Noam Chomsky: Necessary Illusions - Thought Control in a Democratic Society Part 1 (1989)

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[dopeskies]

Chomsky is truly one of the greatest minds out there

[ShaktipatSeer]

@dopeskies Shit what do you mean 'greatest minds'? In America he's the ONLY mind.

[xlucim]

He's Woody Allen in character.

[Bodhidharma1986]

@ShaktipatSeer I like Chomsky. Read his books. Whatchya think about Robert Anton WIlson? Too silly or "conspiratorial"? I think the healthy agnostic view permeating his writings about things and policies are interesting. "Reality-tunnels" as well.

[mabell01]

@ShaktipatSeer That's discounting yourself and others.

[DeviantFormula]

Well of course the U.N. will back the Palestinians...they back anything and everything that's anti-U.S.; and majority of palestinians are devout Muslims content with hating the infidel.

As for the U.N. "promoting peace", what a terrible record they have; Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, etc. Thanks to the U.N., atrocities in Africa and elsewhere continue to this day. You might think the U.N. "promotes peace", I see it as promoting corruption. Saddam and UN's "Oil for Food" made him rich...haha

[shakur420]

@DeviantFormula ...You would know that even the most ardent zionists (Goldstone, Shlomo Ben Ami, Benny Morris, etc.) admit that Palestinians are defending against the aggression of colonization and genocide (or "population transfer" if the term makes you feel better). The UN resolutions, Geneva Conventions, ICJ and human rights NGOs simply solidify the legality of the native's position.

[shakur420]

@DeviantFormula lol, if you bothered to check the facts, you would notice that every year for the last 4 decades, the entire world votes for peace at the UN, while the U.S., the colonizers and a few other client states vote "no". You would know that the PLO joined the international consensus around '76 (peaceful solution based on '67 borders). You would know that HAMAS came after colonization, occupation, etc.

[DeviantFormula]

@shakur420 Everyone has the right to self-defense, despite what any corrupt organization like the U.N, ICJ or Human Rights Commission says. That's not the point when it comes to your argument though. Palestinians do not want peace, nor are they merely "defending" themselves. They committ terrible atrocities in the name of Allah. And to be fair, Israel committs atrocities too.

Nonetheless, Palestinians love war, and they will never commit to peace until killing every Jew...

[rivier4]

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