Noam Chomsky: Who is the greatest threat to world peace?

Matt Chorley speaks to Noam Chomsky about the war in Ukraine, asks if the left have been too soft on Putin. They discuss Corbyn's election performances, and what hope Noam holds for the future of humanity.
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[@rebelmango2141]

Noam was Noam as always great interview fantastic pushback 🤗

[@billythedog-309]

What an intellectual pygmy Matt Chorley is.

[@SilvanaDil]

@@billythedog-309 So, Noam, given your worries about climate, how do you feel about the *fact* that China (but also India) is adding more coal fired plants every year?

[@billythedog-309]

@@SilvanaDil They are also surging ahead with more renewable energy creation than any other country.

[@SilvanaDil]

@@billythedog-309 The new coal burning plants more than cancel out any benefits from the new solar panels. A murderer helping a little old lady walk across the street doesn't revive the dead body.

[@asmaburney2028]

The interviewer certainly made a fool of himself! Loved it! The brilliance of the great Chomsky!

[@hopsterbb2571]

The interviewer is a buffoon!

[@macmac333]

totally agree..

[@gosiagabrys7901]

I don't think Chomsky would like that kind of comments even if his interviewer's behavior was questionable. Malgorzata Gabrys

[@LINDAOZAG]

Why is the interviewer allowed to talk? Almost unable to understand what he says. Mumbling.

[@ogcontraband]

Came off as rude and annoying

[@Mojo16011973]

Matt Chorley came across incredibly badly here. I gave this a thumbs up for Noam's ability to keep calm and respectful.

[@billienova]

I agree

[@macflod]

What was bad about him?

[@johannesdecorte434]

*respectfully repeating Putin's fascist lies.

[@RafaelHPerez]

Everything? @@macflod

[@elizabethvillalobos186]

Rude. Wouldn't let Mr. Chomsky finish his sentences to make his point. Very aggressive just like most right wingers. Ugh.

[@SeamasMcSwiney]

Matt Chorly is living proof of the worst negligence theories about the British media. What's amazing is how Chomsky keeps his cool (mostly) and smiles benignly at the end.

[@user-bg9ws7ys4k]

Because he has lived long enough to know that fools are going tstay fools but that some viewers/readers might be able to use the info for their better understanding, which is what's this all about. Change starts with us!

[@solconcordia4315]

Yes, indeed, my view of the Global South differs from Chomsky's but he remembers facts which few others seem to recall. I remember U.S.A.'s intervention in El Salvador. I remember Britain's going overboard in Libya. I, however, think that the Global South bears most of the responsibility for why their people's are so *cursed* . It's the bad opportunistic amoral attitude without any regards to any long-term vision. 『過日子, 飯吃飽。』 cultures. 😰

[@grahamhireme9283]

Chomski is a heavy weight sparring with an amateur sleep fighter

[@corbeau-_-]

Chomsky is too intelligent to get angry at such trivial questions coming from a diminished and corrupted mind. You get angry at those who hurt you - the man simply does not have that capacity. i'd be surprised to see Chomsky get angry, in that light.

[@gertvanbreedamYT]

Difficult to watch. Gonna need some time to uncringe… ex. "I cringed at his stupidity"

[@xueli7998]

It’s amazing that a 95 year old is still so clear minded, sharp and insightful. Wish Prof. Chomsky good health!

[@PJerry-l8c]

Yes, amazing. What's his diet and workout routine? Does anyone know?

[@deborahbrogi7728]

Thank you Mr Chomsky don’t let him twist your words I pray for your health every day you are our conscience

[@kimpacheco8466]

Glad you wrote this, I thought it was just me. He was cherry picking Chomsky’s replies to try and get some sort of “you are a hypocrite” gotcha.

[@dariaturkovskaya]

Exactly, well stated

[@Eimrine]

not every day but I pray for Chomsky's health quite regularly.

[@gordanavukasinovic2649]

Thank you Mr. Chomsky! ❤God bless you!

[@NarenLumpkin]

As consciousness alone exists let us live heart first.❤❤❤

[@احمدياسينصابر]

I'm from iraq, since I'm interested in hearing what other people and politician saying about my destroy country ,no one likes telling the truth , but this is different,he is courageous man to tell real things, which no one wants to say

[@robbes7rh]

I feel sick over the war in Iraq and the horrible destruction that resulted. We were supposed to believe that Saddam was a terrorist when in point of fact he was a secular leader opposed to Al Qaida, and he had fully complied with the weapons inspections and quarantined his chemical stockpiles. There was no justification to go into Iraq and remove the leaders of government. It was a horrible act and the war planners had no plan for keeping order in the aftermath. It ended up strengthening Iran's hand in the region and made possible for ISIS to fill the power void. I think of Mosul, Felluja, the fires and looting in Bagdad. None of it had to happen. It was all due to the Bush administration wanting to remove Russia's influence in the Middle East by forcing a regime change. All those Iraqi's who were killed and wounded, all the property destroyed because a few men in Bush administration wanted to tie some loose ends of the Cold War. Bush wanted to tie Saddam and Iraq to 9/11, but there was no connection. Nevertheless many average Americans falsely assumed there was a connection and it was the reason for the war. This is the truth few Americans want to face and even fewer want to talk about.

[@GPS509]

My neighbor is Iraqi war veteran. When I ask him What was the main purposes of Iraqi invasion. He answers : "I don't know."

[@josephfisher2100]

Baghdad, the cradle of civilisation

[@jankaufmann4305]

Irawlq lol

[@carlosbrandao948]

Os Estados Unidos invadiram o Iraque, Síria, Líbia, Afeganistão e podem invadir o Iran em obediência ao lobby de Israel. Fazem isso com a finalidade de destruir esses países e não para implantar a democracia e a liberdade, deixando atras centenas de milhares de mortos.

[@elenalynch1733]

Noam Chomsky versus whateveryournameis interviewer, pure class versus pure ignorance, he just spoke to a living legend and learnt nothing. God save us all

[@nanwuamitofo]

Well said!

[@ACHI1389]

Noam Chomsky is too smart to have a discussion with such a simpleminded interview. To match them is basically an insult to Noam.

[@mizrah2907]

But I would still give this interviewer some credit to let Chomsky speak. Imagine if it was gullible Piers Morgan!

[@armageddon1403]

Legendary because hes never been right on anything

[@ximono]

21:39 When Chomsky says "Listen to the words, OK?", you know the interviewer is beyond hope.

[@Jad3dJane]

Noam is a beautiful man, a hero and an inspiration for so many of us,, The interviewer seems to be born yesterday, its wonderful to see how kind Noam is and he is sticking to the facts. Thank you Noam Chomsky for the lesson.

[@lauriukaslauriukas2418]

Definitely yesterday 😂! Most embarrassing interviewer in history!

[@ynification]

Yes, he is kind.

[@mayhishmeh5586]

Love you Chomsky. I don’t know how you have patience for interviewers who don’t want to listen

[@TheFlyingBrain.]

Lots of practice.

[@xxcessus]

What an amazing gentleman, his patience with the young interviewer who really is a prat.

[@davidatkinson5858]

Yeah I bet it was a hit with the teenage girls on epstys payroll

[@zaynes]

Major prattttt

[@thomasshirrefs5331]

You’re generous to call him young

[@mikeoglen6848]

It's good to hear an attitude like this rather than reverence and awe from interviewers?

[@reddevil9554]

Yeah, the interviewer is an embarrassment. a Tory Murdoch propagandist. Anyone with even a basic understanding of political history, global economics and geopolitics, knows what really caused this US proxy war in Ukraine.

[@japostata]

The conduction of this interview in one sentence: 'When a wise man points to the moon the fool examines the finger.'

[@KatkovaK]

Love that expression

[@JarrodEstrada-c9j]

I love your post from where did you get this quote

[@japostata]

​@@JarrodEstrada-c9j Well, like everything "old & Chinese" it usually gets wrongly attributed it to Confucius... :/ But this one goes back to Dàjiàn Huìnéng, (last Chan Buddhist Patriarch, 6th century). He was said to be uneducated, illiterate and full of wisdom. The actual story: A fellow Buddhist told Huìnéng she had read the scripture for years and still didn't get its meaning. So he asked her to read it to him and see if he might help explain. She laughed, "you can't even read, how could you understand?" Huìnéng replied, "Truth has nothing to do with language. Truth is like the moon in the sky, language is like the finger that points to the moon. A finger can point out where the moon is, but the finger is not the truth. You can see the moon without help of any fingers, can't you?" Long answer, hope it was worth the read :)

[@dynasty5053]

Well said !

[@knockedoutloaded279]

nice finger,,,

[@harryholiday5356]

I remember the east Timor genocide and no one I talk to knows what I am talking about. Thanks for reminding the interviewer about history.

[@richardmoloney689]

Probly cuz dey weren't born den

[@fjashfcsahds]

I do tough. I am Dutch. And not stupit :P

[@gomesdasilvasilva]

Na época eu estava em Timor,servia no exército e o que aconteceu foi uma carnificina aos olhos do Mundo,e ninguém se mexeu,agora o mesmo se passa em Gaza,e ninguém se mexe ,o ser humano é uma aberração.

[@zapkvr]

Our socialist PM in Australia knew it was happening because the CIA told him about it in real time. He let it happen anyway. Five Australian journalists were murdered by security forces and never held to account.

[@oldskeptic1513]

... I can not recall the last time I've listened to a man who was asking questions and done utmost not to hear the answers...

[@danielhutchinson6604]

We accepted the fact that Fiat Dollars would not last in 1970. They tried anyway. The illusion of Capitalism appears to have died along with the US GDP?

[@jennychurchill2716]

That’s a communist for you! 🙃

[@melvinpenman1102]

Try being a Scot, we get this nonsense every day,from the unionist clowns

[@Brock_273]

Actually felt right from the start the interviewer was out of his depth

[@stuartleslie5421]

Only a fool tries to outthink or catch out Chomsky who has been making idiots of sly questioners for 50 years. If you ain't got an IQ of at least 150, which the interviewer clearly hasn't, don't take him on.

[@acebone2]

The interviewer is so honestly incompetent that it forces Chomsky to be very specific. That's a great value in this interview. Kudos to The Times for instrumentalising their own incompetence in such a brilliant way!

[@danieljaeckli]

You are a beautiful man and human being, Noam Chomsky.

[@nicolalaaland]

Appalling interview. Matt Chorley the world will change positively when people like you learn how to conduct themselves with respect and intelligence.

[@Gamm420]

Yeah, this guy is such a porplag*nda (this way the comment won't be deleted) tool.

[@lt8865]

Was hoping for a comment like this after watching this interview. Faith in humanity restored!

[@livebassngames]

Im sure Chomsky is not even angry at him but he stole a bit of Chomsky from EVERYBODY. he had 1 chance to do this interview but wanted to push an agenda

[@абвгдђежзијклљмнњопрстћуфхцчџш]

That's only possible if there is any intelligence there. This man is a clown and a propagandist. You simply can't expect him to think with his own head.

[@stephenferry3017]

Nah, Chomsky is wrong here. He negates the voices of actual Ukrainians to prop up the imperialist ambitions of Putin. Which makes sense. Chomsky has a habit of siding with genocidal dictators.

[@elliottyeomans654]

How can you be expected to keep comments regarding this presenter respectful when his whole demeanor is an insult to any form of intelligence?

[@Juan_lauda]

Lol. Top marks

[@lambert801]

Ah, very well said. 👏

[@Star-Core]

You took the words out of my mouth.

[@S4ri3l1]

Presenter was a Hack and not even a good one.

[@jonspengler5891]

He is a hooligan with a vocabulary

[@ashash679]

I think that it is so sad to have so many reporters and presenters like this one, who only care to sustain their beliefs and not listen to real and documented facts.

[@Not_Me-Not_Me]

And what’s the fact here? Russia invaded Ukraine! It’s a f fact!

[@GoldenGateNum9]

Wouldn't say beliefs, more like vanity?

[@jasonkinzie8835]

Chomsky can still out argue anyone even at his advance age. Its a beautiful thing! He has an ace in the hole. He simply states facts.

[@saleemporter7040]

Facts don't need emotion nor sentiments. facts simply stand alone. Noam is brilliant with it.

[@silentwitness536]

A man who has been doing the "facts over feelings" things for over 60years, while tossers like ben shapiro cower in his shadow.

[@kunik61]

He is a psychopath.

[@jasonkinzie8835]

@kunik61 That's an interesting statement! Not one, I was expecting. Why do you think that? It might be helpful if you explained your position rather then just giving it.

[@kunik61]

@@jasonkinzie8835 Because he wishes my homeland (Ukraine) TO DISAPPEAR.

[@artoaco]

Thank you Noam. You are one of the heroes in our world. Truth will win. We know it.🌼🌺🌸

[@ytrew9717]

you are very naïve, the "truth" has always been written by by the winners and will always be.

[@walter6574]

@@ytrew9717 And Noam is exposing the untruth written by the winners.

[@paulblyde2175]

Such a humble, perceptive human being, the world needs more like him...

[@johannesbruwer4072]

The interviewer clearly isn't the sharpest instrument in the drawer. One has to salute Chomsky for his patience.

[@vanyab9]

This was Noam Chomsky having a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.

[@thespacekid]

A discussion between a genius and a very simple mind.

[@jaysmith8329]

Still time for the old man to see reality, guess trees don't count, when your selling books

[@Barbabapan]

Genius😂😂😅. Yeah, sure.

[@lw9068]

Interviewer definitely not a genius…

[@johannesdecorte434]

The interviewer is right Chomsky is a dogmatist defending fascist imperialism.

[@kestasradzevicius8672]

This English guy is a lunatic, purposely trying to provoke his host. Typical low morale "journalism"

[@jens4088]

Brain wins over populism. Just wonderful to see. Thank you for sharing your wonderful objectivity, Mr Chomsky 🙂

[@JasonGafar]

For a person with as much accomplishment and influence as Noam Chomsky, he's remarkably humble.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

It’s fake humble. He had acolytes who were very aggressive in support of his linguistic ideas.

[@bobbart4198]

@@StillAliveAndKicking_ ... Assuming that you can prove your views on his Linguistics accomplishments - which I sincerely doubt, what has it got to do with the authenticity of Chomsky's humility ?

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

@@bobbart4198 Listen to him. He has no interest in listening to other viewpoints, he routinely trashes the West and completely ignores crimes committed elsewhere.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

@@bobbart4198 I have made no comment on his linguistic accomplishments

[@bobbart4198]

@@StillAliveAndKicking_ ... Your comment in full : " It’s fake humble. He had acolytes who were very aggressive in support of his linguistic ideas. " ... And how do YOU know his Humility is " Fake " - explain ...

[@johnbaker1256]

If someone treats their neighbours badly, they shouldn't be surprised if those neighbours seek friends elsewhere.

[@livingtribunal4110]

If someone treats members of their neighbours living within their country badly _first,_ they shouldn't be surprised if those neighbours then decide to fck them up even worse.

[@winstonski3102]

@@livingtribunal4110 Thats dumb. Russians killed and expatriated Ukrainians for centuries. Brought own settlers instead to those lands.

[@davidwright5094]

@@livingtribunal4110 And when there is dispute about who (and when) treated certain people badly, a good approach is to ask those ill-treated people who it was that treated them badly. If there are too many of them, one may either conduct serious, audited scientific polling, or ask their genuinely democratically elected representatives.

[@livingtribunal4110]

​@@davidwright5094 Or you can forget all that BS and fck-up those who started the mistreating in the fist place. Bit like when those people started invading other sovreign countries back in ther day, looking for the ´obvious´ evidence and use of ´Weapons of Mass Destruction´. But wait....´it´s okay when we do it!!´ _AMIRITE??????_

[@pete7110]

@@livingtribunal4110 yeah thats justification for murdering civilians.. Z garbage

[@DC-pw6mo]

Professor Chomsky showed A LOT of patience w/this interviewer who doesn’t seem to understand what he’s saying…He is a remarkable human.

[@DC-pw6mo]

On a side note. Prof Chomsky inspired me to take a class on Linguistics…:) this will help understand AI and others an increase my ability to communicate effectively. I’m not sponsoring , but Coursera is a great app wherein you can take college classes for free, if you don’t need the college credit!

[@vinkiUfa]

Which course did you take?

[@yanenn2151]

He repeats russian propaganda at nauseam

[@stangilmore3859]

​@@yanenn2151 hmm

[@MD-lf3gt]

No matter what you can say about his demeanor, at least he’s not the usual slavish interviewer of Chomsky.

[@ZanderFoulner]

Noam you are one of the most selfless, tireless champions of liberty, Free Speech and Democracy the world will ever know. I thank you for changing my life and in 10 years ive never waited more than a day for a reply to any email. and you get 1000.s a day i know. cheers mate, your insights a strong as ever. cheers mate.

[@ladavis1959]

Thank you professor. Your body of work will be a gift for generations to come if we become educable. May your remaining days be surrounded by love and grace .

[@giselaafonso]

Hurray! for people like Chomsky! Listening to people like him is essential to escape bad journalism that doesn't give you facts but just serve propaganda.

[@henryseidel5469]

Absolutely ! Paparazzi follow their pay roll agendas, scientists follow their brains.

[@steveskrobot5992]

He is my litmus test for all mainstream media coverage. If I get my response in sync with Israel, for eg. for anything they choose to do to the arabs in Gaza, I love getting a second opinion to round out my positive response, and it always changes and comes down to a more level playing field, where I can see abuse side by side with pride and love for Israel. I can see crimes, alongside patriotism and excellence, so that no one belief system can choke out the truth, which is not so easy to know. This way it is possible to recall history, how we got here and who the players are, and what they did in self interest to set up the middle east for their own greed, even using Israel to expand their imperialism and colonialism. That's us, Canada included.

[@nicepickle]

Can Times Radio not afford a half-decent interviewer? He seemed stuck in an ideological rut, and there were times when he was unable to grasp the answer he'd been given.

[@sabinehahn9774]

Really embarrassing.

[@martinbaumgardner4432]

I thought he did a great job of trying to get straight answers out of a bumbling old man

[@rjm7151]

@@martinbaumgardner4432Wow, really obtuse, insensitive and selfish. You will never be this clear at any age, obviously.

[@MrBoatman46]

@@martinbaumgardner4432. If that’s what you think then you didn’t listen properly. Watch it again, this time sober.

[@linuxpython935]

Those times when he didn't seem to graps the answers felt pretty much like extending from the start to the finish of the interview.

[@nedacampbell9294]

Chomsky stays calm and calls the fact despite being rudely interrupted.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

He’s an imbecile.

[@aleksandravaskrsic4767]

Thank you Noam for accepting to interview with this guy. It was an eye opener …..

[@nusratahmed858]

Noam is a gift to the world.

[@charliepritchard1954]

Why would anyone think this kind of man was remotely educated enough to do an interview with Noam Chomsky?

[@CrimsonA1]

The dunning-Kruger effect. The stupider you are, the more sure you are of yourself and your delusions.

[@charliepritchard1954]

@@CrimsonA1 ah, the condition has a name. Thanks!

[@lornahuddleston1453]

​@@CrimsonA1 Oy~~Dunning and Kruger must have buried each other in their stupidity! Who won? I doubt it matters. A few contributors here want to get into the act. 🤫🤭😌

[@Oceansta]

😅😅😅 exactly

[@Oceansta]

​@UnityJustice-qw8hdcool. And what University do you reach at if I may ask?

[@elenafetter9690]

Gave a thumbs up for Noam Chomsky. I am so grateful to him and his voice of truth.❤

[@maximon72]

Noam's humility outstounds me. Chomsky's legacy is perhaps the greatest gifts to the real scholars of humanity.

[@Massangler1856]

*astounds

[@peterkempf5422]

I think Matt needs to go back to working for his high school paper. How this guy secured an interview with Noam is beyond me.

[@ChooseCompassion]

Right!!!

[@frankiemorgan8056]

Don't think he'll get another one!

[@goergeskaplan2910]

My thought exactly, and with his first question; "what's your job (title)"? From there I had to grind my teeth every seconds that buffoon opened his mouth, and patiently wait to hear Mr. Chomsky share his thoughts, knowledge and analyses. I feel making 'The Rock' playing blitz Chess with Kasparov or Carlsen wouldn't stress any more a contrast of competences and wits in a given situation.

[@matthewriley1463]

Truly shocked that Times Radio would put this interview out. They manage to get a slot with an intellectual giant but put Matt Chorley in front of him. I was concerned for Naom's health, his blood pressure could easily have rocketed given the frustration he must have felt. God bless him.

[@utubehits1-sr9vc]

he used to talk with Israeli journalist so he got interviewed by way worst propaganda journalist

[@GoldenGateNum9]

Have to disagree there, think Prof. Chomsky enjoys a good fight, said so himself, think this fool got his heart going a bit hehe 😁❤️

[@tonyclifton2230]

Matt chorley. That's a name I will forget. Chomsky won't meet that fate.

[@erikhoffa966]

The reason is that the turds now in power have come to the conclusion that the far right conservative is the way forward.

[@imdawolfman2698]

No, Noam has the experience of almost a century of idiots to patiently correct, or ignore.

[@brobbeh]

I was confused by the amount of thumbs down on the video, then I heard the criminal stupidity of the questions. Good job on Chom to always calmly give brilliant answers in these situations.

[@johnjohnson5814]

Noam: “The invasion of Ukraine is bad” Interviewer: “Why are you saying the invasion of Ukraine is good?”

[@ElSmusso]

Haha, the cocky “journalist” gets slapped in the face with a wet trout by a 95 year old LOL

[@SlobodanSchumacher]

Theoreticall, Noam, you are not justifying russian aggression by claiming that US has made the same atrocities many times. Theoretically not, but people understand your words as "if US can make atrocities, russia has the same right to do it" OR Global south, BRICS has the same right to be on the top. But practically it means BRICS, global south wants the same chance to try out imperialisms, colonialisms we in west have overcome decades ago. Why not? I agree. But do you now how narrow minded you sound? Noam, you read only literature you are interested in, and you accomodate your talks according to discourse you are in, so your marxist righteousness (which are far shallower than old hebrew and jesus's righteousness) goals are filtering reality according to what you prefer to point out. You are not historian and you are even not interested in real facts about Ukraine, although it was homeland of your father. You dont want to see that Putin is total manipulative psychopath, you dont even slightly want to know that ukainians are not fascists and they did not do genocide to russian minority and you again make up all your examples to lead all these poor people without knowledge astray claiming that mexico would be demolished if it hosts chinese arms. You are not interested in real world and in the whole context of situation that russia wants ukraine to be part of russian imperium again since they have departed in 1991, it is in vain to explain to you that YES, US should be separately condemned for all their wars, but this time US are helping pure victim of Ukraine, because Russia have been infiltrating Ukriane for decades to annex Ua like they are doing to Blr (according to documents to become Russia in 2030) when they recognized they were not able to do it economically and politically they did it aggressivelly. So it is simple, what is more important to you, Noam, small UA being defended by NATO from Russian threat or big Russia being threatened by NATO. Which country interest is more important to you small or big one's interest? You have decided, like Mearsheimer. You go for Russia. I understand. US and west have done so many bad things, Irak, Vietnam etc. But do you know how many more bad things has Russia done in last 100 years? Not interested. You are filtering reality acording to your left orientations. You are filtering example with mexico. If china arms mexico US would destroy mexico. Yes, but reality is different, if US would infiltrate Mexico in order to annex it in future (300 years of rus-ua evidences) then Mexico would revolt and China starts to arm Mexico right? Then US makes TOTAL invasion into Mexico. Now whole world would be arming Mexico you cr*zy old man. Why dont you and Mearsheimer understand that you have poisoned almost as many people with russian propagand as vladimir putin. You are in your id*otic realiy. Nobody is excusing US, collect yourself and rather you criticise US separatedly from Ukraine, because when you talk about US guilt in connections with russo-ua war, whole world starts to feel growing emotional support for russian rights to confront bad exploitative west - which is exactly what intelligent Putin had recognized in peoples' eyes in order to use it for propaganda, invading Ukraine behind blind mobs. Excusing, excusing, why you dont look practicaly what impact you do to peoples' hearts, you single-minded man! West is bad, true, but do anyone of you readers know that you even dont have a chance to know how many atrocities Russia has done inside its coutry because Russia has closed down all human feelings for 140 million peope, therefore you dont have any single info of all terrible things happening there and you would be now preaching me!!! Noam, be ashamed of yourself, you even dont know russian language and of course you dont know ukrainian, you are not interested. I know both and i am not ukrainian, i am not russian, i love russian culture, russian friendship, russian soul, russian art thousands times more than you, but i also support kremlin thousand times less than you. Dont tell me, I know very well that you dont support Kremlin, but you make people support Kremlin, oh academic people, you are done, acadamy is done. Humanities are done. Every academic of humanity is just seeing what he prefers to see. Have you ever asked why no einstein and no jesus havnt been born for at least 100 years, although soooo many educated people! NOT NOAM, we need NEW NOAH (ark)

[@clairetimberlake5892]

Exactly. Interviewers should pay attention to those they interview.

[@jojolafrite90]

EXACTLY. Thank you so, so, so much for being a normal person. I'm ACTUALLY thankful to you for being normal, and not like the rest.

[@cezaryjedrzycki6184]

"So what you saying is..."

[@kking9184]

I almost forget what integrity and truth sounds like. Noam Chomsky has never wavered in his truthfulness. This reporter is a one man clown car

[@GeneralSamov]

In other words, Chomsky's answers are so much stronger, rebuking the interviewer's challenging tone. They both were at the top of their game.

[@monsieurhercule]

@@GeneralSamov top of their game? What kind of reporter doesn't know Professor Chomsky's occupation, the most important ever university professor of linguistics and the single most cited academic of humanity?

[@GeneralSamov]

@@monsieurhercule A lot, Chomsky's is like from the Cretaceous.

[@Neokretai]

Chomsky is far from prefect, if you want someone to call out the US over its crimes he's excellent, but try and get him to do the same to a US rival like Russia, China etc and he descends into mealy mouthed apologist territory. The guy is so fixated on US imperialism he completely ignores anything else.

[@lt8865]

​@@GeneralSamovthe reporter "at the top of his game" ???😂 I would hate to see him conduct an interview on one of his off days! It would be a total car crash! Thanks for the comedic appraisal of his skill as an interviewer!

[@sonjaallan6435]

Legend, stay well Prof Chomsky ❤

[@paulomasatosumitomo9906]

I am happy for the opinions of the viewers of this horrendous interview. Long live humanity!

[@roger7032]

Listen to the words. ....I love Noam. A great man a true human

[@ThunderSen]

Age is nothing to this guy, I love seeing this guy still in good health. The reporter was not in his best to say the least.

[@CreamerMusic]

I’m just wondering what assessment you did and what evidence is there to suggest that this man is in any other state of health than “BAD/OLD”

[@ThunderSen]

@@CreamerMusic I have a degree in reading random medical articles. I also watched a lot of ChubbyEmu. So I know what I am talking about. Also more than 100 hours of zit vids. No relation to this topic. Just bragging.

[@S_8-]

May Noam Chomsky live for ever!

[@LunnaJannah]

He does study cognitive science it’s important

[@LunnaJannah]

@@CreamerMusicbecause no one understands neuroscience and how important cognitive health is so people automatically believe old means bad due to the denial of proper care

[@johncollins1479]

How rude and disrespectful of Matt Chorley dealing with a giant like Chomsky like that.

[@Radaos]

If anything, Chomsky was given too much deference. His false arguments should have been challenged. Russia's "security concerns" What a joke. Ukraine applied to NATO as far back as 2008 and Putin previously acknowledged their right to do so. In any case Ukraine had no chance of being admitted to NATO in 2022 with part of the country already under occupation.

[@fidenemini111]

I rather prefer the Gnome Compsky version.

[@MarkLawsonY3K]

Noam's interview with Andrew Marr, but same result... an educated journalist, set straight by the unique non-AI brain of the chomsky clan. IMHO. Lawson

[@dleechristy]

My god that interviewer is insufferable, just a propaganda puppet, not an honest interviewer, not a proper journalist

[@bevanabrey7865]

The greater the star, the more humble they are.

[@lt8865]

The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.

[@Psalm144verse1]

I disagree. Keep your friends close but your enemies closer

[@josephsimmons9241]

​@@Psalm144verse1that sounds paranoid. No thanks.

[@elinys2843]

We have an interviewer here in Belgium like this one too. In his mind it’s completely clear that what he says is the truth. Insinuating questions, repeating his opinion, twisting words, ridiculing his guest, … and as it seems, people love it. Makes my stomach hurt.

[@AishaAfghan-yi2zn]

The person taking the interview is extremely disrespectful. Lack basic etiquette of even having a decent conversation. Completely ignorant and arrogant . Love Mr Chomsky knowledge, cool , patience and charisma. May you always stay blessed and happy . Ameen

[@troubadour6987]

Stiff upper lip?

[@troubadour6987]

Stiff upper lip?

[@johnnybaridi]

that's classic right-wing broadcasting

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Good comment.

[@bevanabrey7865]

"Could you tell us what your key areas of research and teaching at MIT over the decades have been?"....that would have been way better than "What is your job?". Best approach would be to have an interviewer able to introduce the guest.

[@robstammers7149]

😢Matt Chorley showed his complete inability to interview a major world renowned intellectual, Chorley was the wrong choice for this interview, he tried to put words into the mouth of Chomsky, it was embarrassing and at times disrespectful.

[@GeneralSamov]

I'd argue the exact opposite. The interviewer's belligerence really triggered Chomsky to spill all the beans, which resulted in a glorious exchange with no punches pulled.

[@Depipro]

@@GeneralSamov I see your point, but I'd argue it's only valid to a very small extent. The interviewer's interruptions became repetitive very quickly, and Mr Chomsky could have told us more if he hadn't been forced to correct the same misinterpretations over and over again.

[@lt8865]

​@@GeneralSamov"glorious exchange?" Did we just watch the same interview? Doesn't it take more than one person for there to be an exchange, glorious or otherwise? I suppose you think the interviewer was an agent provocateur? All I saw was an individual of great intellect, wonderfully articulating the truth and another replete with abject ignorance and discourteously trying his level best to spew the intellectually dishonest, disingenuous drivel, that has become the mainstay of Western mainstream media. No one with a couple of brain cells believes in the propaganda anymore.

[@lt8865]

​@@GeneralSamov😂

[@maxsemussenixs9902]

"To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.”

[@ginafinch3307]

The most amazing interviewer is the one who understands what questions to ask and when. It has nothing to do with ones EGO and personal point of view, but the ability to create the space for the guest to express their views and knowledge.

[@charbelh.boutros4971]

Exactly. I just watched his interview with Piers Morgan, and I admit I was positively impressed.

[@whitedog510]

Interviewer got owned by a 94 year old. Lol. Noam is a legend.

[@dripcode2600]

If an educated, calm man, speaking truth is the greatest threat to peace... then God help us.

[@francescopili1286]

I admire Chomsky for his wisdom and especially for his holy patience with the impertinent journalist.

[@sophitsa79]

There is a huge difference between being an intellectual and a person with the podcast giving opinions

[@jojolafrite90]

Yeah, Chomsky is very argumentative and the other biased guy just want to hear "Rusha bad". Phucking planet.

[@graceydez6199]

Jesus you idiots. You have know idea how his background on linguistics and cognition. As the presenter said he is more quoted than the bible. Thats for a good reason. He is the most quoted person in science. You just comment on the internet.

[@danielm5161]

The good thing about the West is that a guy like Noam can exist. Noam would have been jailed a long time ago if he lived in Russia.

[@sophitsa79]

@@danielm5161 would you say that the West has a younger Chomsky for the future? Who might that be?

[@arikauraniemi9383]

@@sophitsa79 Maybe anybody? Maybe one of his students? What is this question. There are millions of people studying in universities that have free knowledge, not dictatorship restricted knowledge. All it takes is studying hard like he has did. He doesn't rely on media, he studies facts

[@tolandjp]

Wow. Interviewer really struggling to get reality. He needs comfort of knowing if one side is good other must be bad. Someone needs to explain to him that the world is full of nuance and needs to be viewed as so. If only he could hear!

[@saliherenyuceturk2398]

I am surprised how well Chomsky held his nerves. What world are they living in? Do they take their screens for reality? They seem to.

[@vhrabar]

well spoken Mr. Chomsky.

[@RogerMaes-n7x]

I am so proud of Noam Chomsky Telling the truth about what’s been happening since before the Regan disaster & Thatcher.

[@nelsonferreira-aulasdearte]

I was in the UK when Jeremy Corbyn made history by securing Labour’s highest increase in the vote since 1945. Chomsky is quite right that the ensuing campaigns were used to denigrate him. The UK preferred to believe in con Brexit politicians.

[@jennychurchill2716]

Chomsky said labour won . They didn’t . Corbyn has lost all credibility now and rightly so.

[@hmq9052]

Corbyn was unelectable on foreign policy and totally bodged Brexit

[@jibjub2121]

Corbyn supported Brexit since the 70s, like almost all of the other Bennites.

[@willdon.1279]

@@jibjub2121 Sadly, I agree, but he was unfairly denigrated by the Right. "Perfect idealists" can be dangerous, even if mostly right.

[@tristandwightreyesjr.3840]

watching this really proves that "having little knowledge is dangerous"

[@Karmagheden]

At what point do we decide it is them being willfully ignorant? Or just being disingenuous because the truth conflicts with their agenda/narrative they are pushing.

[@slappyabromowitz]

It’s amazing how sharp Noam still is in his nineties. I’m a centrist politically as the world is quite complicated and human organized nation states are barely hanging on by a thread. I always check in on Noam on any global issue to ensure my information is accurate.

[@francoisbabin2306]

Maybe you should check with someone else. He been horribly wrong multiple times, including with the Laos...

[@hedwiglittlehand2071]

Sharp he is not, his brain froze 50 years ago hypocritical and self righteous in a phony way he is@@francoisbabin2306

[@WilliamKlitz]

Same here...

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Indeed! I frequently stop and ask myself, what would Noam Chomsky think about this issue? He's my touchstone. He's my weathervane. 😌

[@joyabia682]

Nation states are a construct of the Europeans. We had democracy in igbo land in Nigeria before colonizers came. We organized our clans and hamlets very well. Elders slef governed their clans and things were better. Democracy at scale with a central ggovt cannot work.

[@justaguybeingaguy]

Noam is so patient! Now November 2024, "Noam's lost his ability to speak and write" - he's now a silent spectator: an omen of things to come.

[@filmandsong05]

‘maybe the guy getting the garbage has better ideas but not the privilege ‘ humble genius

[@darthamar4042]

Or just blatantly disingenuous.

[@JoolzThePirate]

Only someone that works at the lowest level but feels they dont need to put the effort in to progress agrees with that statement

[@Azspurs]

@@JoolzThePirate what is the lowest level? How do you measure that?

[@rosewoodsam]

@@JoolzThePirate more binmen less bankers!

[@williamschlass6371]

@@Azspurs garbageman

[@mikomiko171]

Wonderful Noam Chomsky, how calm he stayed. The interviewer should have controlled his anger better...

[@janstaes2172]

the interviewer should have done his homework better. he should have read up about certain things instead of making a fool out of himself. its unfortionate that times has him on the payroll

[@dalehartley2821]

Did we even watch the same interview? The interviewer was correct. Repeating correct. Even if he was wrong, which he verifiably wasn’t, Chomsky never addressed the interviewer’s questions, choosing instead to wander off into fields of conspiracy. It’s on the public record. It’s simple enough to look up. We don’t have to take either of their words for it. Plus, while Chomsky did repeatedly deny apologising for Putin, his every other word did apologise for Putin. Any idiot can compare any past event to what is happening today to find an equivalency to rate relative evils. But all that does is dilute the villainy being committed now, and cheepen the sacrifice and efforts of those standing against it.

[@halimaalhiane9284]

The interviewer is the worst reporter on Earth

[@DANCEGARAGEPUNK]

@@dalehartley2821 Joke ? ? The guys a corporate puppet copying fox / sky. Corporate propaganda : )

[@apbtainc]

This interviewer is clearly a prat. We are so lucky to have you Noam..

[@TheRaferaf]

We keep murdering each other over arbitrary lines on the map. We keep devastating this planet. Greed and stupidity rule the day. Does humanity really deserve any kind of future?

[@tavarlarbi5352]

What a remarkable humble intellectual. We can see wisdom echoing whenever he try to elaborate the context of this interview

[@sbackhaus]

we have a program like this in Germany where kids interview intellectuals

[@ernstwiltmann6]

Jung und Naiv with Tio Jung ?

[@sbackhaus]

@@ernstwiltmann6 Kinder-Reporter?! 😁

[@ernstwiltmann6]

@@sbackhaus Koenn'se doch nachgoogeln. Wenn'se nix gegen Pronaunce haben.

[@fuzzywzhe]

There's no such thing as an intellectual. The title is bestowed to turn off your critical thinking ability when they talk. Everybody makes mistakes, but you won't question a mistake so readily when "an intellectual" makes a statement. Don't underestimate yourself.

[@patrickvanmeter2922]

@@fuzzywzhe I think you are underestimating Chomsky. He has taught me critical thinking. I don't agree with everything he says, and Chomsky taught me to question everything. That includes Chomsky and you.

[@caratjie]

Imagine having the opportunity to speak with one of the worlds greatest intellects of the 20th/21st century but you’re this guy 🤡

[@carlosdelatorre5498]

Indeed

[@kreyvegas1]

Appalling

[@pamphletier]

34:22

[@boctunes1853]

Well, it is time to speak the way to this old communist fool deserves, he was saying a lot of nonsense, good job of the interviewer, appreciate that.

[@pascalblackmore8098]

What a glorious comment😂

[@trumpforever6706]

I don't think the interviewer really understood who he was interviewing, a giant of human thought.

[@noelghallager4672]

kudos to Noam for his incredible patience with this thick gentleman

[@madelineinca]

It's always wonderful to hear Professor Chomsky's voice of deep sanity and reason and intelligence, and I'm amazed at the patience he shows with this oafish and surprisingly rather disrespectful man.

[@hamster-wh3ws]

Typical insecure arrogant British male. I would know I live there.

[@Iknowonlywhatimtaught]

I agree with Norm Chomsky. At 70 myself, 26 years combat veteran of 2 wars still in the reserves. I believe these times we are in now are much more evil then the last 50 yrs. We have had other periods of evil like ww2, turn of the 20th century. Even as far back in US history to the trail of tears. Today is far more dangous. Far more hatred. If you would just listen to you guest you will understand. Listening and speaking go both ways. Listening is very much a skill as is speaking. One of the may problems with people today, the don't listen! They just want to be heard.

[@jewel58s]

They want to be right even if they are so wrong.

[@mck1972]

Thank you for your Service.

[@krislast9903]

Good to hear from people like yourself. Thank you

[@WorshipinIdols]

Your 70 in the reserves?

[@robi6317]

...and yet there is another author that says life on earth has never been better (on average) - less poverty, crime, starvation, disease, war, etc etc; and i believe that

[@susanmorales6941]

Love the way Noam shuts that guy down when he’s wrong! ❤️❤️❤️

[@returnofthemack222]

This was 30 minutes of this guy trying to put words in Noams mouth.

[@loft27ss]

Complete Narsisist

[@irahoppe3632]

The western party line - 'You are with us or you are with our enemies'.

[@nicoedel5606]

I feel sorry for this old man

[@adamblack267]

He is 100% correct. Unfortunately it is a lonely life speaking the truth. Tribalism is totally rife in this world.

[@mjs6106]

@@nicoedel5606 Haha! What an incredibly unenlightened and absurdly ageist thing to say. Feel sorry for yourself. You'll get more mileage out of it.

[@joao16488]

Chomsky very well prepared - as usual - unlike that “journalist”.

[@henryseidel5469]

Paparazzi follow agendas, scientists follow their brains.

[@konfunable]

Butthurt much that Chomsky was revealed as a hack?

[@Brady_Law]

Hallelujah to sharp brain and clear soul of professor Chomsky!

[@mikerocketmusic]

Injustice anywhere and any time is a threat to justice anywhere and any time.

[@walterpierce6061]

Yes. Martin Luther King often said that.

[@danielm5161]

The West has done many bad things just as Russia but to me there is a bit of a difference because Russia is literally trying to take Ukraine and call it Russian territory. Most Western backed tragedies were more of an exaggerated response like to 9/11 and communism. The West was Responding to a threat (however exaggerated and incompetent). Where as Russia is trying to erase the existence of Ukraine and call it Russia.

[@ninalarisch-haider6987]

Matt Chorley is not a good interviewer because he is not open to see a different perspective to his own, his aggressiveness shows that he cannot accept others views than his own.

[@EmiM3]

AMEN!!! This is what I've been telling everyone and they have been treating me like I'm a crazy conspiracy theorist!!!! THANK YOU MR CHOMSKY!

[@ilyaprorok7]

So tell me what prompted your friends to treat you like a conspiracy theorist ? What did u say to them to get that reaction ? Be specific

[@EmiM3]

@@ilyaprorok7 just saying that the war in Ukraine is actually a proxy war between Russia and the US. A lot of people like to say how it's just because Putin is powerhungry and evil and went crazy and invaded Ukraine out of nowhere. It's wild to me that a lot of people apparently don't know that the US is in NATO either.

[@rabbitsandtennis3603]

​@@ilyaprorok7It's probably all the capitals. Flat earthers have the same bad habit.

[@ilyaprorok7]

@@rabbitsandtennis3603 good point. I don't know why I even bothered

[@user-nx6ji9tk8i]

Mearsheimer is saying the same thing. Why tickle the bear?? Why? We have to understand the history since fall of Soviet Union. See Budapest and Minsk11 treaties. Meanwhile China has all the West,s money. What a nightmare we,re all in.

[@aleksandar7393]

20:30 what Mr. Chomsky trying to say is very simple "US can do better, if we want to be moral compass, we should stop behaving as aggressive bully"

[@jesusk1358]

The patience of this prof is unbelievable.

[@lydm8064]

He is almost attacking one of greatest minds of our time because he doesn’t like the answers to his questions?

[@billienova]

I know I’m offended !

[@wyz9815]

Don't blame the interviewer, he is a victim who are brainwashed by the western propaganda and has no idea what is fact and his logic thinking skill=0. Sorry for him.

[@jerrymcintire7902]

Actually, the interviewer doesn't understand the answers to his questions. To Chomsky, it isn't about choosing sides when it comes to war crimes. They are all crimes. The excuses of the U.S. for their war crimes doesn't make them any less so.

[@RaMenace888]

This kind of interview is what happens when mayonnaise becomes sentient. Chomsky has a lot of patience to be able to sit through it.

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

To the interviewer - when you interview somebody, it is to get his take on events, not to argue with him to promote *_your_* view. You ask the questions - he gives his opinion, and it is to the audience to decide the outcome. Give them the respect of beliving in their capability to decide, rather than trying to tell everbody that they should believe - because it's *_your_* opinion.

[@HelenaMikas]

I went to college and studied applied linguistics .The works of Noam Chomsky stay way me til today .A fascinating man. Refreshing to hear some one brave enough to speak the truth .He is so right about the ignored crimes of US & UK ... Not anti west but the fact that war crimes are just that no matter who attacks .The interviewer is absolutely impossible.

[@Zer-o-ne]

He should have stuck with linguistics

[@ThunderSen]

@@Zer-o-ne Who is going to pay for the Ukrainian debt. Its not going to be US or Europe or Russia. Yes its going to be Ukrainians. War is expensive.

[@Zer-o-ne]

@@ThunderSen so..?

[@ThunderSen]

@@Zer-o-ne never mind.

[@Zer-o-ne]

@@ThunderSen I would say the same when going off topic so badly

[@billienova]

Noam Chomsky had the patience of Job to deal with this guy

[@Thetabringer]

Most idiots didn’t get this comment They saw “Job” and didn’t realize you were speaking of a biblical figure

[@stephenferry3017]

Noam is a lying genocide denier who cant stop crying about the fall of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.

[@fjashfcsahds]

@@Thetabringer Hey I am Daniel and tough it is not a actual cave with lions, reallity nowadays kinda feels that way.

[@_raak]

Chomskys rational and reasoning deserves to be shared with the audience without tiresome interruptions. The interesting thing with this interview is to get a picture of the headline narrative and the alternative perception. The interviewer simply refuse any of the views he is offered, he is stuck in the narrative we all already know to well and are seeking to examine.

[@daveperteet]

If you're going to ask Chomsky questions, let the man answer.

[@PaoloRiveraPinelli]

I absolutely love mr Chomsky. His writing it's a lighthouse for human thought.The greatest teacher of the last century, one of the best ever.

[@denisemorton56]

The USS Fallujah! I will never forget that horrific war crime. Was mass destruction, was collective punishment for crimes the people did not commit and has left a legacy of trauma and countless babies with birth defects due to the uranium tipped shells which bombarded the inhabitants of Fallujah. Thank you Noam for your lifes work.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

As a West Coast American, I will bet you most Americans think Fallujah is a fancy name for caviar. 🤭🤫

[@josephsimmons9241]

The contractors sacrificed were from Erik Prince's Black Water. Some or all of these contractors had recent disputes with higher ups in the organization and were likely sent on this mission as punishment (and bait).

[@billienova]

Noam Chomsky is a true scholar!! His insights and intellect are stellar ! He has acute knowledge that I constantly learn from him ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@hks_uz]

This interviewer wants to look so "smart" by trying to corner Professor Noam Chomsky to admit that he supported Russia wrongly, but Chomsky never justified the wrongdoings of Russia. He only pointed out that the Western countries committed more crimes in developing countries that they have no moral grounds to tell Russia that what it is doing wrong...

[@margaretpatricio1162]

NOAM YOU ARE A MAN OF CONSCIOUS AND A GREAT SCHOLAR WHO SPEAKS THE FACTS THAT NOBODY CAN'T DENIED. WE NEED MORE LIKE YOU.❤

[@oquevix]

😂

[@jeanade9010]

I’m afraid we have very few wisemen on the earth. Noam is one and we are blessed to be able to still hear him weigh in on current events. He can not be argued with. We are so lucky to have him and hear him.

[@marlbankian]

Noam Chomsky is spot on. Still sharp as a tack.

[@michaelkalish2013]

What a gem Chomsky is: rational, fact based, with a steady moral compass. The interviewer was desperate to gas light him but Chomsky was having none of it.