Noam Chomsky on U.S. Rage & Ruin 1/4

A conversation with Noam Chomsky, legend of the left, on Obama, America, and the world. Noam Chomsky is a blazing critic of just about every mainstream sacred cow on the planet. If it's war for security, corporate power, free trade or complicit media, Noam Chomsky is at its throat, and has been for a long time.An Old Testament-style angry prophet with a huge intellectual pedigree. He's 81 now, and says he's never seen anything like today's politics. The anger and the fear.He's listening to talk radio. He's listening to the Tea Party. He's watching. He's thinking. We hear what's on his mind. -Tom Ashbrook Noam Chomsky, intellectual, social critic, and professor emeritus of linguistics at MIT. His latest book is "Hopes and Prospects." His other books include "Manufacturing Consent" and "Hegemony or Survival."

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[Sundrumify]

Just amazing insights ... Thank YOU Noam Chomsky and to YOU for uploading, Lisa

[copym3]

@Sundrumify Yeah he is really the "Lord of the Left" ^^ haha, the Godfather of Truth ^^ Anyway can put it in this stupid little chat window how thankfull i am for your great work, help and support! ALL*THE*BEST archi (maybe i would have left youtube a long time ago without you and being back in the underground with my fight for file sharing :D You are a good person DONT change ! )

[theodorewolfgang]

Don't think a self-proclaimed anarchist would welcome the title of 'Lord of the Left.'

[metalreign81]

Chomsky offers the tea party sympathy and understanding----they'd just spit in his face and say he's a commie scumbag

[Faboba]

@mmantech That's mainly because people don't really understand what the word 'anarchism' means in a political context. Strictly speaking I believe he's an anarcho-syndicalist. But the distinction, absent details, between that an 'libertarian socialism' is pretty much non-existent; it's just that 'anarcho-' carries too much baggage (rather like the way 'liberal' is coming to be used in the states. I swear every time I see 'liberal' equated with 'socialist' I worry my head will explode).

[Faboba]

@mmantech That's mainly because people don't really understand what the word 'anarchism' means in a political context. Strictly speaking I believe he's an anarcho-syndicalist. But the distinction, absent details, between that an 'libertarian socialism' is pretty much non-existent; it's just that 'anarcho-' carries too much baggage (rather like the way 'liberal' is coming to be used in the states. I swear every time I see 'liberal' equated with 'socialist' I worry my head will explode).

[Faboba]

I wish he'd been pushed on what he meant by 'objective they were much poorer'. After all one can be objectively poorer in relative terms (relative to the richer folks in society) or objectively poorer in absolute terms and depending on which is true it changes how reasonable it is to feel hard done by. For example; in some ways you are better off than medieval monarchs, in other ways you are worse off. If people are relatively poorer now (even if not absolutely) it's fair to be angry about it.

[mmantech]

@theodorewolfgang i thought he described himself as an libertarian socialist?

[sporganmurloc]

@toseeornot2see I see. Thanks for explaining :)

[toseeornot2see]

@sporganmurloc Oh, no, not walk in visits. I had to get in touch with his assistant months in advance.

I had a very strict schedule, as I was visiting the States at the time. I guess you can contact them and ask at Chomsky@mit.edu.

If you live in the States, maybe you could get a better and much longer meeting with him.

[sporganmurloc]

@toseeornot2see He allows walk in visits?

[JNathanK2011]

@habibimaya I'll look that all up. Yah, the democrats and republicans pretty much need each other to maintain the illusion to the public that they're relevant.

[habibimaya]

@JNathanK2011 glenn beck is a pid fascist shill. who are you talking about when you refer to glenn beck crowd. all glenn beck used to do is laugh and make fun of ron paul because he's a paid fascist shill to speek some one elses thoughts. have you heard the latest rant from rush limbaugh on ron paul. i loved it. he said this man is going to destroy the party. i pray to god it happens. both parties need each other to surviive. dems will fight to keep reps relevant. they have to or they will go

[toseeornot2see]

I was with him on the 13th of July, this year. I went to see him in his office in MIT.

Great guy! I could only get ten minutes with him, but I hope we get to meet again and for much longer.