8:27 in short the rich, the bankers, the republicans that push for cutting public education and social security do not care and are actively responsible for the very real deaths of people not to mention unnecessary real suffering. Christian or not, can we not agree that THIS is evil by definition?
I'll make an offer which if you have any decency, you'll find fair: you keep feeding yourself Ayn Rand moral manure, and we keep reading or listening to whoever we want. Does your decadent world feel threatened by the power of Chomsky's ideas? I smell intellectual despair.
Don't you think it's curious that he hates government bailouts of corporations but in favor of government bailouts for universities?
Other shocking news: man paid large amounts of government money to teach at college favors government spending on education...
Of course when someone says they don't want to have to pay so much in taxes, that's just them being 'selfish' - a term that is treated as synonymous with 'evil'.
I'm not sure what's more comical, if it were not so troubling, about Chomsky's analysis: the fact that he equates concern for one's self with a "crazed maniac" or his notion that public schools and their personnel--some people call them 'teachers'--are concerned about the education of the kids coming out of them.
@qtutoringhelps Yeah, its funny that he says that the rich just dont care, and he just bases his argument on that. But thats B.S. the rich in America are the most guilt riden group of all, always talking about having to "giving back" to the community.
According to Chomsky, there's a systematic attack on public education (and other social welfare programs like Social Security) based explicitly on selfishness. I guess that means we're winning!
In another recent lecture at Univ of Toronto (you can find it on YouTube somewhere), he explicitly mentions: Milton Friedman, Hayek and Ayn Rand in the same breath. He says something like: "While holding up copies of Friedman, Hayek and Ayn Rand in one hand, the bankers on Wall Street take in the massive tax-payer funded bailouts in the other." (His point is that the wealthy get help from the nanny state, while the rest of us poor basters are told to suffer in the free market.)
@qtutoringhelps that's the gangsters-system. the state, the corporations and wall street are run and owned by the same gang. they exploit you as a taxpayer AND as a consumer AND as a worker.
@qtutoringhelps He doesn't say that. He quite clearly defines 'crazed maniacs' as people 'who care about nothing but themselves', which is, in fact, almost identical to the medical definition of psychopathy (characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of others). It's dishonest to misinterpret what someone has said and then use that misinterpretation as a basis for describing his position as 'comical'.
You're quite wrong. Listen to his rejection of Ayn Rand's defense of "rational egoism"--as I have--and you'll see that I'm not dishonest; it's you who is mistaken.
@qtutoringhelps I was referring to Chomsky's comments in this clip. You said that 'he equates concern for one's self with a "crazed maniac"'. In this particular clip, he doesn't say that. However, in the interest of fairness, show me where I can find the clip/essay/article where he does make such a statement and I'll happily admit my error (although, as I said, I was referring specifically to this clip, not to comments Chomsky made elsewhere).
He constructs a strawman of the Ayn Rand Objectivist rational selfish position; he does not deal with the actual arguments. I watched a clip last year which had, to my recollection about 2,300 views at the time, in which he says "I think you should care about other people," then he says Ayn Rand said "all that matters is self, and she supports private tyranny" (I cannot locate Youtube link; search: 'Chomsky corporations')--this is not Rand's position in Virtue of Selfishness.
@qtutoringhelps Any luck tracking down that link? I'd really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes finding it for me or at least show me where I should begin looking for it. Thanks in advance.
@rosiethebear300 Because if they did we wouldn't have the social, political, economic, and environmental issues that affect us today. The whole point is to keep individuals like him marginalized, so nobody knows what's really going on.
@rosiethebear300 What nonsense the public education system was imported from Bismarks Germany and is whats responsible for dumbing down America with progressive education. What Americca needs is a complet seperation of state and education. If you want HONEST sharp and moral intellect, go read Ayn Rand.
@rosiethebear300 Most people have never even heard of Chomsky b/c corporate owned networks will not feature anyone who doesn't kowtow to the "conventional" wisdom and accepted propaganda pushed by government. It's just the same hacks parroting the party line, 7 days a week. The press in America is far less free than you might think.
@personalperspective Yes Yes and Yes again.
humblejumpify 2 days ago
8:27 in short the rich, the bankers, the republicans that push for cutting public education and social security do not care and are actively responsible for the very real deaths of people not to mention unnecessary real suffering. Christian or not, can we not agree that THIS is evil by definition?
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Charlie12241 2 weeks ago
That looks like hard work (the sign language lady).
marce11o 1 month ago
@warvideo:
I'll make an offer which if you have any decency, you'll find fair: you keep feeding yourself Ayn Rand moral manure, and we keep reading or listening to whoever we want. Does your decadent world feel threatened by the power of Chomsky's ideas? I smell intellectual despair.
introduire 2 months ago
Don't you think it's curious that he hates government bailouts of corporations but in favor of government bailouts for universities?
Other shocking news: man paid large amounts of government money to teach at college favors government spending on education...
Of course when someone says they don't want to have to pay so much in taxes, that's just them being 'selfish' - a term that is treated as synonymous with 'evil'.
StudentOfObjectivism 4 months ago
I'm not sure what's more comical, if it were not so troubling, about Chomsky's analysis: the fact that he equates concern for one's self with a "crazed maniac" or his notion that public schools and their personnel--some people call them 'teachers'--are concerned about the education of the kids coming out of them.
qtutoringhelps 4 months ago 3
@qtutoringhelps Yeah, its funny that he says that the rich just dont care, and he just bases his argument on that. But thats B.S. the rich in America are the most guilt riden group of all, always talking about having to "giving back" to the community.
WarVideo 4 months ago
@WarVideo
According to Chomsky, there's a systematic attack on public education (and other social welfare programs like Social Security) based explicitly on selfishness. I guess that means we're winning!
qtutoringhelps 4 months ago
@qtutoringhelps Who else would he be talking abolut, Ayn Rand is his target in this video, who else is talking about selfishness?
WarVideo 4 months ago
@WarVideo
In another recent lecture at Univ of Toronto (you can find it on YouTube somewhere), he explicitly mentions: Milton Friedman, Hayek and Ayn Rand in the same breath. He says something like: "While holding up copies of Friedman, Hayek and Ayn Rand in one hand, the bankers on Wall Street take in the massive tax-payer funded bailouts in the other." (His point is that the wealthy get help from the nanny state, while the rest of us poor basters are told to suffer in the free market.)
qtutoringhelps 4 months ago 8
@qtutoringhelps that's the gangsters-system. the state, the corporations and wall street are run and owned by the same gang. they exploit you as a taxpayer AND as a consumer AND as a worker.
Uchi84Madara 1 week ago
@qtutoringhelps He doesn't say that. He quite clearly defines 'crazed maniacs' as people 'who care about nothing but themselves', which is, in fact, almost identical to the medical definition of psychopathy (characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of others). It's dishonest to misinterpret what someone has said and then use that misinterpretation as a basis for describing his position as 'comical'.
TolpuddleMartyr 1 month ago
@TolpuddleMartyr
You're quite wrong. Listen to his rejection of Ayn Rand's defense of "rational egoism"--as I have--and you'll see that I'm not dishonest; it's you who is mistaken.
qtutoringhelps 1 month ago
@qtutoringhelps I was referring to Chomsky's comments in this clip. You said that 'he equates concern for one's self with a "crazed maniac"'. In this particular clip, he doesn't say that. However, in the interest of fairness, show me where I can find the clip/essay/article where he does make such a statement and I'll happily admit my error (although, as I said, I was referring specifically to this clip, not to comments Chomsky made elsewhere).
TolpuddleMartyr 1 month ago
@TolpuddleMartyr
He constructs a strawman of the Ayn Rand Objectivist rational selfish position; he does not deal with the actual arguments. I watched a clip last year which had, to my recollection about 2,300 views at the time, in which he says "I think you should care about other people," then he says Ayn Rand said "all that matters is self, and she supports private tyranny" (I cannot locate Youtube link; search: 'Chomsky corporations')--this is not Rand's position in Virtue of Selfishness.
qtutoringhelps 4 weeks ago
@qtutoringhelps Okay, I'll have a look for it.
TolpuddleMartyr 4 weeks ago
@qtutoringhelps Any luck tracking down that link? I'd really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes finding it for me or at least show me where I should begin looking for it. Thanks in advance.
TolpuddleMartyr 1 month ago
Chomsky critzies american colleges very cautiously.
Oh, look at me. I would be insane; except americans are that dumb. It's weird how americans are even dumber than they act
SUpersaiyajinjerkbag 4 months ago
Why don't more people listen to this man! He's the sharpest and most moral intellectual of our time!
rosiethebear300 5 months ago 21
@rosiethebear300 Because if they did we wouldn't have the social, political, economic, and environmental issues that affect us today. The whole point is to keep individuals like him marginalized, so nobody knows what's really going on.
scarface82us 5 months ago
@rosiethebear300 What nonsense the public education system was imported from Bismarks Germany and is whats responsible for dumbing down America with progressive education. What Americca needs is a complet seperation of state and education. If you want HONEST sharp and moral intellect, go read Ayn Rand.
WarVideo 4 months ago
@rosiethebear300 You're living in a dream world rosie, you need to wake up and smell the coffee.
StudentOfObjectivism 4 months ago
@rosiethebear300 Yeah, and he also says the same things I knew when I was 2. Nothing new here.
buzzin1975 1 week ago
@rosiethebear300 Most people have never even heard of Chomsky b/c corporate owned networks will not feature anyone who doesn't kowtow to the "conventional" wisdom and accepted propaganda pushed by government. It's just the same hacks parroting the party line, 7 days a week. The press in America is far less free than you might think.
mikero08 1 week ago