Noam Chomsky on Anarchism, Elections, Human Disposition, and the Young Marx [Part 1/6]

I head over to MIT from Toronto to meet my hero, my maker, the intellectual demigod, Noam Chomsky, to have a brief talk about Anarchism and miscellaneous topics. I apologize for the excessive stuttering, I was probably more nervous and intimidated than I had ever been in my entire life.

Poor technology means poor audio quality, and inconsistent clips. =(

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Recording Date: February 13th, 2009.

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[colombian18]

Cool man, must have been a priviledge to talk to him in person. Don't worry about the video being shaky its the words that are important. Good work.

[henrythesteinberg]

Smith advocated markets because he felt they would lead to equality. Chomsky said he would also advocate Markets if he agreed with Smith.

[DeweyZinnChomskyFisk]

@Questfortruth86 no one is interested in reading your radical right-wing ideology in which "Equality makes no sense when applied to human beings"...

[DeweyZinnChomskyFisk]

thanks for uploading

[pencert]

@wizemanful Yeah he has some standard answers, but I think it's from being asked the same questions for decades.

[wizemanful]

He must use these in his lectures. There's a video somewhere where he says something nearly the same as this.

[Questfortruth86]

You're willing to deny the obvious in order to support your completely untenable position. People have different goals and preferences; some are born with natural physical strength, while others are born with gifted reasoning abilities. Kim Ung-yong, for example, has a verified 210 IQ. At 4 he was speaking multiple languages, at 5 he was doing multivariate calculus, and he received his FIRST phd at the age of 11. Again, the fact that you consider this "unfair" is absolutely immaterial. Grow up.

[theH0UNDSofD00M]

@Questfortruth86 you know very well what it means, stop hiding behind jargon.Yes I do deny that we are unequal when we are born. When we born we are all equal, or should be. We should all have the same opportunities People like you are going to end up living somewhere like Somalia. Pretty soon, either states organized like China, or societies where participative democracy succeeds, will start to get rid of all this vulture capitalism that thrives only on other peoples misery. Get rid!!

[Mikeofdundee1987]

@Questfortruth86 individuals are unequal but capitalism requires teamwork. So where is this individual above all others you talk of?

[Questfortruth86]

@Mikeofdundee1987

"in fact 90% of americans have seen a 20% drop of capital. "

What does this even mean? Do you know what capital is? Are you talking about financial capital or economic capital? Also, do you acknowledge that your previous assertion, namely that "the wealthy are only wealthy because they inherit wealth," is factually incorrect? And finally, do you deny that individuals are inherently unequal?

[Questfortruth86]

@Mikeofdundee1987

You’re attacking straw men, ignoring my arguments, and regurgitating ill-informed and incoherent talking points. The indices which attempt to measure social mobility are inherently flawed because they measure pure aggregates and define poverty in relative terms. If you look at individuals and track their movements temporally, you see that their standard of living rises dramatically. At the same time though, the U.S. has the highest rate of immigration in the world.