Noam Chomsky-Discussion with Libertarian Socialists

During his visit to Ireland to give three other lectures on various topics at the University of Dublin and with Amnesty International Noam Chomsky gave this little known discussion with a Libertarian Socialist group. He answers questions on many topics beginning with the relevance and lessons of the Spanish Civil War.

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• Noam
• Chomsky
• Libertarian
• Socialism
• Spanish
• Civil
• War
• Freedom
• Hierarchy

[cott2696]

Audio quality is pretty terrible on this. 

[ToxinalX]

@kingofqwerty Jag antar att jag kunde skrivit alltsammans på svenska i stället då. :P

Sweden did better than most european countries simply because we elected a new goverment consisting of the most pro-capitalist political parties in our country instead of just spending more money and continuing to bail out every single failed company or bank "for the sake of the common good".

Also, a "nanny state" is not exactly the same as a lesser capitalist country, but Sweden is still a great example.

[SanguineBullet667]

@SSTTEEAALLTTHH What a moron.

[SanguineBullet667]

Silly socialists, rationality is for Libertarians.

[cott2696]

@s0673451 Can't even remember what that's in response to.

[s0673451]

@cott2696 just makes me pay more attention!

[dontblockmedk]

@S Automation and cheap labor = NO JOBS = capitalism FAILED = Money is OBSOLETE.

And love, compassion and sharing are also human nature and way more powerful than selfishness and greed, without the negative effects.

We can use the scientific method to optimize and automate the production and distribution of all necessities of life for all people.

WATCH Z3 here and learn the facts, then you can become part of the solution.

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[ToxinalX]

@vitaminasHM According to keynesian economics (And a lot of Swedish economists) this would be verry accurate.

But If you study the works of Milton Friedman, FA Hayek and "austrian economics", you will soon come to realise that the only thing the Social Democrats brought was a gigantic bubble in housing. Sound familiar ?

A set of rules that the former PM was not slow to take advantage of, buying a house at a slightly lowered cost of 12,5 milj, while getting EU subsidies.

[vitaminasHM]

@jtizz711 can be done, and was done in Spain as Chomsky points out in this speech. Actually is the only alternative to this fake "democracy" and communism. Utopia, means it's nowhere to be found... today... but the concept of utopia disappeared for anarchism after the spanish revolution in 1936.

[vitaminasHM]

@ToxinalX Well... I think the reason is as far as I know, because not many banks and companies needed to be bailed out in Sweden thanks to the "protectionist" financial system there inherited from the years of the social democracy... but I might be wrong...

[CF565]

where's the rest of it? a great little snippet; would love to see the whole thing.