Noam Chomsky on Reagan's Distorted Legacy, Wisconsin Protests & Obama's Activist Crackdown. 1 of 2

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World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses several domestic issues in the United States, including the protests in defense of public sector employees and unions in Wisconsin, how the U.S. deification of former President Ronald Reagan resembles North Korea, and the crackdown on political activists with anti-terror laws and FBI raids. Chomsky is professor emeritus at MIT and the author of more than 100 books.

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[bapyou]

When Droneald Reagan's 100th brithday came around last February, I'm proud to say, on a fence in my neighborhood, I anonymously hung a sign reading:

'Ronald Reagan Responsible for Murdering >200,000 Guatemalans & Salvadorans in the 1980s'

Just to let the world know not everyone forgets what happens yesterday; and that senile old sonofabitch was responsible for genocide every bit as much as Pol Pot or Adolph Hitler. You can't let these sons-of-fucks get away with anything.

[TheeUnidentified]

@carolineislands "Big Brother" is an Orwell reference to our massive police state apparatus that Cons obediently champion to "defend the homeland" (fear-based propaganda) Yet these same types rally the Small Govt mantra, but only as it applies to abolishing oversight of corporate malfeasance & removal of social safety nets for the poor. Fascists have long perverted language/meaning in the US via the M$M, and its worst divide/rule characteristics resonate effectively w/authoritarian types.

[gnomechomskylives]

@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag Would you care to elaborate your point? Otherwise it sounds like a baseless opinion.

[properlymiffed]

Exactly the same happened in th UK and as I understand it also happened in Canada

[machinevos]

it would be soo cool if he was your grandpa xD

[SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

He did a piss poor job of debunking reagan

[Incognitoification1]

@TheeUnidentified Can you direct me to this study?

[knightschwartz]

FDR was against collective barganing for public sector unions. The Voters run the unions not the unions.

[knightschwartz]

mass immigration is destroying the west. Noam says nothing about it (outside liking it).

[paragshah2112]

ahhh that bit there at the end exposing obama for the fraud he is, and how we should have spotted this from a long way off ... now THAT's what the fuck i'm talkin about ... crystal clear noam :)

[TheeUnidentified]

Psych studies show one-quarter of the US populace as having an Authoritarian Personality (shades of it run higher) and so don't want to hear that the most powerful people are acting against humanity's interests. They'll aggressively defend against any such information that casts unfavorable light on exalted yet poisonous cultural directives. That's why the term Conspiracy Theory is a favored label for views/data suggesting abuses of power & illegal activity by people in high places.