Chomsky on Religion

[@TolpuddleMartyr]

You're not wrong. Chomsky doesn't wear his atheism on his sleeve like certain other public intellectuals but he's always been open about it when asked. The best answer I ever heard him give, when asked whether he was an atheist, was to claim that he couldn't properly call himself one 'because it is not at all clear what I'm being asked to deny.' I don't think you can get any clearer than that.

[@user-fs8tl7ni1w]

He went to Jewish summer camps. Just to be clear. Is he really the atheist he is purported to be?

[@tonydimartini]

Yeah as a kid. What does that mean? Nothing. @@user-fs8tl7ni1w

[@DrN007]

Deities. That's what he was asked to deny, which he dodged :)

[@patrickvanmeter2922]

@@user-fs8tl7ni1w If he went to Jewish summer camps as a kid, all the more reason to believe he is an Atheist. Most people become non-believers in their early teens.

[@kennethmarshall306]

He is on record as saying that if there is a god , then he is a devil

[@emptyhighways]

"Keep away from cliches, the world is much more complicated." Amen

[@lukegibson9410]

Ironic. Chomsky is the biggest cliché in modern history. All bad is the fault of the US and big corporations.

[@swordbook8762]

@@lukegibson9410 yeah, I think the us government and companies are in the clean, and all the died in warfare just didn't take care of themselves enough, all the fired and bankrupted in economy globalization are only isolated examples mainly caused by their lack of creativity

[@lukegibson9410]

@@swordbook8762 You are the textbook example of the anointed. Too bad you are not as useful to society as you think you are.

[@swordbook8762]

@@lukegibson9410 I never give a fuck about how useful I am to society. I just sit and wait, and my money breeds automatically, ensured by my financial consultant and accountant. I find no reason to do anything more for the society, it has already become a perfect one

[@arcticwolf6402]

"Amen" 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@HDitzzDH]

"Keep away from clichés, this world is much more complicated" something I think millions of people need to hear and really understand. Today's climate is incredibly polarized in terms of politics, everything is either far-right, far-left this and that. If one expresses a worry or deals with a certain issue then they are most likely going to be thrown into a certain ideology/side and then have to deal with everything that side stands for, it's very extreme. Words are beginning to lose their meaning because of the irresponsible usage of it.

[@Lyronos]

Yeah, it's another variation of cancel-culture, which isn't new, it's just more emphasized through the social medias and the politicians and extreme ideologists use it quite wisely for their needs. I wish the problem was just letting people listen to him, but because of cancel culture he is being dehumanized. It's difficult to erase the indoctrination from school, childhood, TV, and such.

[@miguelmurill1]

There's nothing wrong with words, guy. Be real. If you want a better world, start by opposing--behavior--America's criminal elite--again, behavior.

[@liamrmorgans921]

What are your thoughts on what Chomsky said regarding people who refused covid “vaccinations”?

[@Diogenes652]

Cancel culture and not giving space for nuance on a generally rushed social platform plus downright obfuscation

[@DJK-cq2uy]

GZA...yes. Well placed words...appreciate your analysis n insight

[@jeffrey6244]

There is a book titled "Empire's Workshop" which details the unconscionable campaign by the USA to exert control over Central and South America by any means necessary, including the training and financing of death squads that would massacre entire villages if they were in favor of terrible things like labor unions. Even JFK was guilty of this, as Chomsky said here, and Ronald Reagan was probably the worst of all. The details in this book will make any decent person throw up in sheer disgust at what this country has done to its southern neighbors and continues to do around the world, all to maximize profits for the one percent who actually run things.

[@fernandol1307]

Thanks for the tip.....l will get it..

[@beefsoda1]

@Jeffree Ensing not the us the 1%

[@me3said2aweyah68]

There's a book called, "A People's History of the United States" that's shows essentially the same thing done in the United States. Quite the read, only put it down to cry.

[@fernandol1307]

Its in my list....

[@PMunkS]

@@beefsoda1 Were it not for the opportunity of global exploitation, the same elite would be raping, plundering, pillaging and murdering the American poplation, just as they did through to the end of the 19th and early 20th century. In this way, "we" benefit from the exploitation of the "global south" - we are spared rod, because the slave master is accorded opportunity to beat the hell out of other people. Consider the relatively favorable treatment accorded to demonstrators and protesters in America - particularly those who attempt to block construction projects for environmental concerns - people who engage in similar protests in Central and South America would be tortured and murdered by U.S. trained mercenary militias paid by U.S. corporate interests. Others suffer, so we might enjoy a privileged lifestyle free of atrocity.

[@chestercopperpot8912]

Everyone who posts Chomsky interviews should boost the volume by +50%.

[@SZebS]

pitch shift it into the audible range swear every few years his voice drops an octave

[@denver-gi7ot]

Lol just turn your devices volume up. I also listen to him on double speed with subtitles, especially his recent stuff.

[@moho2763]

His voice so deep that morgan freeman would be his soprano

[@EremEdition]

1.25 works fine as well

[@jf3715]

I kinda want to put the gloves on with this decrepit, haggard old lady. Chomsky’s voice IS torture

[@ppaaccoojrf]

I find it interesting that Chomsky opened with the attack on Jesuit priests on a Salvadoran university. My parents met on that very university (simply called "Central American University", plus the name of a historical Salvadoran figure) and were going through their studies back when the attack happened. They personally knew some of the priests, all of which were among the foremost intellectuals on the country. They were killed along with the housemaid and her daughter, who was also a student at the college (probably on scholarship, as this university has relatively expensive tuition fees and ranks as the best in the country) and completely unrelated to the "crime" the priests had committed - standing against oppression of the common people by the greedy oligarchy. I graduated from that very same university earlier this year, and it still shows its legacy through the promotion of social activism and understanding, though I do regret not being able to meet the priests in question, whose loss was certainly felt during the rebuild of the country following the end of the civil war.

[@karenprescott5518]

The Vatican changes its political and social positions depending upon the political winds. During WWll Catholic Nazi regimes everywhere in Europe. Later in Latin America, Liberation Theology in case socialist revolutions arrive. Gotta be on the WINNING side, don't you Vatican?

[@lucidlocomotive2014]

The pope wrote an encyclical explicitly condemning nazism during wwii

[@cayetano6547]

@@lucidlocomotive2014 Correct. I appreciate you correcting that previous rather ignorant comment.

[@edwardmurdoch5070]

@@karenprescott5518 Are you suggesting there was even a chance communism succeeded during that time in Latin America? It is hard to believe someone could think that in this day an age... Those movements were so marginal, particularly in South America. They were used by the Occidental powers and internal establishments as an excuse to suppress social justice causes and development. Mostly they repress groups that had little or nothing to do with communism... Por example, a disproportional number of union representatives were murdered or disappeared. There was never a chance for communism to get hold in Latin America. Even documents from American embassies confirm this, very early in, for example, the Argentinean coup. Those documents show how surprised officials were of the little resistance subversive forces put against the dictators.

[@miguelmurill1]

@@karenprescott5518 You can say the same thing about the Protestant Church. Vatican, Anglican, Lutheran. It's all the same, the hunger for power. Are there exceptions? Of course, here there were at least four and those were the Jesuit priests.

[@Discovery_and_Change]

1:24 "A decade of terrorist atrocities in Central America for which we were responsible" 1:38 "U.S. backed armed forces" 2:10 "First 3 centuries of Christianity it was radical and pacifist, of the poor and suffering" 2:25 "In the 4th century taken over by Roman empire, turned to rich, powerful" 3:23 "Kennedy initiated military coup in Brazil" 4:12 U.S. helped reverse/stop the effort to restore Christianity

[@RickKasten]

“Those were our crimes, therefore they didn’t occur” American as apple pie

[@Mortum_Rex]

The Apple Pie originated in England. But then the Tory cunts have just as much blood on their hands and are pretty much the opposite side of the American plague.

[@guybartlett9587]

Exactly

[@colinoconnell7987]

Prof. Chomsky, while I don't always agree with him, alerts me to real alternatives in my sometimes ossified way of looking at things..... I am glad he continues to interpret and penetrate the hidden basis of so much in our western culture....

[@rationalobserver3675]

I don't know if you know this, but if you know where the full interview this video is part of I would love to see it. I want to know what what chomsky said, and the context of this.

[@brucecampbell6578]

I thought Chomsky's short treatise on Christianity as coopted by the state and the oppresses of mankind until the advent of Liberation Theology with its bloody demise was instructional, informative, and lucid. I would call Chomsky a champion of liberating the mind from the disease of elitism and its symptom, imperialism. Those who would disparage him I challenge to excel his knowledge and wisdom Usually the best they can do is snide remarks, and profanity.

[@tvlangsam]

+Bruce Campbell A lot of Chomsky's "knowledge" is false. The problem is that Chomsky has the balls to speak with authority on issues he couldn't possibly know about, i.e. he didn't witness anything he talks about first hand. Most people have a sense of humility and refrain from talking about things so absolutely. And he has no wisdom. He ties everything into the same fictional story: "the poor are virtuous and abused, and the rich are evil and abusive." It's an appealing story, particularly for young, dumb people with no idea of what to do with themselves. Meanwhile, Chomsky is worth millions. He has a great business model.

[@brucecampbell6578]

TheSnorkeler Language is largely a matter of Semantics which is the province of Chomsky. That he takes shade under the tent of the oppressed is a decision we all face and some pledge fealty. If you want to shill for those who have it all by virtue of their wealth then worship money. I believe the world is our commons as bequeathed by our creator. I would aim toward balancing the playing field. Chomsky would teach us to understand Orwellian language. War is not Peace. Offense is not defense. Imperialism is not freedom.

[@tvlangsam]

Bruce Campbell It sounds like you are admitting that Chomsky is agenda-driven, and I have no argument there. Personally, I don't criticize people based on class, I judge people based on the content of their character. A bad poor person is no nobler than a bad rich person and a well-to-do rich person is no better than a well-to-do poor person.

[@brucecampbell6578]

TheSnorkeler Even Jesus and Mohammad and Gandhi and King were agenda driven. The question is whether wealth and property and power is the highest priority or the people themselves. Physical or Spiritual ethos. Or perhaps a balance in accordance with the current situation? While Chomsky doesn't ascribe to the language of religion he does project a religious ethos. I believe he serves the Logos.

[@andrewmantle7627]

Amen, thoughtful, caring, crazy smart.

[@lilbilly66]

Every year at my high school, a Jesuit High School in the Boston area, we commemorate this event. We have crosses out in front of the school with the names of the victims, and go out and say a little for each person.

[@rationalobserver3675]

I don't know if you know this, but if you know where the full interview this video is part of I would love to see it. I want to know what what chomsky said, and the context of this.

[@johnfisher247]

Jesuits are no longer followers of St Ignatius or like great Jesuits such as St Robert Bellarmine. They are fashion victims now and drag the Church down.

[@eclipsesolar8345]

He didn't criticized the bible or Christianity, in the contrary. Most of the people here didn't get anything.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Eclipse Solar 83 - Most of the people anywhere don’t get anything - but they can still remember all the names of the Kardashian-Jenner clan; now, I don’t get it...

[@skindianu]

@@dorianphilotheates3769 that's right

[@me3said2aweyah68]

Religion doesn't exactly teach comprehensive thinking, more of a memorize and exercise deal. Fucks with their brain development.

[@CSUnger]

@@me3said2aweyah68 Very few things teach comprehensive thinking these days. And those things that most people think are promoting comprehensive thinking, I have found, are merely soundboards for people's prejudices and biases.

[@malcolmdale]

How refreshing to hear someone talk for over six minutes without ever saying "you know" or "hopefully"

[@MOGGS1942]

Not to forget " you know, I mean ". That always makes me cringe. My ex wife was big on that. 😁

[@goblinoide]

The "you know" thing I can understand, but what's wrong with the word 'hopefully'?

[@myriamguns2162]

@@goblinoide Not the word in itself, I believe but in certain contexts, like this interview. Chomsky is enumerating facts, past atrocities. Nothing will change them and therefore there is nothing to 'hope' for'. Except the (vain) hope that the future might be different.

[@bobs182]

Chomsky is an intellectual who is interested in what is rather than how he thinks things ought to be.

[@UmmerKhanov]

I'm amazed by the man. How can he know and remember so much??

[@deankaufman2260]

+Alberto Balsalm There is a little bit more to it than just that. Noam has the ability to visually see what he is reading and learning and recollect it as such. I have a friend that is the same way. He can remember anything on any Ford engine and how it works and is a very good mechanic as a result. Its a talent of sorts, Noam knows a lot of information, yes, I agree, because of reading, but the reason that he can recollect so much is far deeper.

[@deankaufman2260]

I mean of course I don't know for sure, but just from listening to him over the years, it seems that way. I'm the same way, I cant remember anything I read unless I go really slow and try to think about it lol

[@jimjummy8844]

+Ummer Khan Think about what you already know, and then think about how much you may know when you live beyond the age of 80 years. Also that bookshelf of his says a lot.

[@tvlangsam]

+Ummer Khan They say he makes up a lot of what he "remembers". But he claims to know so much that no one has the balls to call him out. There are a handful of books out there that point out his lies.

[@UmmerKhanov]

TheSnorkeler Well, I wont say that he lies. I think he's able to project facts in a different light and that's what makes many people uncomfortable. As for me, I'm just an admirer of how he puts everything in a way that it starts supporting his theories.

[@jdhill9730]

Noam is brilliant.

[@chryschrysostomides356]

My dearest Noam, You are a thorn in the ribs of the system. If by speaking for six minutes you can render a full year of political science education obsolete what would the outcome be if one read just one book from you?

[@CulturedGrug90]

Lol why do people take this phony revolutionary seriously? He's a zionist who seeks to absolve israel of responsibility at every turn while claiming to be a defender of the palestinian cause. Never even criticized AIPAC for its involvement in lobbying for war in the US. A total fraud.

[@chattycathy8089]

@@CulturedGrug90 be best...

[@h4in3]

@@CulturedGrug90 LOL. Noam has named the Jew plenty of times. What more do you want him to do? Give up his reputation as an intellectual to be slandered as an anti semite till he's forgotten?

[@h4in3]

@@CulturedGrug90 www.google.com/amp/s/www.haaretz.com/amp/jewish/chomsky-criticizes-israeli-interference-in-u-s-elections-1.6407407

[@CulturedGrug90]

@@h4in3 lol Hes a self admitted zionist! I want him not be a subversive actor as we all should! I dont know why people get so defensive over these E-celebs. They're mostly not our friends. This is the only article on chomsky any dissident needs to read. That one example you have provided pales in comparison to all the times he's deflected zionist responsibility onto the USA and seeked to cover for israel. This article is a comprehensive deconstruction of chomsky's inconsistencies and obfuscation. web.archive.org/web/20150403090854/www.leftcurve.org/LC29WebPages/Chomsky.html

[@thirdshift47]

Some conservative told me god loves me---then fired me.

[@hanskung3278]

Why? Because you suffer?

[@bencrawshaw1227]

Yeah you can blame the Tories for everything.

[@buckyoung4578]

You are making absolutely no coherent point with your post. God does love you. However, you may have been incompetent and therefore deserved to be fired. Your broken theology is that unless you are protected from being fired God doesn't love you. Perhaps, you were being let go at one place for a better opportunity that you would never have look into had you stayed at your present position. Not sound thinking on your part.

[@dh8241]

@@buckyoung4578 i agree, bad things happening does not mean God doesn’t love you, and sure they could have done something to warrant being fired, but i don’t think that was their point. i think their point is the fact that many Christians don’t learn from this very important lesson in the Bible: “If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?” James‬ ‭2:15-16‬ ‭NRSV‬‬

[@callidusvulpes5556]

@@buckyoung4578 You know nothing of his situation, yet you judge how sound his thinking is? Perhaps it’s perfectly sound and his boss fired him because he was an atheist or perhaps they wanted to make cuts and this guy saying “God loves you” was some sort of pathetic apology. We don’t know the situation, don’t jump to conclusions. Also God doesn’t exist.

[@myroseaccount]

Wonderful quote at the end, "Keep away from cliches, the world's much more complicated".

[@rationalobserver3675]

I don't know if you know this, but if you know where the full interview this video is part of I would love to see it. I want to know what what chomsky said, and the context of this.

[@juancardenas711]

@@rationalobserver3675 Never mind that, the statement is very clear.

[@rationalobserver3675]

@@juancardenas711 you're useless

[@juancardenas711]

@@rationalobserver3675 that is what YOU choose to think. I don't care what you think.

[@rationalobserver3675]

@@juancardenas711 What a useless comment. "That's your opinion", well of course it's an opinion. What should we do, use yours? You could just answer the question instead of being an ass about it. But that's probably because you can't answer or but felt the need to act smart for random internet strangers anyway

[@Deantrey]

"I'd keep away from cliche's this world's much more complicated." I think that is the single most important thing this guy has ever said. The difference, I think, between intelligent people and ignorant people, between 10% of us and everyone else, is that they understand that. It's easy to blame the president or religion or abstract concepts such as these for our problems, it's harder to accept that we live in a world we just can't fully comprehend. Life is harder when there is no one to blame.

[@edwardsimmonds521]

Spot on. Brazilian Marxist and Christian, Paolo Friere's book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, is one of the most consciousness raising books you can read and is a testament to what Chomsky is saying here.

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@ratonsito2836]

Very, very happy to see that Chomsky knows and acknowledges liberation theology. Too many people are ignorant about that and always ridicule Christianity by setting it simply equal to US-style Evangelical nonsense

[@losttribe3001]

I see “Christianity”’ more as an evolutionary process and that’s why we have sooooooooooo many different denominations (and non denominations) now. Each and every believer with their own beliefs. We know that from the beginning there were a few different denominations such as the gnostic sects with gospels like Thomas and more open sects that would become the orthodoxy churches like the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, Ethiopian Orthodox etc. But from there, there were events like the First Council of Nicaea, Council of Chalcedon, (First, Second and Third) Council of Constantinople where theological questions such as “if there is only one God, then is Jesus a god?” It was a clumsy way to figure things out and you think an all powerful being could clarify what he meant! And then you have the likes of Martin Luther (not as Monty Python portrays him) and John Calvin breaking from the dominating Roman Catholic in Europe in and around the 1500s. Al, saying “wait one moment”...but in German and French respectively. From them, you have a schism of everyone making their own churches like Protestants, Church of England, Quakers, etc. Then in the early 1800s you have the Second Great Awakening with the Adventist, Mormons and others in the Americas. Which I agree with you, is evangelical nonsense. Now we have your liberation theology...it’s your belief and I’d never tell you what you think. But I will say this; everyone thinks they know God, a god, or gods and yet there is zero credible evidence for anything supernatural and that’s why I ridicule Christianity. It’s all in people’s heads. Ask the Mormon, Seventh Day Adventist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Catholic, or any of the 1000s and 1000s and 1000s of denominations and the millions and millions of nondenominational Christians, and they will tell you they have the capital “T” TRUTH and it is all different! But in fairness, I do understand why people reach beliefs; culture, communal pressures, confirmation biases, psychology, brain chemistry, and do I dare say “logic”? etc, etc...so you go on believing liberation theology is best and mock all the others. In the end, I’m just mocking one more denominations than you; and it’s yours. Stay safe my friend.

[@joethi4981]

A hallmark of true Christianity is the doctrine of individual sin. Jesus had plenty of opportunities to condemn systemic evil - such as the all-encompassing systemic evil of the Roman Empire - but he did not. Jesus condemned personal wrongdoing, such as pride, greed, unbelief. Confessing personal sin is the gateway in Christian theology to grace.

[@johnnykay7411]

Remember that the current pope did not protect the priests defending indigenous peoples and liberation theology. Instead, they were thrown quite alive from planes over the ocean. The Argentinian report still hasn't been released to this day.

[@johnnykay7411]

@@losttribe3001 Every single community began as a Gnostic community, but with individual experiences in out of body experiences in the Spirit world, no two experiences were quite the same, and they fell to attacking one another to prove their 'gnosis' was better than anyone else's. Constantine put a stop to 20,000 Gnostics in Rome killing and quarreling with one another, and the Movement died as all things do under the yoke of orthodoxy. What exists today as 'Christianity' in the pineal few Christians know anything about is anyone's guess.

[@losttribe3001]

@@johnnykay7411 it’s wrong to say definitely every community began as a gnostic community. We don’t know and a lot is lost to history. Christianity began at a time of great illiteracy and ignorance; where record keeping was not a priority. It’s why scholarly efforts, at best, can date the gospel of Mark to @70 C.E.....which then was based on oral traditions like “Q”....decades after the alleged Jesus lived. But yes, many Christians are unaware of how their own beliefs came into existence. And there are cultural, epistemological, psychological (such as confirmation biases and brain chemistry), and dare I say, logical reasons why people have these beliefs....so I try not be to cynical about it. But fir me, religious beliefs fall apart when you look at them objectively. Cheers

[@barrysharp8188]

Mark Beronte Did you actually watch the video. He says that the early church was radical and supported the poor, but the Roman Empire took it over for political reasons.

[@petervlcko4858]

Barry Sharp not only. rich and influential people did not have place to be anymore in the dying empire and they naturally became interested in only one remaining structure of it. is the same like when you live life and one chapter of life is finished and closed. its more like change of life style. there were already mixed people in it with power in rome and power in church and when rome faded they just stayed in it. power were not from them also from people living within the church who was already followers and they accepted those ones like an authorities.

[@waltertheartist2746]

Watch Caesar's Messiah on KZbin

[@rickbangkok]

@@waltertheartist2746 sounds authoritative as all uploads on tube sre...

[@waltertheartist2746]

@@rickbangkok it's been in theaters

[@rickbangkok]

@@waltertheartist2746 missed it been living in Asia a long time

[@clareomalley6794]

it's difficult to disagree with anything Chomsky has to say here.

[@karlyg1693]

when he said Pinochet at 3:41 the subtitles said "penis-shaped" lmao

[@lawndog6794]

"i keep away from clichés, the world is much more complicated" 06:15 my philosophy

[@omarino99]

It’s like he sees the world without any filter unlike the rest of us. Such a brilliant independent mind

[@kennethmarshall306]

That’s it. He sees through the fog in a way I struggle to do sometimes

[@Deantrey]

Yes he is. Reading Dostoevsky changed my life, and helped dispel many naive notions I had about the world.

[@patrickcostello7781]

I love the motions he always does with his hands

[@rishabhaniket1952]

He is very soft spoken for a guy whose primary job is public speaking…he never arises his voice, so he uses his hands to emote.

[@bethenawaltz4190]

lmfao i've watched so many chomsky videos i've started doing the same hand movements unconsciously when i'm talking

[@nicholasdickens2801]

The only thing that worries about how people are interacting with religion (Faith) is how they use that belief (Faith) to commit terrible atrocities and to also abdicate any personal responsibility. "Anything that requires someone not to think for themselves or to abdicate all responsibility is to avoided at all costs." Oscar Wilde.

[@matthewkopp2391]

Nicholas Dickens in my opinion the real tradition of Protestantism (Luther and Calvin) if taken seriously rest on several ideas. 1) individuals have moral responsibility 2) forgiving others (debts or sins) and asking for forgiveness from others and God 3) the idea that no man has authority over another man 4) that there is a greater moral intelligence, that is greater than yourself which every individual has access to. Cults can emerge and if you look at the work of psychologists Robert Jay Lifton you can see how cults work. Christian Cult like religions like many evangelical churches are about the individual surrendering their executive functions and moral reasoning to the group not to a “higher power” so it goes against both Luther and Calvin. In the early 20th century religious literalism was on its way out. Reading Joseph Campbell he described the 1920’s as being very secular and atheist. Conservatives gave the religious literalists an enormous amount of power and influence since 1970’s to the point that it has erased the non-literalist traditions.

[@donaldjmason9463]

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[@rationalobserver3675]

I don't know if you know this, but if you know where the full interview this video is part of I would love to see it. I want to know what what chomsky said, and the context of this.

[@IrishFuryan]

Banks. Finance. Power. Religion is the hijacked medium.

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

@@IrishFuryan Banks and finance just have half the power the advertizement business has, so you and Chomsky are just ignorants full of shit. Religion literally translates to backwardness. It never was hijacked.

[@wildhias]

"keep away from cliches the world is much more complicated"-well said

[@NocturnusLibertus]

I can only dream of meeting this man.

[@LMAO-ef3ip]

it will only ever be a dream for you

[@mr.awethenik]

TRU3

[@busterbiloxi3833]

You'd be confronting a man who wants to appease Moscow.

[@MrChechin001]

Are you from?

[@smotnick]

@@busterbiloxi3833 put down the crackpipe.

[@SerdarAslan-c7r]

I love very much in Chomsky the humanitarian good heart aspect of him. God bless you dear Naom Chomsky.

[@nuggetoftruth-ericking7489]

I teach theology and I enjoyed this.

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[@rationalobserver3675]

I don't know if you know this, but if you know where the full interview this video is part of I would love to see it. I want to know what what chomsky said, and the context of this.

[@ArjunLSen]

He expresses what I've been thinking since I was eighteen and I'm sixty four now. I was walking from my college campus to the bus stop on the way back home and some hippie guy got in conversation with me (Delhi, India, 1974). I mentioned radical revolution and Marxism and he said Jesus was the first world beating radical revolutionary of the poor and downtrodden and proposed a revolution based in God instead of without God such as Marx proposed. It immediately struck me how a Christian revolutionary socialism could overturn the empire of the oppressed, perhaps through Gandhian passive resistance and sabotage rather then violent revolution. If the military forces could be persuaded to turn on the elites. Persuasion could ultimately prove more powerful and enduring then force. Of course that never got tried. Socialist revolution following Lenin committed to violent takeoves and forcible changes and ultimately failed. In many places it was opposed precisely because it opposed God, such as in South Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. If following Chomsky the Christian leadership had indeed organised preferentially for the poor and the suffering, outlasting the U.S. crackdown via regional forces of statist coersion, Jesus might have become a force for positive political change and countered the world elitist hegemony that appears to be increasingly dominant and organised today.

[@Gorboduc]

There's a reason why civilized people used to feed Christians to lions - and with lion populations dangerously low in these trying times, there may be a chance to solve two problems at once.

[@fearandloathing9976]

I fully support this and would like to sign the petition.

[@EattherichBuddy]

Thanks for posting this.

[@logicallunatic1]

Exactly and to re-formulate your point we can quote Bertrand Russell "the whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are so certain of themselves while wiser people full of doubts".

[@andyecheandia8375]

A very good self description by Bertrand Russell.

[@supercarrot3000]

Speaking as a Christian, this man is BANG ON. I'm shocked concerning his accuracy, even to the dates, 300AD is correct, this is when the marriage of church and empire screwed up the message of the gospels. Well done Choamsky!

[@think-islam-channel]

What do you think b the true message is?

[@Robert-i2d4u]

This ivory tower academic should come down from high and join the real world. Religion of all stripes is pure evil.

[@jerrybeers2691]

@@robertsipe9748 Have you read any quality historians? There is nothing make believe about the fact that Jesus of Nazareth lived, was executed, and had a group of followers who claimed he rose from the dead. They led a non-violent revolution of love that absolutely transformed the world. How is that make believe?

[@lenroddis5933]

@@jerrybeers2691 "the fact that Jesus of Nazareth lived" - fact? Presumably, "quality historians" are those that confirm your personal biases. If not, what is your measure of "quality"? Even if such an individual did actually exist, how do you demonstrate he was the son of god, which, let's face it, is the real claim?

[@haroldvogel2560]

​@@lenroddis59333:25

[@leefrankel4191]

He helps me make connections between events that I don’t realize on my own.

[@wilfredruffian5002]

If you like selected, deceptive, invented " facts" all connected by various post hoc errors,he's your man.

[@charliec6036]

@@wilfredruffian5002 did he do this here?

[@wilfredruffian5002]

@@charliec6036 honestly,i dont remember and i dont feel like watching the video again but probably,its his standard mo,easily discernable. Ive read a couple of his books a d have listend to him since his appearance on firing line( i tnk thats the name) in the 60s and ive grown to respect him as the greatest deciever of the age. If you think im wrong,pick up one of his books and check the footnotes,that should give you more than a clue.

[@havenbastion]

Watch James Burke's Connections.

[@toddsmith5715]

@@wilfredruffian5002 Exactly. This explanation in particular is extremely contrived. I'm sure Kennedy thought to himself: "The pope's riling up the poor by telling them Christianity is meant for them. Let's smoke Brazil." Chomsky is a souce of extremely erudite hot air, and little more.

[@ericktippett4158]

If our criminal educational institutions and systems taught the truth about our history deleted from our classroom texts and untaught the average person would know as much as this gentleman remembers.

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@curryking33]

Every interview with Chomsky is educating and revealing. I could spend hours watching and listening to him talk and be a far richer person after it.

[@rayclam8079]

This guy can make any atrocity sound relaxing.

[@manutdfan4321]

"Hey Chomsky, what are your thoughts on religion" "Lemme tell you about the evils of US foreign policy"

[@cp9105]

+Mido F How do you know that was the question?

[@manutdfan4321]

Sorry i hurt your feelings :(

[@bettebleu6065]

+Mido F He is talking about the Jesuit intellectuals and the church. The US has so much stain,

[@meadowsirl]

+Mido F Hey Chomsky, pizza or burgers? : "Let me tell you about the Contras."

[@Lucideans]

+Mido F Wow clearly you didn't listen to anything he said. Yet another anti-Chomsky critic throwing the emotional "Why does he talk so much about 'Merikuh's evil?" card? Deal with it.

[@moisesdelcastillo6703]

As a first generation american my family came from nicaragua and Venezuela and the facts that noam talks about enrages me.

[@vincentmcgrath4179]

I can only see that he is a deep thinking knowledgeable human being, and often makes a lot of sense. Common sense I once read is the prejudices prevalent and any given time in history. Calling him names doesn't say much about him.

[@SagesseNoir]

The cultural level of our society is so low that many people think that name-calling is debate, and that personal insults somehow disproves what another person has to say.

[@coreycox2345]

Only common sense, Vincent McGrath.

[@rationalobserver3675]

I don't know if you know this, but if you know where the full interview this video is part of I would love to see it. I want to know what what chomsky said, and the context of this.

[@andyecheandia8375]

He is NOT a " deep thinking knowledgeable human being" BECAUSE in order to be one, one necessarily has to also arrive at REAL ANSWERS as well. Just posing open ended unproven observations does not make one a deep thinker.

[@vincentmcgrath4179]

Good point

[@louvrefossil]

my mind is actually exploding with the knowledge this man pours from his mind

[@whatabouttheearth]

Check out Dave Emory and Nip Tucks radio shows from the 80s.

[@BenevolentXMachine]

Chomsky drops gems

[@jorged06]

I am argentinean and as a southamerican I know very well from first hand the atrocities our dictators, trained and favoured by american governments, did to our society (believe me it´s worse than you think), hell, we are still suffering from american embassy´s now "smoother" operations to favour american interests (commercial, geopolitical), so I have always this ambivalent feeling toward the US, cause I love so many things about them. It´s very satisfying to scroll down the comment section and read americans that are informed about what their government did, and to see that they have a critical vision and are not those blind nationalists (that, to be fair, you can find everywhere around the world)

[@lacanian1500]

exactly. us south Americans will never forget operation condor and American imperialism.

[@c.a.savage5689]

September 11, 1973.

[@siggymartin]

When questioned by the high priests, J answered to "Love the Lord.... with all your heart/MIND/soul. Mind = Use it. Think.

[@a1974h]

I absolutely love this. I’m tempted to post this on Facebook but I refuse to get embroiled in politics or religion on there. This deserves more views though.

[@me3said2aweyah68]

I hate it when people won't talk about history because they think it's religion or politics

[@HKNajjar]

Love his words "keep away from cliches, the world is much more complicated."

[@williammorris5300]

Glad to have you Chomsky.

[@65naz1]

Whenever i am lost about any issue,i just have to listen to Chomsky for enlightenment.

[@mattw6408]

That’s dangerous

[@CB-rv9kb]

That's wise

[@pardus5045]

His voice makes me fall asleep

[@MrFTW733]

I think this should be retitled: "Chomsky on America w/ Christianity"

[@cryora]

Or if you want to be like scholarly articles not not give a shit about word limit on the title in order for the complete meaning to be communicated: "Chomsky on America's contribution to the end of Liberation Theology (aka religion in preference of the poor) in Latin America."

[@rationalobserver3675]

I don't know if you know this, but if you know where the full interview this video is part of I would love to see it. I want to know what what chomsky said, and the context of this.

[@curiosophy4241]

check!

[@kevinrombouts3027]

Very interesting interview. Totally agree. The US government has a lot answer for.

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@JohnSampson]

Does the USA ever read its own history?

[@jordanp8063]

I read a text book in public school. Written by a committee, censored by another one, and edited by a third. Published and revised several times since. After high school, you realize that theres too many books, all saying a different thing, and they never can tell the whole story. I almost wonder if a foreign view on it would be a good addition. What have you read about it?

[@ca6177]

No, it doesn’t, that’s why we’re so ignorant!

[@me3said2aweyah68]

There is a free text book on KZbin called a people's history of the United States if anyone is intrested it provides an unbiased uncensored to look at the history of this quite frankly God-awful country

[@greatmystery11]

@@me3said2aweyah68 One of the best history books ever written. Thank you Howard Zinn! (;

[@rationalobserver3675]

I don't know if you know this, but if you know where the full interview this video is part of I would love to see it. I want to know what what chomsky said, and the context of this.

[@Raford146]

"In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God." - Gustavo Gutierrez

[@blackphillip564]

Poverty was the normal state of life for humanity up until the middle 20th century. And then poverty was eliminated only in industrialized democracies.

[@curtisneilson5829]

Catholicism has improved peoples lives tremendously

[@junevandermark952]

As were so many human animals, I also was indoctrinated by religious parents, (albeit they were kind,) never questioned the existence of a creator. For 70 years I tried to believe in the existence of a creator that was pure divine love, but within my own sense of common decency ... I knew better. I knew that if I had the power to create a universe, suffering would not exist. Finally, I stopped trying to fool my self, and since then have believed as did Stephen Hawking (before he died) that the universe always existed ... no creator ... malevolent ... or otherwise ... involved. I am now 81 years of age, and am at peace with the idea that I am whole, just as I am.

[@92kwame]

I'm with you right there!

[@ats-3693]

Why don't people similar to Noam Chomsky lead our nations and our people? Why is it that we can listen to people like Noam, and hear them clarify the things that we already know or suspect are deeply wrong with our world, listen to them explain the reasons for these things and the way they link to each other, but all we can do is listen, and all they can do is speak, we all acknowledge what is going on, we all know the things that are wrong, but we can't or don't change anything.

[@c.a.savage5689]

Because implementing Chomsky's ideas would call into question the very foundations of capitalism itself, the immortality of planned obsolescence in product development, bottomless consumerism as an economic platform... Too many companies would scream blue murder, being asked to think of the general good and workers over stock shares and profits.

[@robertlegault9226]

He really understand that the early pre-Constantine Christianity was the true Christianity and seems to respect it

[@jmb4969]

No, 'Christianity' died with Jesus. All efforts to formalize him in the form of a religion must, by definition, fail. That is because religion is just another word for politics, dictatorial manipulation of thought and behavior, and invariably the justification for warfare of all types and sizes. Sometimes it seems more politics; sometimes more religion. But it's all the same. Almost always dogmatic nonsense.

[@a.bagasm.7253]

@@jmb4969 thats wild

[@StreetDrilla]

i clicked only because i thought this was ali G interviewing him

[@bencrawshaw1227]

The Christianity in the first 300 years is what it should be. I would like to see Christianity restored.

[@stargazer3364]

Not a chance. The true believers of today are a small number, majority of people are brainwashed.

[@ductuslupus87]

I like watching videos of him going from young to old and hearing his voice get more raspy.

[@rationalobserver3675]

I don't know if you know this, but if you know where the full interview this video is part of I would love to see it. I want to know what what chomsky said, and the context of this.

[@hang-sangitch]

Great video. Chomsky nails it

[@doyouknoworjustbelieve6694]

1.25X speed makes him 20 years younger.

[@dope42069]

Faxx

[@ronjames9936]

I'd say 30

[@myriamguns2162]

He's fine the way he is. Who needs a younger Chomsky? But if the speed bothers you, turn it up.

[@luccarabello3351]

HAHAHAHAH

[@sandinocastillo1900]

New to Chomsky, I like his simplified understanding to some degree. In Asia, where the Gospel started, the Gospel didn't spread with wealth and power after the 3rd century.

[@ariflanzraich7315]

Totally agree. Hitch was the one who originally got me into Atheism and, as a result, many other intellectual interests that spring off from that. However, I've come to question the authenticity and sincerity of Hitchens' iconoclastic nature and contrarianism. Furthermore, his arguments against god, now that I have gone rather far on the topic, seem a bit inchoate- rudimentary. Chomsky is just so thorough, so serious... hard to resist giving him loyalty.

[@cuervacho]

May we be brave enough to go further than he would have gone. Long live, Noam Chomsky.

[@SunShine-sn9ek]

Chomsky is a great and honest thinker

[@protestant77]

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[@ArnoldvanKampen]

The power of the church authority is overrated. You do not have to go through or via any clerical authority to talk to your god, to pray or to fast for strengthening your hope, for encouragement. You have to depend on no one and you do not have to wait for someone's consent. Free as a bird.

[@me3said2aweyah68]

But then how do they make money and become the most capital rich institution in the world?

[@happyvirgil568]

Yes the bond between you and Allah (God) is the only thing u need. Not fake priests that help u to get closer.

[@LMAO-ef3ip]

if you change the speed to 1.5 he speaks at normal speed! much respect to chomsky

[@fazbell]

Watching Chomsky shred religion is just a thing of beauty. Few people do it better.

[@forestdutch]

Hitcheson did at that time period.

[@c.a.savage5689]

​@@forestdutch Hitchens. Christopher Hitchens.

[@Arrwmkr]

One of the best descriptions of authentic Christianity from an atheist. He understands Christianity better than many Christians.

[@leonardoherreraornelas4667]

No, he doesn't

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

2:12-2:24 - Professor Chomsky does not say things lightly without first checking and re-checking the accuracy of his facts; one had better do their homework well before entering into any sort of debate with Old Noam. I admire him for his moral courage and intellectual rigour, and I do agree with most of his public positions. Also, I’m aware that he’s only attempting to build an argument here, in support of liberation theology, but at the same time I know he’s got early Christianity all wrong. It was not the sort of social justice movement “of, by, and for” the poor imagined by 19th century liberal romantics, and popularized by 1960’s ‘Flower Power’ ideals; and it was certainly not “pacifist” in character - just the opposite. It’s understandable that Noam would subscribe to that image of early Christianity since it has been the most prevalent one among progressives for nearly two centuries; but for all his brilliance and wide erudition, Professor Chomsky is no biblical scholar or archaeologist: the movement headed by Jesus of Galilee was perceived to be every bit as lethal to the imperial authority by the Roman status quo in 33 CE as the most zealous forms of fundamentalist terrorism are to the centres of global hegemony in AD 2020.

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

Chomsky's facts: "Vatican II in 1962" Reality: Vatican II was in 1965. Chomsky's facts: Gospels support the poor. Reality: Gospels are based in heredetary nobility of a man claiming to be king. Chomsky's facts: Vatican II is liberation theology. Reality: Vatican II supports islamic theocracy regardless of the islamic rule for terrorism that says don't kill elites, kill civilians only!

[@AtamMardes]

"The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible." Mark Twain

[@eclipsesolar8345]

Actually, no. Read it, don't regurgitate quotes.

[@aleksandarkurcic9811]

Why you atheists hate Christianity so much ?

[@robbabcock_]

@@aleksandarkurcic9811 Because it's another lie created to subjugate and control people.

[@nikolaoskal7438]

@@aleksandarkurcic9811 Because they want to live in sin, that's the bottom line. So they repeat random quotes that they don't understand. The same "arguments" again and again like parrots. They are kicking against goads.

[@robbabcock_]

@@nikolaoskal7438 The Bible is a shit source of morality so to "live in sin" is a comically useless idea. Which "sin" do you mean? Eating shrimp? Sex before marriage? God advocates murdering men, women and children to take their and suggests kidnapping women as a good way to get a wife. You'd have to be an idiot to use the Bible as a blueprint for moral behavior as it's an incredibly immoral book. To be fair though the New Testament is much less perverse than the Torah which is probably why modern Christians ignore it as much as possible.

[@5micky2]

Noam Chomsky is a public intellectual of global renown and the recipient of numerous prizes, fellowships, degrees and awards. Who are you?

[@jpaulos75]

Christianity is nothing without the concept of "Resurrection". Compassion belongs mainly to Buddhism although in every religion you might find it as an important part.

[@Trucho001]

God bless you, Dr. Chomsky.

[@stevearizona521]

@ His ethics are based upon......nothing. Liberation Theology is Marxism. Chomsky is a Marxist.

[@youtube-universitat6378]

@@stevearizona521 marxism is based on the awakening epoch since Kant. your comment is based on stupidity

[@predatxr.6928]

@@youtube-universitat6378 Marxism has no intellectual power or factual legitimacy.

[@youtube-universitat6378]

@@predatxr.6928 i know an other guy with no intellectual power ;)

[@predatxr.6928]

@@youtube-universitat6378 Your comment just proves that all marxists are fueled by resentment and envy.

[@antfer3291]

Thank you Chomsky. Your capacity of analisys is just astonishing. More people like you are needed in USA.

[@protestant77]

-Professor Walter Veith "The Secret behind Secret Societies" 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3XVpJZ4rrB4i7M

[@c.a.savage5689]

​​Americans are broadly anti-intellectual. People fear what they don't understand.

[@Titanfall537]

america got some intelligent people.america needs probably another 320million more

[@fazbell]

Chomsky keeps on telling the truth.

[@fritzcampbell6132]

He tells the truth omitting the obvious: US money//Fed Sys is controlled by a group that hates Christianity and uses the US as its strong arm. The group you ask? The Zionist Jew.

[@tonyrobson4681]

Yes, he does, a clever man.

[@fazbell]

@@fritzcampbell6132 Antisemitism is the last refuge of the stupid.

[@Jcolinsol]

Well take for instance Iesu. He is essentially going around criticizing corruption in the temple system in Jerusalem and advocating equal rights for the poor and disabled. He gives us the concept of bankruptcy (bank rupture), essentially a form of debt forgiveness, when he overturns the money-changing tables in the temple. Essentially, if you read the bible not as a literal account, but try to fit the events described into a socio-political framework, you start to see what was going on.

[@linneymlabrador]

Hate doesnt need religion for existing. But is true that not all religions are the same. Those who put all of them in the same bag,is because ignores each one.

[@fancynonsense]

3:04 Vatican Council II commenced in October 1962 and didn’t produce any substantive documents until Sacrosanctum Concilium in December 1963. Chomsky makes one logical connection between (a) the beginning of VCII in October 1962 and (b) a US military-led coup in Brazil in 1962 when no connection whatsoever exists!

[@LolJayl]

Thank you. I used to be a Christian until I realized that it is a religion that if practiced to it's core produces a lack of empathy, a submissive mindset, and an apathy toward things in this life (for the life to come is much greater). One cannot love someone and simultaneously believe they deserve to be tortured forever. They ignore it because they recognize the ridiculous nature of a such a maxim "Do not resist evil." To submit to evil is to aid it, and therefore be responsible in part.

[@juancruzlives]

You just have understood the Bible a bit wrongly. The Bible says you can't judge no other, for you are human and you are as sinner as them, so you just can and have to follow Christ's first commandment: LOVE each other as He loved us. We are born with a sin than inhibits us to reach the Glory of God, so we can't go to heaven. Only through believing in Jesus death and resurrection by the power of the Father is that we can be saved. Therefore christianity, if practised to it's core, is a religion of love, empathy and humility. And the Word of God doesn't says you have to hate being in this world😆just says that you don't need to pursuit mundane treasures, for you are dust and you and everything in this world will returnt to dust, so it's better to make you treasures in heaven. 🤍🙌

[@TremendousSax]

​@@juancruzlives If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters-yes, even their own life-such a person cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:26 says otherwise

[@ast453000]

Does anyone know where the rest of the interview is? I'd like to see the whole interview. Chomsky rules!!

[@rationalobserver3675]

If you find out please share, I want to know too

[@sgal88]

Not so much compassion but charity but the Christian message is the salvation of the eternal soul.

[@brucehunter8235]

CHOMSKY: I am a child of the Enlightenment. I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon, and I try to consciously avoid irrational belief. On the other hand, I certainly recognize that it's a major phenomenon for people in general, and you can understand why it would be. It does, apparently, provide personal sustenance, but also bonds of association and solidarity and a means for expressing elements of one's personality that are often very valuable elements. To many people it does that. In my view, there's nothing wrong with that. My view could be wrong, of course, but my position is that we should not succumb to irrational belief.

[@lifeshorts1928]

I love the way that Noam reveals the palms of his hands in the thumbnail of this video. Why is this funny to me? Because Noam Chomsky drops so many truth-bombs that it's quite entertaining to watch him do it in such a calm and collected manner.

[@jlareaux5504]

+LifeShorts Sam Harris is cool and collective...and better at telling the truth.

[@lifeshorts1928]

I know very little of Sam Harris, but it's funny that you should mention him because I was planning on doing a video about his recent comments on airport security. I have various criticisms with what he said on that issue.

[@jdore466]

+LifeShorts read anything sam hs written and you will find various criticisms on what he said. Then he will tell you you are misquoting him, when you say you are quoting him verbatim, he will say you are "quote mining". For real good laugh, read Sam's attempt engage and then evade Chomsky in their emails to each other. The fact that Sam published those reveals he has a huge blind spot and doesn't realize how poor his own thinking and reasoning can be. I like to say that Sam Harris is like the Ben Carson of atheists, just as Ben Carson should stick to surgery, Sam should stick to atheism.

[@MrAquinas1]

If you think this man is about "truth," you are profoundly ignorant and easily propagandized.

[@jimmyjohnson1426]

Like you, you religious freak!

[@bridbrennan8123]

I love no am He is the greatest mind of the 19th and 20th century.

[@Robb3348]

um he's not quite THAT old

[@Robb3348]

um he's not THAT old

[@razony]

I thought Christopher Hitchens was?

[@smotnick]

@@razony LOL

[@smotnick]

I would say Tesla, Fromm, Einstein is overrated.

[@timeisup3094]

Fun fact: *Christianity was brought to this country. If a different religion was brought here, you'd be just as devoted, but to a different god.*

[@roguesheep3083]

I'm Ojibway and have said basically these words to a lot of "my people".

[@gregorygraham9371]

@i dare you i seriously doubt that. the socio-political interaction between organized christianity and the social structure utterly remade western europe. read ‘the history of the english speaking world’ by churchill.

[@timeisup3094]

@@gregorygraham9371 AND IF Hinduism was brought to Europe the same would be true for them.

[@timeisup3094]

@@gregorygraham9371 Its really not a hard concept to understand.

[@c.a.savage5689]

​@@timeisup3094A specious argument, my friend. Hinduism would have to have been the preferred religion of the conquering invader for this to happen. Given the nature of Hinduism it seems unlikely.

[@captal6187]

Chomsky has Vietnam Inc in his bookshelf. First published in 1971, Vietnam Inc. played a crucial part in changing public attitudes in the United States, turning the tide of opinion and ultimately helping to put an end to the Vietnam War. Philip Jones Griffiths' classic account of the war was the outcome of three years of intensive reporting and is one of the most detailed surveys of any conflict in twentieth-century history. Showing us the true horrors of the war as well as a study of Vietnamese rural life, the photographer and author creates a compelling argument against the de-humanizing power of the modern war machine and American imperialism. Rare and highly sought-after, Vietnam Inc. became one of the enduring classics of photojournalism. It is now available in this new edition - a careful re-creation of the original with Philip Jones Griffiths' personal layouts and commentaries. A new foreword by US and political critic Noam Chomsky traces the book's impact on American public opinion. Review 'Few photo books can claim the social and historic importance of Vietnam Inc.' (Book Forum) ''The greatest description of war since Goya', raved Henri Cartier-Bresson ... Thirty years on, Vietnam Inc. is still a classic ... essential to anyone interested in Vietnam's history, America, photography or war.' (Far Eastern Economic Review) Synopsis First published in 1971, Philip Jones Griffiths' account of the Vietnamese War was the outcome of three years' reporting and is a detailed survey of the conflict. Showing us the true horrors of the war as well as offering a study of Vietnamese folk life, the author argues against the de-humanizing power of technology and highlights the arrogance and hypocrisy of American imperialistic attitudes. This new edition is a recreation of the original with Philip Jones Griffiths' personal layouts and commentaries. There is a foreword by Noam Chomsky, who was profoundly affected by the book when it was originally published. About the Author Highly influential, master photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths (b.1936) is also a writer and film-maker. His photographs have appeared in every major magazine in the world and his assignments have led him to all five continents. He became a member of Magnum in 1971. Noam Chomsky is one of America's most prominent linguists and political critics. A renowned Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has written over 30 political books

[@Jcolinsol]

I think that you would be surprised how well indigenous, and even agrarian, peoples understand "natual laws" than do modern people who don't live intimately with nature. I think they would surprise you. And the bible is an immensely important document, it is almost miraculous that it survived into the modern era. We are fortunate to have it. It's surely no more fanciful than Herodotus, but probably much more relevant.

[@DominicanLou]

Glad to see he's still so lucid. He's really getting up there in age and unfortunately won't be with us much longer.

[@dalef84]

hi DominicanLou! You might be glad he's still with us after 10 years :)

[@ovideoarkans7982]

@@dalef84 AFTER 3 WEEKS....... STILL HERE

[@sumnetsumnet6189]

@@ovideoarkans7982 1 month he sti here

[@howie7853]

this story can make up a awesome movie!

[@LenHummelChannel]

a true intellectual & humanist who is aware of the (too often) ruthlessness of the self-serving power-brokers who manage money & resources.

[@usageorgepa.3293]

Like it or not Chomsky makes one think,to question what you hold to be true is true..He never preaches,gives his take of things and begs others to form their own thinking.

[@TomKatzman]

I loved to listen to Chomsky 20 years ago. Now i tend to sleep by his voice when i hear it.🎉🎉🎉🎉 Wish he was a radical.........🎉🎉🎉