notes. He not only quotes people of high credibility but he often personally knows the people whom he quotes. Why listen to one person commenting on Youtube when one could watch the video and only judge that? Your comment comes off as childish. There are shorter videos of Chomsky in the interest of time
"appeal to authority" is an informal fallacy but not credibility itself. I was not stating that he was right because he has credibility, only that he has a reasonable voice despite not being a professor of political science or economics. The credibility he has is icing on the cake.
If you think he's so ignorant, why don't you give us all some examples of topics you disagree with him on? Or topics where he is undoubtedly incorrect in your view?
His 'Qualifications' ? The Man has written over 100 Books, entire Countries (i.e. East Timor and Columbia) know his name because of what he has done for them in getting their plight to the public's ears, has given speeches at the U.N, debated anyone who would ask
What are your qualifications for leaving that comment?
You guys talk about muslims and jews as if they chose to be born inside those groups. I was born a catholic, and was until I've reached the age of reason, then became atheist. Don't condemn the people, blame the ones in power. You only realise what the people really want when they rebel!
the American people are not poor enough. they have property to lose. only the truly desperate rebel, and they rebel when they have nothing to lose but their chains.
whether by accident or design the American working people have tv's games consoles, walkmen, ipods etc etc.
they wont reject a social order that gave them these things.
they wont rebel, so their murderous govt will continue is evil agenda until it collapses under the weight of its own filth
@Strefanasha Ipods don't put food on the table. Electronics are cheap, it's food that people cannot afford. Just because you and your friends aren't suffering doesn't mean that a lot of people aren't already in the streets.
noam, what do you mean "we dont have to accept it ... " in case you havent been paying attention, WE DO NOT LIVE IN A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY!!!
try your little plan here in texas, and watch your ass get chewed asunder by the oligarchy's propaganda lockdown. rep culberson no sooner represents me than he does you, his contempt for humanity is practically palpable, and yet this god damned district worships the ground he walks on. they hate us but by some cruel twist, they rule like gods ...
I'd like to be as optimistic regarding the 'unwashed masses' as Noam Chomsky is but having seen the likes of Pro 8 and other anti-gay referendums one can use that as a litmus test that the masses are quite able to be bigoted, racist and intolerant without any input from the 'elites' within the country. One thing to remember it was section the elites who struck down the Jim Crow laws and not the unwashed masses supporting some referendum which changed things in the US.
@MagicKirin : Hitler and Stalin are more comparable with Obama than terrorists, since they were in fact establishment - whereas terrorists are oppositional radicals.
@MagicKirin : the first act of Hitler, and one of the most defining acts of Stalin were to start detaining people indefinately without trial, as well as using military force on enemies of the state.
Are you aware the bill Obama signed just before newyear? You dont seem to be, but maybe you just forgot, or missed to striking similarity of policies.
@MagicKirin : oh, but you're right. Obama is only commiting genocide against people from other nations. Particularly nations with a vital role in maintaining the petro dollar.
But give him (or any other of the corrupt candidates) a chance and some more years , and the similarity with other totalitarian regimes will be more striking.
The fact is that he simply hasn't been met with enough opposition from the people, that military force is necessary. Maybe he never will be. That'd be tragic!
What genocide killing tyerrorists is not genocide but an act against enemies of humanity. Compare it to the islamic homicide bombers who kill their own people.
@MagicKirin : "enemies against humanity", are you taking about the jews here? or perhaps the bourgeoisie? Or could it be that these enemies of humanity are the hethens?
My point is ofcourse that the way of thinking is totalitarian and rather inhumane. The greatest enemy of humanity is ignorance and division. And obama has done nothing to fight these. Please dont belive the propagandists justification for war.
@MagicKirin : Ohhhh dear. Did you just say you approve of Israel? You know, at first I thought there was potential for an honest discussion here. But now I realize you're entirely braindead beyond redemption. Israel and the US are the biggest criminals in the fucking world. They bring shame to the legacy of Kim Jung-Il for christssake.
I agree that most arab countries are fucked. That is to say, their "governments" are fucked. But the arab people dont deserve being bombed for 20-some years.
@MagicKirin : you see, it's that little word "rightly" i have a problem with. They invaded the middle east, marginalized the palestinian populations and when they started opposing the invasion, they moved them into the concentration camp that is known as Gaza. The jews have no place in the middle east, their state is illegitimate to the core. The only argument they can present in favor of their invasion is the "proof" they gather from 2000 years old fables.
Y'know, YouTube, I was thinking to myself, why do I dislike Chomsky? Let's give the guy another chance. Well, I was just given some reaffirmation in my instincts, and it only took 10 minutes.
The allegation that Obama's policies were bought by big business because the latter ensured the former's presidency, when, as Chomsky himself pointed out (!), he only became the recipient of this large sum of capital towards the end of the presidential race (by which point his presidency became a fait accompli, what with Palin's bad PR, McCain's age and superficial anachronism, and general charisma of Obama), is, in my very frank opinion, utterly ridiculous.
More reasonable, however, is the further argumentation, where Obama's 'panel of experts' was largely (if not entirely) comprised of the industry's people. However, this was justified to an extent, as 'real' and practical knowledge is invaluable for policy-making, and is seldom gained outside of hands-on work experience. This is not to say that the 'panel' should've been devoid of any academics, but a certain portion made up of the Industry's experts was certainly warranted.
But, at the end of the proverbial day, the choice of people for this job was largely irrelevant, as this wasn't a complicated scenario, and nor were there many viable solutions thrown around, whether in the academia, or in the Industry. The bubble burst, and it burst harder than usual, due to lacklustre transparency in the loan products sold off to second parties, and aggressive loaning and subsequent selling by the lenders.
So, one could either have everyone lose faith in the banks, first and foremost, and any company significantly exposed to these evaporating loans, secondly (of which there were a few), and watch the resulting fireworks, or, one could guarantee these mortages. Banks were already stretching their savings accounts thin, but because of the leverage ratio, they were only able to do very little, making the only viable solution the guarantee of failed mortages.
The fact that it benefitted the banks was only slightly more than a coincidence (banking operations are a major industry, and even without a banking crisis the government still wouldn't let such a large industry go bust in a few months); it was crucial to the welfare of the entire nation. I see no significant causality between industrial financing of Obama's campaign at it's later stages, and the bailouts of the banks, and I defy anyone to show this causality to me.
I've noticed there's usually hints of humor, and irony, in his talks but 47:16 he straight up drops a joke... first time i've ever seen that I think, haha!
what is amazing to me is that even these "learned" audiences invariably laugh at many of his most depressing and ominous points. I suppose some of them our laughing out of nervousness...still these things are no laughing matter, at least if you care about the future of the average person, and potentially the species in the long run...it just seems so stuff to reorganize such a complicated and engrained culture that has spread through a lot of the world.
@c I wish I could say that I appreciate the smugness of a person with a half-decent sentence structure and vocabulary stating that certain things are no laughing matter (with no regard for the 'beauty in the eye of the beholder' principle), and scoffing at people whose level of knowledge he has no idea of. But I can't. So, I suggest you un-'stuff' that rod out of your sphincter, and respect the humour of others (which *was* a correct usage of the word 'stuff', something I can't say about yours).
I'm not saying they don't have good points, but does anyone else get pissed off by the long questions from the audience clearly framed in order to come across as intelligent as possible?
At 1:00:37, Roughly, 'If one of the large car companies invests money for the future development of better cars, their competition won't, instead focusing on increasing current sales ...and the first car company will go out of business."
That's false. And I'm surprised to hear Prof. Chomsky hear reciting the 'Mantra of Business School Zombies'.
Actually one doesn't have to 'maximize profit'..a company merely needs to run a modest profit (or even only brief losses) to be viable and thrive.
@ProNorden But he is talking about multinational corporations, whose success is measured on the stock market, and is linked to profit. Not small business where your point is true. It is clear that big business is destroying the environment, and utilizing cheap labor (offshore) for nothing but one thing..."Jobs" ie. profts,
Restore the National Tariff/Import Tax to restore our manufacturing, and to guard against 'predatory trade' and 'economic treason' by 'corporate parasites'.
Well this is just one of the all too many cases on our books of Americanism. The only way that we can fight this terrible debilitating social disease, is by informing the general public of its consequences, by showing young people that it's just not worth it. So please give generously to this address: The League for fighting the United States of America, 55 Lincoln House, Basil Street, London, SW3.
I wish Noam and Ron Paul were about 20yrs younger and running together, what a different world we would have....Carlin could be the PR guy....... at least the general public would understand exactly what was being done and why, upfront!
The action he is looking for is beginning with the Occupy movement, with the people!
More people do need to see this! Wake up and do something about it together for each other! For our children, not the almighty dollar!
@yanikv Re Chomsky and Ron Paul: Interesting that they both identify corruption and predatory corporations using the coercive state as the source of much of our problems.
But Congressman Paul needs to be challenged more on the topic of 'Privatization'.
And the standards/curriculum/value of High School/Secondary education needs to be greatly increased , to make college unnecessary for a family-wage career.
To all you people that say "End the Fed!" i say to you "End the electoral college voting system!" so that you can actually fucking decide on things like the FED!
Americans should forget the Great Depression, the US headed for a replay of the pre-WWII hyper inflation that plagued Germany. Then what?
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” - Sinclair Lewis
It is terrifying to think what would have happened in WWII if Hitler had had nuclear weapons. But the US does, along with an unsurpassed aggressive mentality.
Whenever a politician talks about "jobs" they really mean "profits"
The reason why most legislation passed in the Senate is in accord with the ideas of the very wealthy and against the desires of the people is because the idea behind the Senate was that the wealthy would have the best interests of the greater population at hand. "But that was before capitalism"
n the end, wall street firms were the victim of dodd and frank's new game. and oh by the way wall street repaid every penny of Tarp back to the government, with a profit!. if we want justice and want to go after the bad guys lets all start by getting our facts right. you can have your own opinion, of course, but you cant have your own facts! Noam is a fraud. Dont be fooled by his slow confident verbal vomit.
@joeprincio1 Wall street invested in these politicians and got them to deregulate so that they could make more profit from the poor. You are wrong to say wall-street was a victim in all this. You are saying that these corporations didn't know that they were lending to people who couldn't pay or would default eventually on there loans. That the loans they gave with a 6% loan and if you was 1 hour late on your payment would be jacked up to 18%-22% interest and make your payment pretty much doubl
which in turun led to unprecedented defaults, which is what poisoned bank balance sheets and led to the crisis. barney frank and chris dodd are the briliant politicians who changed the ruls and forced the unwise lending to people who couldnt afford to repay. so-called no docs, lier loans, etc. i
Noam is wrong. but youre all too ignorant to know this. wall street did not cause the financial crisis, the politicians who changed the rules and mandated that fannie, freddie and FHA make loans to people who couldnt afford them is what created the bad mortgages,
Protip: AIG and Goldman Sachs trade on Wall Street. They invested in futures for poor mortgages, which when they collapsed, ended up showing how worthless those investments were. Then the insurance companies couldn't afford to pay off those loans, etc. Besides, politicians wouldn't have deregulated without the financial backing and clamouring of the banks.
Please visit my channel for the unpopular truth about homosexuality.
A person does not need hatred or any kind of phobia in order to acknowledge important differences between heterosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption and homosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption. Even non-religious people know this.
Homosexual activists, with support from the media, have succeeded at framing themselves as noble victims; it's an effective way to push a social agenda.
Such a great talk, and so disappointing to think that it won't be popular because it doesn't fit in 30-second sound bite, slogan format. It's right on the mark but it will likely not go viral.
What is your point? What are you trying to say? Are you insinuating that what Dr. Noam Chomsky is saying is not true or factual? I think you have to update your research a bit and focus.
Christ - I didn't know it had gotten *quite* so dire.. now I feel even less inclinced to buy a Car. As for American Petroleum and the Business Lobby sponsoring the Campaign of lies that says Global Warming is a 'Liberal myth' - this is apocalyptic - potentially literally, I had no clue they where the ones behind the Curtain - I just assumed it was another part of American Anti-Science sentiment.
@Magenta408 How many times has Chomsky appeared on the BBC, CBC, or any other broadcasting service? A handful of times, maybe? The population of the United States might be in dire despair, but so is the rest of the world. The United States gives the rest of the world a false sense of security, because people can always point to the U.S. and say, "Look at those pathetic people, what are they doing!?" The fact of the matter is that the same policies are being implemented almost everywhere.
The Americans deserv now three A: Anachronic Americanism Amplified by the propaganda.
Brazil, however, it was Brazil before the USA to enrich and to be arrogant and proud. and Brazil will be Brazil when the Americans are grazing on gram. But us Brazilian we are humanitarian, therefore, we until charitably can send some tons of rice, bean and corn to the USA. Soup for the poor American "made in Brazil" in USA tomorrow.
An excellent lecture so far. It's funny, I just came here from watching videos about ever bigger dinosaurs wiping each other out, age upon age...really the same topic in the end. Thanks for a very enjoyable listen!
It happened because we allowed it. People have to refuse to work or do business with these companies who perpetrated this fraud and in-our-faces theft.
you gentiles are Pathetic Always take some jew and make him god or Messiah just like the jesus and kerl marx and know this noam chomsky did you ever wondering why is this all your biggst gods and messiah and your intellectuals from right and left are jewish and you wonder how we the jews call are self the chosen people dont diss this
comment in 100 yreas from know your kids will things that holly histroy just like your Fathers Though't even the arebs belive in a jewish idea of god
Allegedly absent-minded professor with amusing "look" he mesmerizing and patronizing over his listeners, which able him to to pulls out of his bosom in nonchalant gesture a flood of "high" facts and "small" historical gossip events that the esoteric connection between them is usually loose.
@theloksh YOU HAVE NEITHER THE INTELLIGENCE NOR THE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING HE IS SAYING.... You exhibit your ability to critically think and grasp the big picture, however this is not surprising, most rightwing fascists exhibit this ignorance... poor fellow...
Well aren't you a magniloquent, disingenuous little Right-Winger..
Ever notice how when dishonest people make their 'arguments' they don't give examples? ''High facts'' what on Earth are you babbling about? Get away from this video please, your empty criticism is neither helpful nor interesting.
Politicians and higher class don't care about anybody or anything that doesn't make them richer or gain more status, no surprise there. The trick is that neither do low class and middle class about each other. The majority gets screwed by the minority because of their greediness and ignorance about a rigged system where they will Never win.
Word! this guy really knows where it is at. Speaking from the UK so a degree of translation is needed into US speak which Chomsky does not use in hostile Americanising way.
im afraid so.There was at least one LOL,that being a congressman had said that global warming cannot be true because God had said there will never be another flood!!!!!
I couldn't write a speech like that if you implanted all the required knowledge, a la matrix, straight into my brain and then gave me six months to write it out.
"its a basic... fundamental assault on civilised society" I love the way chomsky states his case mid topic so that even the staunch capitalist is still nodding and going yeah hes right!
why does chomsky say at 54:30 that nixon was the "last" liberal president. i was under the impression that every usa president in the past several decades would be called liberal by chomsky... sine they all spent a huge sum of money on wars, militaries, etc. i realize chomsky is conservative (in the true sense of the word) so why does he say everyone after nixon was not also a liberal like nixon?
@jacksawild 1) i am using the old definition prior to the modern corruption, the same way which Chomsky uses it, obviously you dont have a clue so open up a dictionary and see what it says then go back to sucking your thumb. if you dont have the slightest fucking shred of comprehension what he is talking about then go somewhere else. Chomsky always uses old definitions hence my question. god I cant stand people like you, you dont know what Chomsky is talking about hes so far over your head,
@jacksawild 2) you dont even understand my original question then you say I am "miseducated"?! Tell me this you crosseyed degenerate: consider a 11-d rotating frame of reference in a negative sea. tell me the G2 state of the Ricci on the brane in question assuming of course the torsion tensor is finite. I wont even force you to try and find this out with more restraints which would make it impossible for someone like you to solve. I could easily make this far harder.
@jacksawild 3) but even this simple question that I learned in my 2nd year of grad school would be WAYYY over your head. Good luck spending the next 40 years trying to learn M-Theory to even understand what I am talking about. "miseducation"...you fucking moron. Dont you love irony? You likely just mistakenly insulted the smartest person you are ever be in the presense of (even online as i can say with greater certainty considering the complete lack of reason expressed in your rude comment).
@BelfastAtheist chomsky refers to himself as conservative, in teh true sense of the word (not in the manner which it is used in the USA). he never refers to himself as a liberal, he even calls more recent presidents liberal due to their spending habits. the only way a person could be confused is if they live in teh USA and are brainwashed by the media to think bush , bush 2 and reagen were conservatives and clinton and obama were liberals, they are all liberals with huge inflated budgets.
Incidentally. Campaigners should ask Noam Chomsky if he would like a massive rock carving of his face on the side of a mountain next to the people whom he has exposed as frauds and despots of various kinds. What does anyone who reads this think the answer should be?
I personally should like to overrule any reservations of his in these times.
Palin (whose face should not be carved in Mt Rushmore under any circumstances) would probably say how much she respected this nice old gentleman who works in brain work fields down in university land but I stand up for the uneducated..blah.
The New York Crimes would say this campaign is false because he was not a president and throw some sticky mud (lies) to the 'intellectuals' who have never read a line he wrote.
All more reason to start the campaign. However cooky and oddball it is presented.
If i lived in the US I would start a campaign to get the noble face of Noam Chomsky carved into Mount Rushmore Simple as that.
Yet I do wonder what form of reaction those in power would foster through their slavish media. One almost has to laugh with the imaginings.
The official line would probably be from Obama saying something like, ' Professor Chomsky is a valued dissident voice..blah.. which proves.. blah.. American democracy..tolerance..blah. And the beguiled would sigh in passive awe
This is rock star political activism - free form civil disobedience - like the miles davis of lecturing. I half expect him to bite the head off a bat and start mainlining heroin into his eyeball
it is interesting how Chomsky rebukes the audience time and time again for laughing at such a serious problem that we are all faced with. The "masters of civilization" is not some kooky conspiracy--it is documented as fact. Unfortunately the American people, and the rest of the working/middle class are so brainwashed and misinformed that they have NO IDEA HOW TO OVERTHROW THE RULING CLASS.
Unless Chomsky's next lecture is entitled "Revolution: the plan, its implementation..." there is no hope.
The really awkward thing is that most people know the current order of things is crooked but choose to idle it through and still somehow hope for the best. Really awkward.
One day, we will look back at this speech (and this man) as one of the most important of our time. Everyone needs to hear this! 2,330 views?! Come on guys, post and email this link!
The only way Chomsky's philosophy prevails on the Planet of the Apes aka reality 2011 is if it comes in the form a Miko Lee prototype, or some close approximation thereof. In the era of total media saturation, you must first get them to look at you and then you can get them to listen. And I'm only half-kidding. On a more serious note, Chomsky provides the analysis and critique required for any kind grasp on the global smash and grab going on as I hit the keys. He can't be replaced. Radical rap.
Name me one politician who could 'wing it' like this! No PR speech writing here. Just cool, historical, objective truth. Without notes. From a man now in his 80's. Someone with a real memory whose every observation is backed up by facts from official primary sources. Yet this voice is marginalised for the preference of Sarah Palin et al. Those footnotes.
Americans should carve his face into some huge rock somewhere.
@themec I'm certain that someday when America has lost this national treasure, this man who almost singlehandedly redeemed its moral intellectual culture, the public will be compelled to look back at the words of our only modern-day philosopher they'd helped marginalize into obscurity.
@movcrit
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Phi1eap 2 days ago
@movcrit
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Phi1eap 2 days ago
@honour123
actually linguists are more aware of reality because they are aware of language manipulation, they practice logic science and treat "names" more transparent, they see intentions and results above systems(names). Good example is this hidden tax that he mention.
you cannot drink the word "water"
we belive in names and put values to reality, things has no value attached to them by nature, we are the one that put values to them, therfore we see such differences in cultures.
"Honour"?
Phi1eap 2 days ago
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311 the World woke up and decided NO NUKES NO FLUKES We ask for the END OF THE NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE ON EARTH. We DEMAND THE END OF TOXIC POWER SYSTEMS ON EARTH. Let us BAN HYDRO FRACKING IN AMERICA as this POISONS MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER Let us DEMAND THE END OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL CORPORATE COMPLEX NOW. Let us DEMAND THE END OF ENDLESS WARS ON HUMANKIND Let us DEVELOP IN UNITY the Energy of SOLAR, MAGNETIC,WIND TURBINE,GEOTHERMAL&HYDRO KINETIC 4ALL POWER
OnenessNow 2 weeks ago
if you have followers who condem persons that disagree with this so call intellectual as "hitler" i dont want any part of your world .
this man is a linguist any ways. what qualifications does he have for economics or politiical science.
honour123 2 weeks ago
@honour123 The people who watch his videos do not reflect on him in any way, you do not chose those who are interested in you. Secondly, he is a leading intellectual when it comes to political science. Some people are capable of specializing in more than one topic. Never have I seen one individual know more about history, foreign policy, and econ. Don't be so closed minded my friend.
Jodaddy2006 2 weeks ago
@honour123
Nice ad hominem. His job does not disqualify him from speaking correctly nor render his arguments invalid. He states facts and would be giving quotes if he had had his notes. He not only quotes people of high credibility but he often personally knows the people whom he quotes. Why listen to one person commenting on Youtube when one could watch the video and only judge that? Your comment comes off as childish. There are shorter videos of Chomsky in the interest of time
ThisSaturatedMind 2 weeks ago
@ThisSaturatedMind Why are you discussing the rhetoric (with credibility) after calling out a fallacy?
movcrit 2 weeks ago
@movcrit
honour123 used the ad hominem attack on Chomsky. The rest of my comment was with regard to Chomsky and his credibility.
ThisSaturatedMind 2 weeks ago
@ThisSaturatedMind Credibility is a fallacy.
movcrit 2 weeks ago
@movcrit
"appeal to authority" is an informal fallacy but not credibility itself. I was not stating that he was right because he has credibility, only that he has a reasonable voice despite not being a professor of political science or economics. The credibility he has is icing on the cake.
ThisSaturatedMind 2 weeks ago
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BelfastAtheist 4 days ago
@honour123
If you think he's so ignorant, why don't you give us all some examples of topics you disagree with him on? Or topics where he is undoubtedly incorrect in your view?
His 'Qualifications' ? The Man has written over 100 Books, entire Countries (i.e. East Timor and Columbia) know his name because of what he has done for them in getting their plight to the public's ears, has given speeches at the U.N, debated anyone who would ask
What are your qualifications for leaving that comment?
BelfastAtheist 4 days ago
Six people were Hitler.
tstruss912 3 weeks ago
You guys talk about muslims and jews as if they chose to be born inside those groups. I was born a catholic, and was until I've reached the age of reason, then became atheist. Don't condemn the people, blame the ones in power. You only realise what the people really want when they rebel!
binhonz 3 weeks ago
@binhonz Exactly
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its remarkable Noam is speaking without any notes.
jgwphilly1969 1 month ago
its remarkable Noam is speaking without any notes.
jgwphilly1969 1 month ago 2
@jgwphilly1969 He has a looooot of practice.
TheRabidSniper 3 weeks ago
Which last "crash" is he referring to at 10:30 or so. The one in the late 80s?
mobile513 1 month ago
@mobile513
In 2007
ThisSaturatedMind 2 weeks ago
the American people are not poor enough. they have property to lose. only the truly desperate rebel, and they rebel when they have nothing to lose but their chains.
whether by accident or design the American working people have tv's games consoles, walkmen, ipods etc etc.
they wont reject a social order that gave them these things.
they wont rebel, so their murderous govt will continue is evil agenda until it collapses under the weight of its own filth
Strefanasha 1 month ago
@Strefanasha Ipods don't put food on the table. Electronics are cheap, it's food that people cannot afford. Just because you and your friends aren't suffering doesn't mean that a lot of people aren't already in the streets.
fleebenworth 1 month ago
noam, what do you mean "we dont have to accept it ... " in case you havent been paying attention, WE DO NOT LIVE IN A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY!!!
try your little plan here in texas, and watch your ass get chewed asunder by the oligarchy's propaganda lockdown. rep culberson no sooner represents me than he does you, his contempt for humanity is practically palpable, and yet this god damned district worships the ground he walks on. they hate us but by some cruel twist, they rule like gods ...
paragshah2112 1 month ago
I'd like to be as optimistic regarding the 'unwashed masses' as Noam Chomsky is but having seen the likes of Pro 8 and other anti-gay referendums one can use that as a litmus test that the masses are quite able to be bigoted, racist and intolerant without any input from the 'elites' within the country. One thing to remember it was section the elites who struck down the Jim Crow laws and not the unwashed masses supporting some referendum which changed things in the US.
kawaiigardiner 1 month ago
thanks for the uploads
selvmordspilot 1 month ago
The influence of 100 positive elections pales in comparison to 100 positive deaths.
PrimeConsciousness 1 month ago
"Too big to jail" love it.
HelmetBlissta 1 month ago
Chomsky when are you going to defend Hitler, Stalin, Pol pot and other human rights violators the way you do Islamic terrorists.
Better yet go on the next Hate Flotilla boat maybe you can joined the 9 terrrist killed in Islamic paraddise
MagicKirin 1 month ago
@MagicKirin : Hitler and Stalin are more comparable with Obama than terrorists, since they were in fact establishment - whereas terrorists are oppositional radicals.
selvmordspilot 1 month ago
@selvmordspilot
No hitler and Staslin believed in genocide for their opponents or people who think differntly especially devout Jews.
Obama has many faults but I will not accuse him of that
MagicKirin 1 month ago
@MagicKirin : the first act of Hitler, and one of the most defining acts of Stalin were to start detaining people indefinately without trial, as well as using military force on enemies of the state.
Are you aware the bill Obama signed just before newyear? You dont seem to be, but maybe you just forgot, or missed to striking similarity of policies.
selvmordspilot 1 month ago
@MagicKirin : oh, but you're right. Obama is only commiting genocide against people from other nations. Particularly nations with a vital role in maintaining the petro dollar.
But give him (or any other of the corrupt candidates) a chance and some more years , and the similarity with other totalitarian regimes will be more striking.
The fact is that he simply hasn't been met with enough opposition from the people, that military force is necessary. Maybe he never will be. That'd be tragic!
selvmordspilot 1 month ago
@selvmordspilot
What genocide killing tyerrorists is not genocide but an act against enemies of humanity. Compare it to the islamic homicide bombers who kill their own people.
MagicKirin 1 month ago
@MagicKirin : "enemies against humanity", are you taking about the jews here? or perhaps the bourgeoisie? Or could it be that these enemies of humanity are the hethens?
My point is ofcourse that the way of thinking is totalitarian and rather inhumane. The greatest enemy of humanity is ignorance and division. And obama has done nothing to fight these. Please dont belive the propagandists justification for war.
selvmordspilot 1 month ago
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I will not be PC
the Nazis, Stalin the Khmer Rouge, and now Islamic facists such as the Iranian mullahs, Al Quada, Hezbollah and Hamas are enemies of humanity.
And yes Israel is right in how they conduct themselves against their enemires and the Arab countries are wrong for not making peace!
MagicKirin 1 month ago
@MagicKirin : Ohhhh dear. Did you just say you approve of Israel? You know, at first I thought there was potential for an honest discussion here. But now I realize you're entirely braindead beyond redemption. Israel and the US are the biggest criminals in the fucking world. They bring shame to the legacy of Kim Jung-Il for christssake.
I agree that most arab countries are fucked. That is to say, their "governments" are fucked. But the arab people dont deserve being bombed for 20-some years.
selvmordspilot 1 month ago
@selvmordspilot Those countries that send missles into Israel do deserve tobe bombed.
Because Israel has never instituted hostilities, but rightly defends itself
MagicKirin 1 month ago
@MagicKirin : you see, it's that little word "rightly" i have a problem with. They invaded the middle east, marginalized the palestinian populations and when they started opposing the invasion, they moved them into the concentration camp that is known as Gaza. The jews have no place in the middle east, their state is illegitimate to the core. The only argument they can present in favor of their invasion is the "proof" they gather from 2000 years old fables.
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Y'know, YouTube, I was thinking to myself, why do I dislike Chomsky? Let's give the guy another chance. Well, I was just given some reaffirmation in my instincts, and it only took 10 minutes.
Vier5501 1 month ago
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The allegation that Obama's policies were bought by big business because the latter ensured the former's presidency, when, as Chomsky himself pointed out (!), he only became the recipient of this large sum of capital towards the end of the presidential race (by which point his presidency became a fait accompli, what with Palin's bad PR, McCain's age and superficial anachronism, and general charisma of Obama), is, in my very frank opinion, utterly ridiculous.
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More reasonable, however, is the further argumentation, where Obama's 'panel of experts' was largely (if not entirely) comprised of the industry's people. However, this was justified to an extent, as 'real' and practical knowledge is invaluable for policy-making, and is seldom gained outside of hands-on work experience. This is not to say that the 'panel' should've been devoid of any academics, but a certain portion made up of the Industry's experts was certainly warranted.
Vier5501 1 month ago
But, at the end of the proverbial day, the choice of people for this job was largely irrelevant, as this wasn't a complicated scenario, and nor were there many viable solutions thrown around, whether in the academia, or in the Industry. The bubble burst, and it burst harder than usual, due to lacklustre transparency in the loan products sold off to second parties, and aggressive loaning and subsequent selling by the lenders.
Vier5501 1 month ago
So, one could either have everyone lose faith in the banks, first and foremost, and any company significantly exposed to these evaporating loans, secondly (of which there were a few), and watch the resulting fireworks, or, one could guarantee these mortages. Banks were already stretching their savings accounts thin, but because of the leverage ratio, they were only able to do very little, making the only viable solution the guarantee of failed mortages.
Vier5501 1 month ago
The fact that it benefitted the banks was only slightly more than a coincidence (banking operations are a major industry, and even without a banking crisis the government still wouldn't let such a large industry go bust in a few months); it was crucial to the welfare of the entire nation. I see no significant causality between industrial financing of Obama's campaign at it's later stages, and the bailouts of the banks, and I defy anyone to show this causality to me.
Vier5501 1 month ago
@UnEvn To be honest most of his videos are watched but they get removed A lot.
I dont know by whom I'd guess the uploaders.
So as little viewers as it has it would be higher i it would just be left alone.
demammoet 2 months ago
I've noticed there's usually hints of humor, and irony, in his talks but 47:16 he straight up drops a joke... first time i've ever seen that I think, haha!
degas5000 2 months ago
Isnt this idiot ever going to assume room temperature?
kensleystewart 2 months ago
what is amazing to me is that even these "learned" audiences invariably laugh at many of his most depressing and ominous points. I suppose some of them our laughing out of nervousness...still these things are no laughing matter, at least if you care about the future of the average person, and potentially the species in the long run...it just seems so stuff to reorganize such a complicated and engrained culture that has spread through a lot of the world.
clonalmachina 2 months ago
@c I wish I could say that I appreciate the smugness of a person with a half-decent sentence structure and vocabulary stating that certain things are no laughing matter (with no regard for the 'beauty in the eye of the beholder' principle), and scoffing at people whose level of knowledge he has no idea of. But I can't. So, I suggest you un-'stuff' that rod out of your sphincter, and respect the humour of others (which *was* a correct usage of the word 'stuff', something I can't say about yours).
Vier5501 1 month ago
I'm not saying they don't have good points, but does anyone else get pissed off by the long questions from the audience clearly framed in order to come across as intelligent as possible?
Rossador 2 months ago
At 1:00:37, Roughly, 'If one of the large car companies invests money for the future development of better cars, their competition won't, instead focusing on increasing current sales ...and the first car company will go out of business."
That's false. And I'm surprised to hear Prof. Chomsky hear reciting the 'Mantra of Business School Zombies'.
Actually one doesn't have to 'maximize profit'..a company merely needs to run a modest profit (or even only brief losses) to be viable and thrive.
ProNorden 2 months ago
@ProNorden But he is talking about multinational corporations, whose success is measured on the stock market, and is linked to profit. Not small business where your point is true. It is clear that big business is destroying the environment, and utilizing cheap labor (offshore) for nothing but one thing..."Jobs" ie. profts,
clonalmachina 2 months ago
Restore the National Tariff/Import Tax to restore our manufacturing, and to guard against 'predatory trade' and 'economic treason' by 'corporate parasites'.
Also, start more Work Co-ops.
ProNorden 2 months ago
While Paul and Chomsky differ greatly on many issues, their honest evaluations of the US foreign policy of empire are certainly agreeable.
michaelmacfee 2 months ago
I'm such a fan of his. I wonder if he's going to be in the New York area ever. Id love to see him
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Well this is just one of the all too many cases on our books of Americanism. The only way that we can fight this terrible debilitating social disease, is by informing the general public of its consequences, by showing young people that it's just not worth it. So please give generously to this address: The League for fighting the United States of America, 55 Lincoln House, Basil Street, London, SW3.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 3 months ago
lmfao who cares.
LizziexLunatic 3 months ago
I wish Noam Chomsky had a baby with Noam Chomsky called Noam Chomsky so he'd stay put for another four generations of mankind.
stabbed22 3 months ago
I wish Noam and Ron Paul were about 20yrs younger and running together, what a different world we would have....Carlin could be the PR guy....... at least the general public would understand exactly what was being done and why, upfront!
The action he is looking for is beginning with the Occupy movement, with the people!
More people do need to see this! Wake up and do something about it together for each other! For our children, not the almighty dollar!
Swallowbird67 3 months ago
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If you think Chosmky's politics have anything to do with that nutcase Paul's then you are as delusional as ole Ron himself.
dancetotheriddim 3 months ago
@Swallowbird67 paul and chomsky subscribe to philosophies that are diametrically opposed to each other.
yanikv 2 months ago
@yanikv Re Chomsky and Ron Paul: Interesting that they both identify corruption and predatory corporations using the coercive state as the source of much of our problems.
But Congressman Paul needs to be challenged more on the topic of 'Privatization'.
And the standards/curriculum/value of High School/Secondary education needs to be greatly increased , to make college unnecessary for a family-wage career.
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grady1610 4 months ago
We haven't been able to avoid the making and repeating of historical mistakes because they have been written out of our history books.
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@grady1610 words, words, words...
ruydaleixo 1 month ago
Tell all of your family and friends about this lecture!!!! It does deserve more than the hits it has gotten.
diggs224 4 months ago
To all you people that say "End the Fed!" i say to you "End the electoral college voting system!" so that you can actually fucking decide on things like the FED!
noprofitmaximierung 4 months ago
Americans should forget the Great Depression, the US headed for a replay of the pre-WWII hyper inflation that plagued Germany. Then what?
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” - Sinclair Lewis
It is terrifying to think what would have happened in WWII if Hitler had had nuclear weapons. But the US does, along with an unsurpassed aggressive mentality.
TheGodlessGuitarist 4 months ago
marketing the candidates like toothpaste! that's funny and so true
pusha79 4 months ago
Final Fantasy Intro! xD
dirint 4 months ago
Some interesting points he makes:
Whenever a politician talks about "jobs" they really mean "profits"
The reason why most legislation passed in the Senate is in accord with the ideas of the very wealthy and against the desires of the people is because the idea behind the Senate was that the wealthy would have the best interests of the greater population at hand. "But that was before capitalism"
quantazelle 5 months ago
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wow, cant listen to this nut another minute.
joeprincio1 5 months ago
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he's a fraud
joeprincio1 5 months ago
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joeprincio1 5 months ago
n the end, wall street firms were the victim of dodd and frank's new game. and oh by the way wall street repaid every penny of Tarp back to the government, with a profit!. if we want justice and want to go after the bad guys lets all start by getting our facts right. you can have your own opinion, of course, but you cant have your own facts! Noam is a fraud. Dont be fooled by his slow confident verbal vomit.
joeprincio1 5 months ago
@joeprincio1 Wall street invested in these politicians and got them to deregulate so that they could make more profit from the poor. You are wrong to say wall-street was a victim in all this. You are saying that these corporations didn't know that they were lending to people who couldn't pay or would default eventually on there loans. That the loans they gave with a 6% loan and if you was 1 hour late on your payment would be jacked up to 18%-22% interest and make your payment pretty much doubl
GameSkills 4 months ago
which in turun led to unprecedented defaults, which is what poisoned bank balance sheets and led to the crisis. barney frank and chris dodd are the briliant politicians who changed the ruls and forced the unwise lending to people who couldnt afford to repay. so-called no docs, lier loans, etc. i
joeprincio1 5 months ago
Noam is wrong. but youre all too ignorant to know this. wall street did not cause the financial crisis, the politicians who changed the rules and mandated that fannie, freddie and FHA make loans to people who couldnt afford them is what created the bad mortgages,
joeprincio1 5 months ago
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Protip: AIG and Goldman Sachs trade on Wall Street. They invested in futures for poor mortgages, which when they collapsed, ended up showing how worthless those investments were. Then the insurance companies couldn't afford to pay off those loans, etc. Besides, politicians wouldn't have deregulated without the financial backing and clamouring of the banks.
gamerunknown 4 months ago
the vile maxim of the masters of mankind? We are REALLY fucked!
LucBertolotti 5 months ago
totally a final fantasy rip off 0:01 :D
but sounds cool anyway. Also, thanks for the upload. Chomsky owns.
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lightandbeautiful 5 months ago
Noam Chomsky a gentle thoughtful human, the zionists of Israel should aspire to be like this man.
Gobbycourier 5 months ago
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Norm Chosmy is scum of the first order. He is a hater and self hating Jew.
Chomsky might as well wear a Swastika
MagicKirin 1 month ago
-and what's your supporting evidence for such a claim?
harryflyballs99 1 month ago
@MagicKirin you make no fukin sense, lick balls meng
DJKAYZEE 1 month ago
Such a great talk, and so disappointing to think that it won't be popular because it doesn't fit in 30-second sound bite, slogan format. It's right on the mark but it will likely not go viral.
dmpase 5 months ago
Maybe if Justin Beiber delivered this lecture it would get more hits?
etzel33 5 months ago
"I can provide them from memory." Yes you can you fucking gangster.
flugtager 5 months ago
not even 17,000 views, if only he got hit in the nuts or was a cat...
UnEvn 5 months ago 46
@UnEvn you make me cry
aglorincz 4 months ago
@UnEvn
That reminds me of the Simpsons episode when they have the film festival in Springfield. "And our next film...'Man gets hit in groin with football'".
johnnylarue2011 4 months ago
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@UnEvn I am offereing 1.000.000 of my CAPITALISTIC euros to whoeevr is able to explain how Marxist/communist ideas can be realised
WITHOUT ending in
1) TERROR, DICTATORSHIP, UN-FREEDOM, but in FREEDOM
2) POVERTY; FAMINES; IN-EFFICIENCY, but in PROSPERITY.
I wopuld even pay another 100.000, if anybody were able to point out to ONE example of where communism/leftist agenda ever worked.
joaquinveyron 3 months ago
@UnEvn the masters would not want this being broadcast to the population now would they?
clonalmachina 2 months ago 2
LOOK! A youtube channel that no one's mentioned that wee boy everyone hates
paddylee2101 5 months ago
We are not in a depression it is a lockout the masters would rather have robots
kilbilly100 5 months ago 2
What is your point? What are you trying to say? Are you insinuating that what Dr. Noam Chomsky is saying is not true or factual? I think you have to update your research a bit and focus.
Magenta408 5 months ago
Christ - I didn't know it had gotten *quite* so dire.. now I feel even less inclinced to buy a Car. As for American Petroleum and the Business Lobby sponsoring the Campaign of lies that says Global Warming is a 'Liberal myth' - this is apocalyptic - potentially literally, I had no clue they where the ones behind the Curtain - I just assumed it was another part of American Anti-Science sentiment.
BelfastAtheist 6 months ago
Truth about America coming from a man old enough to remember America before it was a failure.
KJHill83 6 months ago
Exciting stuff but still missing the big picture. What is happening on the ground isn't sustainable and people don't like change.
KelligerP 6 months ago
Do you think that FOX will broadcast this erudite presentation? Dumb and Dumber, America you are in such dire shape!
Magenta408 6 months ago 2
@Magenta408 How many times has Chomsky appeared on the BBC, CBC, or any other broadcasting service? A handful of times, maybe? The population of the United States might be in dire despair, but so is the rest of the world. The United States gives the rest of the world a false sense of security, because people can always point to the U.S. and say, "Look at those pathetic people, what are they doing!?" The fact of the matter is that the same policies are being implemented almost everywhere.
HardHouseMusic4Me 5 months ago
11:54 I didn't know that the bush tax cuts were so sinisterly sly, like very slowly bringing the frog to a boil.
afterthoughthour 7 months ago
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afterthoughthour 7 months ago
The Americans deserv now three A: Anachronic Americanism Amplified by the propaganda.
Brazil, however, it was Brazil before the USA to enrich and to be arrogant and proud. and Brazil will be Brazil when the Americans are grazing on gram. But us Brazilian we are humanitarian, therefore, we until charitably can send some tons of rice, bean and corn to the USA. Soup for the poor American "made in Brazil" in USA tomorrow.
SuperSithan 7 months ago
An excellent lecture so far. It's funny, I just came here from watching videos about ever bigger dinosaurs wiping each other out, age upon age...really the same topic in the end. Thanks for a very enjoyable listen!
rp7o333 7 months ago
Chomsky age like the finest wine.
sgpquek 7 months ago
I love you Noam Chomsky.. I only wish you were advising President Obama.. Thank you for your work with Politics and for Children..
bizakis9 7 months ago
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bizakis9 7 months ago
It happened because we allowed it. People have to refuse to work or do business with these companies who perpetrated this fraud and in-our-faces theft.
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you gentiles are Pathetic Always take some jew and make him god or Messiah just like the jesus and kerl marx and know this noam chomsky did you ever wondering why is this all your biggst gods and messiah and your intellectuals from right and left are jewish and you wonder how we the jews call are self the chosen people dont diss this
comment in 100 yreas from know your kids will things that holly histroy just like your Fathers Though't even the arebs belive in a jewish idea of god
ehudnold9 7 months ago
47:05. Biggest Chomsky comedy moment I've heard in eons.
KarlBonner1982 7 months ago
Allegedly absent-minded professor with amusing "look" he mesmerizing and patronizing over his listeners, which able him to to pulls out of his bosom in nonchalant gesture a flood of "high" facts and "small" historical gossip events that the esoteric connection between them is usually loose.
theloksh 7 months ago
@theloksh YOU HAVE NEITHER THE INTELLIGENCE NOR THE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING HE IS SAYING.... You exhibit your ability to critically think and grasp the big picture, however this is not surprising, most rightwing fascists exhibit this ignorance... poor fellow...
rclere1 7 months ago
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Well aren't you a magniloquent, disingenuous little Right-Winger..
Ever notice how when dishonest people make their 'arguments' they don't give examples? ''High facts'' what on Earth are you babbling about? Get away from this video please, your empty criticism is neither helpful nor interesting.
BelfastAtheist 6 months ago
@theloksh "Wealth of Nations" being a small historical gossip is an interesting perspective.
flugtager 5 months ago
Politicians and higher class don't care about anybody or anything that doesn't make them richer or gain more status, no surprise there. The trick is that neither do low class and middle class about each other. The majority gets screwed by the minority because of their greediness and ignorance about a rigged system where they will Never win.
einbischen 7 months ago
Word! this guy really knows where it is at. Speaking from the UK so a degree of translation is needed into US speak which Chomsky does not use in hostile Americanising way.
supportedhousinggrad 7 months ago
I wish George Carlin and Noam Chomsky had a television show.
GoldsboroughStudios 8 months ago 23
@GoldsboroughStudios that would be illegal in the usa
bboschboi 4 months ago
@GoldsboroughStudios George 'you don't have freedom, you have owners' Carlin. RIP
TheGodlessGuitarist 3 months ago
Yes we know you Right wing Neo Cons and Neo libs don't believe in "book learning" and hate anyone with the title Professor.
You ignore facts, history, and reality; we don't need to read your comments since it is obvious you didn't watch or listen to the entire video.
That is proven by your uniformed comments.
pranays 8 months ago
We need Chomsky more than ever.
Leibinz 8 months ago
im afraid so.There was at least one LOL,that being a congressman had said that global warming cannot be true because God had said there will never be another flood!!!!!
popebenadict16 8 months ago
Dang. Can't believed he winged that.
I couldn't write a speech like that if you implanted all the required knowledge, a la matrix, straight into my brain and then gave me six months to write it out.
MrHowToDoIt 8 months ago
"its a basic... fundamental assault on civilised society" I love the way chomsky states his case mid topic so that even the staunch capitalist is still nodding and going yeah hes right!
hudders128 8 months ago
why does chomsky say at 54:30 that nixon was the "last" liberal president. i was under the impression that every usa president in the past several decades would be called liberal by chomsky... sine they all spent a huge sum of money on wars, militaries, etc. i realize chomsky is conservative (in the true sense of the word) so why does he say everyone after nixon was not also a liberal like nixon?
slovakmath 8 months ago
@slovakmath Because liberal has become a useless term. Even your own use of it shows how miseducated you have been.
jacksawild 8 months ago
@jacksawild 1) i am using the old definition prior to the modern corruption, the same way which Chomsky uses it, obviously you dont have a clue so open up a dictionary and see what it says then go back to sucking your thumb. if you dont have the slightest fucking shred of comprehension what he is talking about then go somewhere else. Chomsky always uses old definitions hence my question. god I cant stand people like you, you dont know what Chomsky is talking about hes so far over your head,
slovakmath 8 months ago
@jacksawild 2) you dont even understand my original question then you say I am "miseducated"?! Tell me this you crosseyed degenerate: consider a 11-d rotating frame of reference in a negative sea. tell me the G2 state of the Ricci on the brane in question assuming of course the torsion tensor is finite. I wont even force you to try and find this out with more restraints which would make it impossible for someone like you to solve. I could easily make this far harder.
slovakmath 8 months ago
@jacksawild 3) but even this simple question that I learned in my 2nd year of grad school would be WAYYY over your head. Good luck spending the next 40 years trying to learn M-Theory to even understand what I am talking about. "miseducation"...you fucking moron. Dont you love irony? You likely just mistakenly insulted the smartest person you are ever be in the presense of (even online as i can say with greater certainty considering the complete lack of reason expressed in your rude comment).
slovakmath 8 months ago
@slovakmath
You seem confused.
BelfastAtheist 6 months ago
@BelfastAtheist chomsky refers to himself as conservative, in teh true sense of the word (not in the manner which it is used in the USA). he never refers to himself as a liberal, he even calls more recent presidents liberal due to their spending habits. the only way a person could be confused is if they live in teh USA and are brainwashed by the media to think bush , bush 2 and reagen were conservatives and clinton and obama were liberals, they are all liberals with huge inflated budgets.
slovakmath 5 months ago
when does the q&a start?
slovakmath 8 months ago
@babayabadabadu Just a bit of a joke there champ ;-)
strokesman 8 months ago
Incidentally. Campaigners should ask Noam Chomsky if he would like a massive rock carving of his face on the side of a mountain next to the people whom he has exposed as frauds and despots of various kinds. What does anyone who reads this think the answer should be?
I personally should like to overrule any reservations of his in these times.
themec 9 months ago
@themec -Noam is a saint in these times that are upon us all.I love him,and in a good way not a sexual man/man way either.
JumpnEvolution 8 months ago
Palin (whose face should not be carved in Mt Rushmore under any circumstances) would probably say how much she respected this nice old gentleman who works in brain work fields down in university land but I stand up for the uneducated..blah.
The New York Crimes would say this campaign is false because he was not a president and throw some sticky mud (lies) to the 'intellectuals' who have never read a line he wrote.
All more reason to start the campaign. However cooky and oddball it is presented.
themec 9 months ago
If i lived in the US I would start a campaign to get the noble face of Noam Chomsky carved into Mount Rushmore Simple as that.
Yet I do wonder what form of reaction those in power would foster through their slavish media. One almost has to laugh with the imaginings.
The official line would probably be from Obama saying something like, ' Professor Chomsky is a valued dissident voice..blah.. which proves.. blah.. American democracy..tolerance..blah. And the beguiled would sigh in passive awe
themec 9 months ago
THIS IS ABOUT AS CONCISE AND CLEARLY STATED AS IT GETS.... MOUNT NOAM....we really gotta get on that project!
tubesbestmusic 9 months ago
This is rock star political activism - free form civil disobedience - like the miles davis of lecturing. I half expect him to bite the head off a bat and start mainlining heroin into his eyeball
strokesman 9 months ago
it is interesting how Chomsky rebukes the audience time and time again for laughing at such a serious problem that we are all faced with. The "masters of civilization" is not some kooky conspiracy--it is documented as fact. Unfortunately the American people, and the rest of the working/middle class are so brainwashed and misinformed that they have NO IDEA HOW TO OVERTHROW THE RULING CLASS.
Unless Chomsky's next lecture is entitled "Revolution: the plan, its implementation..." there is no hope.
SFFSMESSiah777 9 months ago
The really awkward thing is that most people know the current order of things is crooked but choose to idle it through and still somehow hope for the best. Really awkward.
FictionCautious 9 months ago
This might seem petty but I don't get why he wears the same blue sweater in almost every lecture
dubified89 9 months ago
@dubified89 I don't know...it looks awfully snuggly.
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A tour de force........ Unmissable
phantomDuckNibbler 9 months ago
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
PortlandsTransport 10 months ago 5
Thanks for posting.I was denied entrance to his Forest Grove speech that morning due to the Fire Marshall at Pacific University.
pdxbuckeye 10 months ago
Thanks for posting.I was denied entrance to his Forest Grove speech that morning.
pdxbuckeye 10 months ago
Love Chomsky, hes an absolute hero. One of the greatest human beings to ever have existed and will exist. Keep it up Noam!
smithy2306 10 months ago 3
One day, we will look back at this speech (and this man) as one of the most important of our time. Everyone needs to hear this! 2,330 views?! Come on guys, post and email this link!
ronbobathon 10 months ago 4
The only way Chomsky's philosophy prevails on the Planet of the Apes aka reality 2011 is if it comes in the form a Miko Lee prototype, or some close approximation thereof. In the era of total media saturation, you must first get them to look at you and then you can get them to listen. And I'm only half-kidding. On a more serious note, Chomsky provides the analysis and critique required for any kind grasp on the global smash and grab going on as I hit the keys. He can't be replaced. Radical rap.
drjimiboy69 10 months ago
Name me one politician who could 'wing it' like this! No PR speech writing here. Just cool, historical, objective truth. Without notes. From a man now in his 80's. Someone with a real memory whose every observation is backed up by facts from official primary sources. Yet this voice is marginalised for the preference of Sarah Palin et al. Those footnotes.
Americans should carve his face into some huge rock somewhere.
themec 10 months ago 134
@themec I'm certain that someday when America has lost this national treasure, this man who almost singlehandedly redeemed its moral intellectual culture, the public will be compelled to look back at the words of our only modern-day philosopher they'd helped marginalize into obscurity.
truthslap 10 months ago
@themec Re: Noam 'The Rock' Chomsky Michel Gomndry is on it, i suggest you check out imdb for updates...
sweding101 9 months ago
@themec Name one politician who could "wing it" like this... how about Sarah Palin? She 'wings' all her interviews.
justsomefellow 8 months ago
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The irony.
popebenadict16 8 months ago
@popebenadict16 please don't tell me you watched this whole video.. zzzz
Barklord 8 months ago
@Barklord
I put up with yours for over an hour.lol
popebenadict16 8 months ago