Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent 9 of 9

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[gorillabelly1]

"Cat has a panic attack when his string is taken": 1,232,760 views, at time of writing.

This vid: 12,799 views, at time of writing. Ratio of approx 1000:1. Pretty good sample of where peoples' priorities lie. Until this is reversed, there is no hope.

[DanLackey]

In style this documentary seems to be under the influence of the Errol Morris mode, an admirable "aesthetic" which, however, in this instance has something of the effect of treating Chomsky with a bit of "I have a dream" hagiography. It gets the message out, but it puts the man in front of the message, and I believe Chomsky has himself stated reservations about the film to this effect.

[bigdt87]

@gorillabelly1 Your defeating your own point. 1,232,760 people being able to choose what media they digest is what Noam Chomsky was after his whole life. it means we've won. It means that the internet has become the way in which information is stretched from two sentences between commercials too an infinite source of information which sits between no advertisements.

[Bodhidharma1986]

@DanLackey He did. Last I heard, in the books of his ("Understanding Power" maybe, I think) he refused to watch the film, ever. To this day. Simply because he doesn't want to give people the idea that he's spearheading some "movement" to "join". It's up to people to get rid of the Elites, not Chomsky. He's just a messenger.

[lodproductions90]

He can do it. Try to do that if you are a student, worker, or employee. You'll lose your appointment within a few weeks. No government job will be available for your forever. Most people realize that the way to survival is to kill with the wolves, not to bite them in the back. Sad but true.

[djamorpheus]

Noam Chomsky is one of the greatest intellectuals of our lifetime, history will be the ultimate judge of that.

[vriend1]

@DanLackey

If it serves the truth and justice, simplification is not always bad.

[CharlieOchs]

Tribal Chief know! Best village is upstream of other villages.

So, just how is today's corporate state and practices NOT simply human group nature run rampant due to the sheer BULK of humanity presently in existence?

Perhaps our Elite should take their yearly vacation on a nice open tropical island, rather than in Sonoma County.

[Noeldiego]

@68generation Spread the word my friend spread the word. This man is a genuis but the mainstreem opinion ignores him.

[eyeswideopennimrod]

If the elite can keep us under an illusion of freedom and democracy, we are much easier to control and thus cheaper to keep. If only cows would stay where we left them we wouldn't need expensive fences.

[DesmondE]

@beardsleyaubrey

I guess I can make my statement in another way that doesn't confuse.

Slavery only exists in a system where slaves can be exploited. Can we agree on that?

People are still being exploited today (in a capitalist system). Instead of being owned, people are rented.