NOAM CHOMSKY - Defining our times : existential risks, propaganda, war, hope and the meaning of life

[@h.k8474]

Ça fait TRÈS plaisir de voir cette conscience intelligente, sage et même unique s'exprimer ici 🙏

[@whitecthulhu]

Un monsieur magnifique et une des interviews les plus touchantes que j’ai pu voir sur ta chaîne ou ailleurs…merci pour ce moment.

[@rogerjones1896]

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[@NINAdAVIGNON]

Merci beaucoup pour la traduction et merci pour cette interview car écouter N.Chomsky est très important et essentiel Il est comme notre fil d’Ariane … 🙏🙂

[@maxencebolzten4931]

Il y a quelque temps j'avais lu ' Le langage et la pensée' de Noam, il est toujours égal à lui-même, et n'a rien perdu de son esprit. Juste + de sagesse j'imagine ... Merci

[@maxencebolzten4931]

Juste pour dire que c'était une belle interview assez poignante, merci.

[@rcevallos58]

Excelente entrevista, muchas gracias.

[@irynasakharchuk7044]

Noam Chomsky❤

[@ahiredman]

This interview is everything I had hoped to hear. Thank you!

[@leandridominique8689]

Merci pour cette interview de grande qualité. 👏👏

[@catchow1]

Excellent, Informative Interview!!

[@georgemusk6881]

so much respect for professor Chomsky, his words are of great illuminating power!

[@mariamnour3522]

Thank you so much

[@verito2019]

Que guapo esta este tio! 😅 y que padre se escucha su frances!! 🤩 y bueno el entrevistado mis respetos!! 🙌🏼

[@EmmanuelIstace]

woaw, ca fait un bail que je l'avais pas vu, mais la je réalise que... "faut profiter de ce qui nous reste avec lui"... la dernière fois que je l'ai vu live c'est y'a plus de 10ans et j'ai une vrai claque en le voyant ici... ses écrits resteront en tous cas.

[@guadalupegavarre4436]

Oui, superbe interview, tellement nécessaire maintenant, merci !

[@hyop21]

Thanks a lot for this interview!

[@ocean1233]

I GREATLY APPRECIATE LISTENING TO THE PROFESSOR ‼️💯💯💯💯

[@kr4k31]

He really brought it to the point! Unfortunately those who should would never recognize..😢

[@MrPapalagui]

Quelle chance ! Merci beaucoup

[@mcgoombs]

If I make it to his age, it will be because of heros like you. So much respect. We love you Noam, thank you.

[@lydiaabout9880]

Merci beaucoup, sismique! 🌎🤩🤩🤩🕊👏👏👏

[@MetabolismofCities]

What !!! Ca c'est du très très lourd.

[@phillypenn3183]

A giant scholar! Illumiating

[@benjamincasteillo3233]

Excellent niveau d'échange

[@aprendendocomgames]

Loved it. Thank you!!! ❤

[@mikerocketmusic]

Unequivocally the world’s greatest intellectual!!!

[@treefrog3349]

All things considered (historical, political, and economic) at the ripe age of 73 I have come to the startling realization that humans have proven themselves to be little more that a pernicious invasive species. Throughout every historical opportunity to improve human cohesion and cooperation we have chosen the opposite course. We can talk eloquently and effusively about the "right thing to do", and endlessly quote bible passages referring to the much-vaunted "christian ethic" and then prosecute endless wars and create a socio-economic world that is anything BUT "christian". Oddly, the vast chasm between what we SAY and then what WE actually do should be a red warning flag to all of us. Just as a mindless and voracious horde of locusts descend on a ripe corn field, humans have greedily and mindlessly overwhelmed the entire Earth, like a pernicious invasive species.

[@tracyday6710]

Maybe it's the systems we built? Perhaps we have never been aware there are alternatives to the rat race. I maintain hope and have often shared your viewpoint, it's a balance... ✌️

[@jontxe]

Very interesting answers. The questions, on the other hand, left a lot to be desired.

[@sismique]

Please help me improve. What questions you didn't like or you would have liked better?

[@blackenedblue5401]

How so? I thought they were very good. Although someone needs to press him on his stance ln the current democratic party neoliberal elite

[@CasimirLeYeti]

My MAN !!!

[@mitelfichmitelfich504]

merci

[@vstuhlen]

quelle conscience de notre monde

[@annthomson5648]

Hello prof chomsky!!!!

[@danzel1157]

A wise man once said...

[@prosenjitsarkar9906]

If I may, my question to Prof. Chomsky. In the first two decades of the 21st century, we already have experienced that Idealism is gradually occupied by Populism and the same is applicable to Liberalism by Authoritarianism, Secularism by Majoritarianism and Patriotism by Nationalism. What would be the shape or idea of the 'Democracy' at the end of this century or in which direction it is evolving? Considering the fact that 'We', the people, are the most decisive component to shaping 'Democracy'.

[@damonm3]

Wow.. he seems to have such clarity. I know the us has provoked Russia a bit but!!.. they crossed the physical line in Ukraine. I don’t know much about global politics. I wish I did

[@gerarddumoulin7583]

41:31 "(in the USA) we can talk freely, we live in free Societies" oh yeah, but if the Gafas don't like what you say, you are censored and your account closed or at least restricted. Sooo much freedom indeed !

[@blackenedblue5401]

Which is the point he made in his book Manufacturing Consent, and the point he hammers home at the end of the video

[@petergreenwood7731]

What can we do to influence a change? Mr. C. explains my thoughts to a tee. Where ever you go, ( BBC, Fox, NBC, main stream stuff ) drop these two words in the comments ----- Noam Chompsky -----. If the Fox followers keep seeing it they may type them in. ------- Yukon Huang ------ Amit Sengupta ----- People who are busy or lazy suspect the msm. Mr. C. is going full on right now.

[@susaca05]

What does Chomsky think about the role Yuval Noah Harari is playing in today's society? Thanks

[@fightthepower4648]

Global Declaration of Independence - Fight the Power (KZbin video) offers a unique and viable global solution to global problems!

[@feedthedoggies]

Thank you for your insightful questions... the first question offers clarity in structure. I have been following Noam for 30 years. I love being reminded why he is beyond wonderful. With my Appalachian raising in small mountain North Carolina town, I appreciate and love this man for his being, thoughts and voice. I think though, that human beings, being indifferent and exploitive to the suffering of animals, all of nature and other humans, we are doomed to eventually blow ourselves off the face of the earth. COVID, along with weather, wildfires, tsunamis, earthquakes, other virus (not seen yet)... the red flags all are there. Take a closer look at the wet meat markets in all of SE Asia, where wildlife, dogs, cats, skinned and/or cooked alive. I'm afraid the reckoning will be coming. Our species is just not blood thirsty, it is sadistic and diabolical. Putin and the Kremlin should be wearing costumes and burn crosses in front of St. Basil's Cathedral. Maybe Biden would be able to see clearly where Putin is coming from since now he believes we should turn back the Russian rhetoric.

[@petergreenwood7731]

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[@richardjasiowski1421]

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[@kenharris5390]

Through his company Blackstone, Larry Fink can stop climate change.

[@treefrog3349]

The startling and baffling reality is that we, as a species, have long recognized, extolled, and proliferated our awareness of the "right thing to do" - and then we don't do them! All too often we do the diametric opposite of our finer sensibilities. The continued use of planet-destroying fossil fuels is a paramount example. There are many others. Our planetary unwillingness to do the things that are necessary, is an exact parallel to a heroin addict who is unwilling and unable to give up his lethal habit even though he realizes that it is a death sentence.

[@philipsagalla7909]

It shows our inability to do it.we know it is right but knowledge cannot equal action

[@pa010689]

Intéressant mais il manque l'aspect déplétion des ressources dans son analyse. Or sur le court terme, il s'agit d'un risque au moins aussi important que le changement climatique ou la guerre nucléaire. Les énergies fossiles (notamment le pétrole) sont une pierre angulaire dont on ne peut se passer pour comprendre les enjeux actuels. Vision et analyse lacunaires donc, et aussi superficielles sur certains aspects, en ce sens qu'elles se braquent (comme beaucoup d'autres) sur le modèle capitaliste, qui émerge en fait directement de la nature humaine confrontée à l'abondance de ressources. Bref, restons critiques, quand bien même c'est un monsieur de 93 ans qui parle.

[@blackenedblue5401]

Did you not watch the interview? He addressed resource depletion

[@henryhill3778]

"Haircut and Shave 2 bits" You would think that with that brain, he'd be smart enough to know to look decent on camera.

[@angelozachos8777]

The DNC Gate-Keeper of all DNC Gate-Keepers

[@davejohnson6913]

i don't really understand but then again i am not an expert but why would Noam criticize the Hungarian president he was elected he won it is democracy and that's what the people want ?? So not sure Noam knows everything I guess he is just human and makes mistakes as well ..

[@sismique]

Because that president meanwhile has basically become a soft dictator, changing the constitution and damaging democracy. Putin was elected fairly, and now he is "president" for life. Chomsky is of course not 100% right, and it shouldn't disappoint you, but on this topic, he is not nuts.

[@davejohnson6913]

@@sismique i was refering to the Hungarian President that Noam has critisized

[@chrissennfelder7249]

Democracy does not automatically lead to the election of democratic leaders. One of the defining characteristics of democracy is that every political ideology can potentially get the majority of votes. So it's just normal that in some countries people elect authoritarians / populists. Churchill once said: "Democracy is the worst form of government - except for all the others that have been tried." This sums it up quite nicely.

[@davejohnson6913]

@@chrissennfelder7249 Don't see anything wrong with the way the Hungarian president wants to manage his country and the majority of Hungarians are happy to preserve there culture without being bombarded by outside influences . Long live Hungarian pride

[@chrissennfelder7249]

@@davejohnson6913 I think national identitarianism always leads to bad things in the long run. Preserving local cultures is important, but sacrificing freedom of speech and the protection of minorities for it? Not worth it imho. Besides, there has always been contact between different cultures. Isolationism is absurd. I'm German, so I can tell you that my country has had its fair share of experience with nationalist agendas. Let's just say that it didn't go too well.

[@nunoa.fernandes6541]

Chomsky is a modern day prophet.

[@thank_you2933]

Sadguru is the one.

[@MOON-gn7et]

Noam a dit beaucoup de choses intéressantes mais aussi quelques belles inepties, pour ne pas dire plus.... en particulier prôner la vaccination obligatoire et traiter les non vax ou non pass d irresponsables pour ne pas dire plus aussi.....

[@sismique]

Comme toujours on juge comme inepte ce avec quoi on n'est pas d'accord. ;)

[@blackenedblue5401]

He never advocated for compulsory vaccination

[@paifu.]

43:30 Ukraine No Fly Zone

[@jorgegallo3261]

Mostly d'accord, but NOT on Israel, not at all, and I'm not Jewish! Israel is an obvious oasis of civilization in the Mideast, so blessedly different from the surrounding countries. The Palestinian/Islamic permanent obsession with violence will keep them poor and underdeveloped forever. One feels sorry for the individual Palestinians oppressed by their manipulative leaders.

[@EmmanuelIstace]

neo-colonialisme / ethno-centrisme / neo-orientalisme / propagande

[@notallrocknroll]

You cannot be serious. It's hardly civilised to murder journalists or to purpose-build a ship in order to steal gas from Lebanon. Israel is despicable.

[@blackenedblue5401]

Israel is a murderous apartheid state

[@222ableVelo]

What a consistently stubborn and dumb human being. He's approaching 100 years old and still cannot judge correctly between good and evil. And he's been doing this his entire life. Wow! I hope he finds Jesus Christ soon, his only hope.

[@sismique]

Lol. What's your criteria to judge evil and good? I am curious. Remind me, how many millions died in the name of god or Jesus? How much suffering had so many to endure from people convinced they were doing "good" according to their god? Is it that simple, really? Think harder and don't be so quick to judge (I think that's somewhere in the Bible, isn't it?)

[@paulkohut6347]

J'aime beaucoup Noam mais sur la question de l'Ukraine, il se trompe complètement et là, je suspecte son anti-américanisme invétéré d'en être la cause. Il est complètement absurde de penser que l'OTAN pose une menace d'agression quelconque aux Russes, ni tactique ni stratégique. De nos jours la proximité de l'installation de lanceurs et de missiles n'a plus aucune importance, vu la vitesse à laquelle volent ces engins (dont les Russes sont très fiers d'ailleurs). Qui plus est, les Russes ont le plus grand arsenal de têtes nucléaires (plus de 4000, de quoi détruire plusieurs centaines de fois la planète) et ce n'est pas fini, ils continuent de pomper un argent fou dans le développement d'armes toujours plus puissantes et destructrices (la destruction, c'est une des caractéristiques fondamentales du monde russe). Depuis l'invasion de la Russie, on a bien vu que l'OTAN n'a (et n'avait) aucune intention d'attaquer la Russie. En ce qui concerne la livraison d'armes et de savoir-faire à l'Ukraine, qui et de quel droit devrait s'opposer à cela? Les USA ont signé le Mémorandum de Budapest qui devait garantir l'intégrité territoriale de l'Ukraine en cas d'agression. Or c'est un des co-signataires dudit Mémorandum qui a agressé l'Ukraine, j'ai nommé la Fédération de Russie. Le fait que les pays d'Europe Centrale ont demandé leur adhésion à l'OTAN s'explique historiquement: ils ont connu les affres de la guerre des Allemands et l'oppression soviético-russe. Qui pourrait leur reprocher de chercher une protection efficace et durable? Vu l'évolution de la guerre et le nouveau discours de Poutine et de ses acolytes maffieux, à savoir qu'ils veulent créer la nouvelle russie en Ukraine, c'est-à-dire une occupation agressive, il est clair que ces pays avaient tout à fait raison de se méfier de l'ours russe et que, si l'OTAN n'avait pas été si présent en Europe Centrale, il y a longtemps que Poutine aurait tenté sa chance de prendre l'Ukraine.

[@richardravenclaw318]

he's not anti american, but he does object to the official us government narrative which is usually a fat pack of lies. the us government does not represent the american people who are largely uninformed and easily deceived. the usa is not a force for good in this world.

[@blackenedblue5401]

How do you say "russiagate" in French? Because you have are eating up the Hilary Clinton Russiagate propaganda; like so many, you have been russiagated.

[@paulkohut6347]

@@blackenedblue5401 i have nothing at all. I know Ukraine and Russia inside out. I don't need Clinton. I'm seeing refugees every day. Most of them speak Russian. You think they're fleei ng Kyiw regime? No, they're fleeing Russian bombing and violence. They don't want to be 'liberated' by a fascist terrorist regime.

[@benlauer7636]

Why are the French relied on so commonly to interview this great thinker, perhaps the greatest thinker of all time? They have proved time and time again that they are anti-American, slow-thinking to the point of painfulness, and naive as children in regard to understanding power and responsibility.

[@sismique]

1/ yes I am French, but it doesn't define me. 2/ can you specify what you didn't like in that conversation, that will be helpful. Otherwise it's just noise.

[@benlauer7636]

@@sismique Being French doesn't define you? As I said, naive as children.