Noam Chomsky on Manufacturing Consent (Part 1)

[zapproowsdower]

Definitely a smart man - but I don't understand why people call him the smartest man alive today. Clearly not. He hasn't even figured out that 9/11 was perpetrated by the same "hidden government" that he so often talks about.

[Profitnation]

@zapproowsdower The person who wrote this, and who is obviously but another drone marching to the beat of the dubious conspiracy theorists, after such a discredit to their own intellect, has no right commenting on others. And I am saying this because of your last, not your first, sentence.

[zapproowsdower]

@Profitnation That's pretty arrogant of you. "You hold this opinion so therefore you must be stupid."

For something as complex as 9/11, you find absolutely brilliant people on both sides of the fence. And some very stupid people on both sides. Sounds like you enjoy arguing with emotions instead of logic, because you apparently don't understand how your argument is ironic.

[skcin7]

@zapproowsdower You don't know that it was either. None of us do. We can only speculate.

[zapproowsdower]

@skcin7 9/11 is actually not very controversial. An assessment of all available data overwhelmingly points in the direction of a joint intelligence operation. But cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias are powerful subconscious blinders that operate on an emotional and instinctual level, not intellectual. religion, UFOs, and to a lesser extent events like 9/11... there's so much conflicting info that people resort to instinct instead of scrutiny.

[lestertrad]

@skcin7 Yeah that's the point. We still don't know who killed the Kennedys or King, and probably never will. So it's a matter of believing that "well, surely they wouldn't go that far, would they"? And that becomes conventional wisdom, by default. Next step, if you assert the contrary, you're a conspiracy theorist.

[DaD3VIL07]

@zapproowsdower Chomsky has said that for the Bush Admin. to be the perpetrators would be insanity. For one they'd all be executed if caught out, and that would be almost certain as he believes there would be leaks.

[zapproowsdower]

@DaD3VIL07 politicians are terrible at keeping secrets, true. but military brass, especially in the collective intelligence networks, and the upper echelon of big business are an entirely different story. saying 'the bush admin did it', or even worse, 'the government did it', is naive.

[barbcinque]

We should enforce tests for people who vote. You should know exactly what each and all of the politicians who are up for elections believe in and how they vote on issues before you can vote for them. Because unfortunately we have pp voting against their own self interest regularly now. I know teachers who are paying union members VOTING AGAINST the party that is defending the unions they are enjoying the benefits of!! HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

[75630KaraokeStar]

So the answer to the evils of a democratic society is to turn to a dictatorial communist society? When will these communist happy idiots realize that communism is a total failure and there is no way in which it will ever be better than what America has now. Our democracy may have it's flaws but choosing communism is not the way to change that. Chomsky should be skinned alive and killed a slow painful death.

[Jamerrang]

@75630KaraokeStar I don't usually comment on videos but you're a twat. An absolute twat.

He's not even a communist. You're so blatantly one of those stupid Americans who take the view that if you do not subscribe to US style democracy you're a communist, Its laughable.

[barbcinque]

@75630KaraokeStar Im so tired of this new right wing of ignorant and uninformed idiots that have only a small sliver of misused and poorly understood facts as the sole basis for justifying their ignorant opinions. Your only responses are always the same nonsense...you talk this rhetoric that is COMPLETELY DEVOID OF ANY REAL FACTUAL INFORMATION combined with the words communist, and your fling it at everything you hear that you dont understand. Find a karaoke bar and stick to what you know.

[75630KaraokeStar]

@barbcinque I am not a person who believes what I stated in regards to Chomsky. I was just seeing if I could get just the reaction you gave me. I wanted to get a reaction within the negative.

Truth be told the so called liberals are serving the same master as the conservatives and as long as people buy into the nonsense that the politicians feed us we will have a society of good and submissive slaves.

[mnebiyu]

Noam is a voice for the voiceless, an intellectual who is able to break it down...The puzzle seems so simply once it has been dismantle Chomsky. One of my heroes

[radscorpion8]

@mike282272262252 stop with the sheeple crap

[lacantara23]

oprah? wow, even oprah herself would or probably does have great admiration for what chomsky has contributed to the intellectual world, can't really compare the two their in two different catagories completely.to understand chomsky you have to have a strong background in alot of areas its far from b.s..dr phil

[futopolis]

This is a bunch of bullshit! I'll take some real intellectuals like Dr. Phil and Oprah over this clown any day of the week.

[gymnosophy]

@futopolis hahahahhaahahhaha I love your post modernistic irony

[chinopisces]

@futopolis: Of course you will, you ignorant sheep.

[futopolis]

@chinopisces Sarcasm lost on you too, eh?

[chinopisces]

@futopolis: Allow me to inform you that you are in text format. Sarcasm is not detectable without providing, however subtle, a clue.

[futopolis]

@chinopisces Truth. My bad.  Point well taken.

[futopolis]

@futopolis However, one might argue that pairing Oprah and that shaved ape, Dr. Phil, in a sentence describing "intellectuals" might be a clue in itself...

[barbcinque]

@futopolis

 Good point!!! So go watch Dr. Phill and Oprah...what the hell are you doing looking up chomsky and throwing your worthless two cents of nonsense to people who dont care what your opinion is.

[futopolis]

@barbcinque Sarcasm radar is turned off, eh?

[mediacritic]

Great, great man.

[7Beyonder]

one of the most brilliant humans on earth.

[ThatDifferentGuy]

It's a damn shame true knowledge isn't promoted. Instead we are mind numbed with music and mass media.

This should be shown in all university history and philosphy classes

[sawzaw203]

@ThatDifferentGuy

Now isn't that the truth!! Too bad it won't happen, if at all, only on a small scale like roughly 9000 youtube views...manufactured consent in the US indeed!!

[MrSalamander7]

SHARK!!!!!!!

[Diosibundo]

@MrSalamander7

Shark?

[MrSalamander7]

@Diosibundo It's not "Shark?" it's  SHARK!!!!!!!

[Diosibundo]

@MrSalamander7

Oh, my apologies.. SHARK???? Why SHARK????

[oik2]

these are very fine. thanks again.

[Arkimedes999]

brilliant mind

[wda013]

Noam Chomsky on Manufacturing Consent (Part 7) -- and a PLAYLIST (plus link-to) would be nice-2-have !

[rollieskreetie]

Noam's great!

[bennygale]

Thank you!