Noam Chomsky on the State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival

The Hart House Debates Committee, Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation (NECEF), and Science for Peace present The State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival, a talk by academic, author and political activist Noam Chomsky. The talk started with introductory remarks by Hart House Warden, Louise Cowin. Chomsky was then introduced by Toronto Star columnist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig. Followed by talk by Chomsky and moderated Q&A by political science student Semra Sevi. The closing remarks were made by Science for Peace member Chandler Davis.

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[nonners21]

Chomsky is on at 19:42

[tstruss912]

I love hearing "Uh, well..." That's how I know Noam is about to start droppin truth-bombs on those filthy propaganda mills.

[michael616joaquin]

the guy at the beginning is annoying..

[musick2138]

> a talk by academic, author and political activist Noam Chomsky

WHEN?

[ellistheisland]

""There is a standard technique of privatization. Namely, defund what you want to privatize; like when Thatcher wanted to privatize the railroads, first thing to do is defund them, then they don't work, then people want change. And so you say "OK, privatize them," and then they get worse. . . . That is the standard technique of privatization. Defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, hand it over to private capital. Well that's the social security scam." 1:09: 00 -- 1:10: 00

[ellistheisland]

"The goal of marketing is to undermine markets by creating uninformed consumers who will make irrational choices. The business world spends huge efforts on that. And the same is true for the PR industry -- it turns to undermining democracy, it wants to construct elections in which uninformed voters will make irrational choices." - Noam Chomsky

[MagicByEli]

@Letes92 Of course. Unemployment during the Great Depression was around 25% at it's nadir, for the general population. The peak level of unemployment in this recession was 10%. Even if you limit it to construction workers, who have been hit hardest by the downturn, their unemployment peaked at 22.5%. That's similar to levels the general population experienced during the depression, but that's leaving out that there's now an (albeit tattered) social safety net, which was absent in the thirties.

[Letes92]

@MagicByEli

you have facts and numbers on this?

[MagicByEli]

"the real level of unemployment is at the level of the great depression for much of the population...and in fact their situation (discussing manufacturing workers, and certain other sectors) is much worse than in that of the great depression..."

LOL. This recession is nothing. If the thirties was like being Brian Robeson from Hatchet, this recession is like overnight camping, with a sleeping bag, a gun, matches, a tent, and some boxes of pizza.

Other than that blip, great talk. :)

[system0system0]

i wanna be a bolivian!

[system0system0]

He will be gone and then no one will be educated anymore. Ignorance is growing and im sad.

[ZombieSteevo]

00:07 NO PHOTOGRAPHY.

little did she know the whole thing would reach youtube