Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent

[@decadentanciennebourgeoisie]

Churchill once said: “There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.”

[@lunam7249]

generational illuminatti, born and bred

[@happygofishing]

he was one of them mate.

[@mrkingjesse378]

Good point tho. There is no public opinion.

[@northstar92]

you're not accounting for those of us who don't shout their opinions from rooftops and dehumanize those who disagree.

[@HnTr_VDH]

He could never have predicted the power of the internet tho, that quotes a bit outdated Now it’s at least billions of opinions “published” by any individual everyday.

[@chestermandelbrot6903]

" If you don't have a seat at the table, you are probably on the menu".

[@MothaLuva]

...or watching the whole stupidity from a distance, being neither at the table, nor on the menu.

[@MothaLuva]

@Tamera Bonner Find a way. There are some even without the option „suicide“.

[@go0b3rtron7]

@Tamera Bonner Just cause you're not at the table or on the menu doesn't mean you are not watching it all happen or that you're not IN the same reality. Nina Simone said it best - Freedom is a feeling, freedom is no fear. As long as another persons idea scares you (ie a conspiracy theory/possible negative outcome of sorts) you will not have the freedom of choice in that which governs your mind and therefore you will be either eating or eaten. Freedom of will has always been hindered by fear in humanity.

[@seymoorepoone9512]

Actually I’m the dishwasher.

[@feltstuffing]

@@seymoorepoone9512 personally am the plate

[@pm6613]

I find that most people cannot grasp the reality of the corporate control we all are under.

[@elminero49]

Unfortunately Big Pharma manufactured COVID consent even in Noam Chomsky.

[@ginaherrera3166]

Everyone is in deep denial. This problem only seems to be getting worse every day that passes. Not many people know what to do to get out of what i like to call ''the cycle of survival''. Until we can all collectively remove our complacency aka 'consent' , this viscous cycle we're all in will not be broken.

[@ginaherrera3166]

@nicknayl0r Are you asking about the percentage of those people? It's small in comparison to those that don't see an issue with it. The conundrum is that because we're still a part of the collective, we get dragged down by the majority who like to glamorize the grind lifestyle. Its just a bunch of gaslighting and brainwashing to make us think that hard labor is something to strive for. Maybe it is for some, but not for someone like me.

[@shawnbarron2455]

And you used KZbin to voice this complaint?

[@S.D.323]

@@shawnbarron2455 uhh you criticize society yet you live in it HYPOCRISY exposed!

[@pandakso3365]

Noam Chomsky has really always been 90 years old

[@johnmpandaguta3289]

Damn straight

[@fleckx]

"They don't have to 'control' it, they OWN it."

[@soulpanda5616]

I loved that person's, "Oh Shit!" look as he contemplated that line.

[@icarus6651]

They have owned it for a long long time. To the point there is no will to change that. Our elders have failed us.

[@richardalvarado845]

Wealthy people are going to die just as well as poor people in the end. They just leave more behind. I don't feel so bad.

[@AVdubs1]

I don't understand this quote. Don't the owners have to issue orders to enact their agenda. In other words, don't they have to 'control' the media agenda otherwise they are not setting the agenda, free market economics will natural set the agenda.

[@Bojonni]

POINT BLANK PERIOD!

[@OakCliffTX82]

“If you don’t have to pay for the product... you ARE the product”. Not sure why everyone is so surprised by Facebook “scandal”.

[@OakCliffTX82]

dmonkface they do it differently to every socio-economic group. Each level up it becomes more sophisticated, so people can readily identify it amongst other groups outside their own, but become blind to the fact that it’s happening to them. There are common characteristics with members of same group. Almost herd mentality. People in search of same thing eventually settle in same type of communities & over time become more and more alike. Similar income, jobs, houses, interests, cars, clubs... it becomes easier to identify groups and market people. That’s what all the data mining, surveys, geo-tagging and internet search algorithms are all about.

[@danaadalaide5648]

We are the slave, a product of the system that lives for the system whether we work or not, consuming and creating.

[@syourke3]

Yes!! Brilliant but obvious when you reflect on it.

[@electrasong]

Facebook is one of the worst. Yes, you 'are' the product, and they take everything you post as their property.

[@ferbernardo1]

what about linux, and other open source projects? I think its not only the case, that you become the product. It more depends on who develops the product

[@richardbarry04553]

And now in 2018 we’re down to 6 media conglomerates in the US

[@NyetTube]

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[@isthisshit4real]

@Tony - Wikipedia is biased. Anyone can edit it and it bows to the corporate overlords. I just learned that. So now we have to source check Wikipedia. Smdh

[@NilesBlackX]

And now even fewer

[@remembertotakeshowerspleas355]

@@isthisshit4real ...You always had to source check wikipedia, that what the citations are there for.

[@roseblack6342]

@Tony that's accurate. ive seen that stat in multiple places that i trust.

[@RISE-327]

Fast forward , 2023 everything Noam has said is more relevant than ever.

[@sirsnek6562]

It was just as relevant back then as it is now

[@James-kv6kb]

And the intelligence of the American people keeps diminishing by the day lol

[@Blackpilled_Kremlin_Tsarina30]

​@@James-kv6kb Exactly 💯

[@Waldemar_la_Tendresse]

And unfortunately it will remain so until the masses finally realize that they are being screwed for life. Sometimes I wonder when people will finally get their pitchforks out and give the rabble up there a proper opinion.

[@matthewscott4629]

"80% whose role is not to think or pay attention to anything" 😢

[@Morbidlynx1]

pretty damn accurate, sadly.

[@X8X8X6X4X]

How the military works

[@BarrickMacready]

We are wide awake now, mfer is world wide

[@matthewscott4629]

@@BarrickMacready who is wide awake?

[@peternielsen8601]

Yes, they are completely robots. Zombies. SCARY!

[@walkingman8943]

Chomsky has put vast amounts of time, and critical thinking, into the topics that are presented in his speeches (and thus, these videos); yet, somehow 90% or more of the posted comments here seem to miss the mark and delve into liberal/conservative ideological wars. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@EndrChe]

I agree. Both sides are full of shit. All Chomsky does is recite facts.

[@marshallzane7735]

Ender Che In the case of democrat and republican (liberal and conservative) you are mostly correct. However if you think both left an right in general are equal evils in every case then you are blind.

[@EndrChe]

@@marshallzane7735 lol

[@jalushorton1444]

By definition everyone is conservitive and liberal too a extent,if your in power you divide the powerless so they fight each other instead of you

[@toddvanfleet8576]

Of course they do. It's a polarized nation now. We too are programmed by the programming inputs we watch, read, listen to ,absorb by osmosis it's so omnipresent. Thus proving chomsky's whole point . The powers that be are "Manufacturing Consent " And We the People are the product of it.

[@Andreabella_518]

Can I just opt out of society

[@charlesalan62]

Sounds like you already have.

[@TCt83067695]

Where would you go tho?

[@shawnfreeman3932]

Thats what they want you to think. How about you go the other direction, get involved in politics, and make sure these crooks never take office?

[@indigowendigo8464]

It's called Wyoming

[@danielalexander1157]

No, that’s illegal

[@hunniebe6]

Modern man does not think about current problems; he feels them. He reacts, but he does not understand them any more than he takes responsibility for them. He is even less capable of spotting any inconsistency between successive facts; man's capacity to forget is unlimited. This is one of the most important and useful points for the propagandist, who can always be sure that a particular propaganda theme, statement, or event will be forgotten within a few weeks. ― Jacques Ellul

[@curtiste3235]

Powerfully said!

[@FUEGOSTARR]

SMH…

[@Iv4Bez]

the most funny thing is that propagondists isn't immune to that either they're lying not because they want to hide the truth - but because they don't know the truth

[@RKroese]

Lol, doesn't work on me. I don't even fncking listen to anything anymore.

[@furerorban1488]

antisemitic creep Chomsky was a regular guest on Epstein's pedo island, but in his case it's not a problem because of his highly regarded anti-Semitic hatred

[@rishabhkumardwivedi]

As a wise man once said Media is not here to serve the Public, Media is here to serve it's purpose, the purpose ought to serve it's Masters.

[@RoseTechServices]

*its (no apostrophe)

[@josef2012]

Institutions are meant to serve people,not the other way around ❤

[@maxprescott9371]

@@josef2012Well said !

[@MatthewForysIsHere]

I have always wondered why there was a freedom of press to the extent that Press could be a multinational corporation. the constitution was created to protect the rights of American Citizens, so it makes sense that it should protect the right of an individual and/or his/her family to produce publications ...but not what we have today. that just seems to have gone furthest away from the 'spirit' of the law and away from the reason it was included.

[@haticeergun7618]

@@RickPeterson-xp9tc Do you..!?

[@DanMason2025]

Chomsky is often described as one of the best-known figures of the American left, although he doesn't agree with the usage of the term. He has described himself as a "fellow traveller" to the anarchist tradition, and refers to himself as a libertarian socialist, a political philosophy he summarizes as challenging all forms of authority and attempting to eliminate them if they are unjustified for which the burden of proof is solely upon those who attempt to exert power. He identifies with the labor-oriented anarcho-syndicalist current of anarchism in particular cases, and is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. He also exhibits some favor for the libertarian socialist vision of participatory economics, himself being a member of the Interim Committee for the International Organization for a Participatory Society.

[@marcusgorvin175]

I guess some people need all that explained.

[@courage146]

Thank you for your concise, easy-to-understand summary.

[@goodsirknight]

CEOofFRESH1 is it leftist?

[@pedrobigpapi]

When someone starts a sentence by calling one of the most important and relevant political thinkers of our generation "Chompsky", you know it's going to have clear and concise argumentative points.

[@pedrobigpapi]

Leftist globalists do not run our media. There is absolutely no disputing this. There, my argument has as much credibility as yours.

[@QuranTalk]

Audit The Media. Just like we have nutrition labels on food packages, media companies and academic journals should have to clearly disclose who are their funding sources, Twitter, KZbin, Google, Facebook should have to disclose their ranking algorithms. These institutions need to be audited and provide more transparency.

[@Wop-a-hoe]

La la land.. 🤣😂 y’all freaking eat gmo food, drink water trusting it. Cuz they said it is safe. Listen to ear tickling nonsense cuz it is an imaginary delusion, bring your communist / Marxist/ socialist mindset here they implement a theory of the same and you have no understand of our countries foundational background or who and where it came from. They tell you glorify criminals because they refuse to comply and are victims of police brutality, but never mention the resistance the accused did while on illegal substances that are used to euthanize or eat you up within, they told you so, so do it. why? Under an authoritarian regime and have no clue what the amendments or the confederate flag means.. 🤐 so much for the dream 😴

[@TheSitambien]

the problem is who will audit the media? The goberment? both are the problem: el estado y el capital.

[@CarefulHowYouStep]

and just like nutrition labels, there will be plenty of lies and hidden ingredients. there will be backers and investors who push agendas that you are never aware of. it will only make them sneakier. the answer is self-responsibility. grow up and quit pushing the responsibility onto corporations, they will never accept it and will always utilize it in an abusive, irresponsible manner. take accountability for yourself for once. the lack of accountability is why we are where we are.

[@pierregravel-primeau702]

They do. What would it change? Half of media say that all the problem of society is caused by poor white male while the other 50% say that all the problems are caused by poor black males while all say that Elon Musk and Bezoss are Heroes-genius...

[@Concerned_one]

@@TheSitambienumm why not private auditing companies?

[@celiacruzazucar6630]

Iam so dumbfounded to hear him speak in the 80's 70's & 60's of such relevant circumstances we currently are dwelling.

[@davidschhh]

he knew while the rest of us were ignorant. it really shows they did a great job at distracting us, making sure we weren’t thinking or paying attention

[@thecreativeprocess-pureima3389]

The fact that Noam Chomsky is never allowed on any major TV network proves his argument.

[@butters4596]

But the same comment doesn't work for Trump somehow.

[@theopinionisthighqualityopinio]

There's a reason for that. It's not that he's not allowed. It's that he's kept off on purpose, by the people he works for, to keep up the façade that he's not on the inside. In fact though, he's ALWAYS been a gatekeeper for the people and entities he criticizes. A gatekeeper's job is to tell you just enough truth to be believable and then to open or close the gate when people get too close to the truth. Chomsky has been well-known to be a gatekeeper, for decades.

[@Drggg46]

@@theopinionisthighqualityopinioand what's the "truth" , persay?

[@Domedwho]

@@theopinionisthighqualityopinioChomsky? Or trump?? Lmao

[@theopinionisthighqualityopinio]

@@Domedwho Both of them. It's worse than too bad that the majority of people don't realize that they're both members of the same infamous Club.

[@hildaenjoyer8862]

How's he able to breakdown such complex concepts so nearly anyone can understand it is truly amazing. What a gift this man has been and what loss he shall be.

[@shakey3306]

He actually didn’t in this video, it’s pretty confusing, i’ll have to read the book

[@levs2751]

mhm

[@derekpierkowski7641]

Good RIDENCE He's a pedophile

[@OmniNeon900]

I mean, if you take business and economics classes it gets pretty easy.

[@iyziejane]

He's a bigot who called for unvaccinated people to be removed from society. Fake philosopher promoted because of the culture he comes from.

[@freekluiten]

"Manufacturing consent" that is beautifully put

[@WagsAutomotive]

And they knew this 40 years ago. Look what's happened in 40 years....

[@BeeDunc]

'Crystallizing Public Opinion' and 'Propaganda' by Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud and father of PR, were written in 1923 and 1928 respectively. They've known it for much longer and have perfected it by now.

[@sizlax]

​@@BeeDunc They've known it even longer than that. Like historical documentation on the detailed workings of imperialism. But that's the thing when it comes to capitalism; it's a system that appears to be working ideally because it's success is bound by the shared perception that it's working ideally. Or in more clear terms, it's a system run on mass deception of the people through propaganda. It even goes beyond the educational institutions and mainstream media. These days, the most effective tool of American propaganda, is the entertainment/social media. I'd argue that Netflix/Disney plus, and Facebook/KZbin have a more widespread effect than the news at this point.

[@TheWithoutLawMan]

(((They)))

[@3-Kashmir]

Do people still think the protocols of the learned elders of zion is just conspiracy!

[@justagoodlifes]

“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”

[@sandstorm_by_darude]

Does that mean disabled people and the LGBT community control the mass media? jk lol

[@TheMuslimMan1337]

@@trippybruh1592 Zionists*

[@moniqueloomis9772]

@Chad K What do you mean? Black people are not only criticized, but murdered. Consider Hollywood and the way the media presents white women. If you question their lies (Amber Heard and Johnny Depp) and even ask for more evidence you are shut down!

[@moniqueloomis9772]

@Stale Bagelz YES! IT IS. The OP and the ones so quick to like the comment proved the purpose of this video. They are a part of the brainwashed 80% who are consenting to division from their fellow citizens. Ridiculous. Ironic, too.

[@moniqueloomis9772]

@Mojambosan Did you WATCH the video? Or are you a Russian Bot meant to sew more division in the USA? Or are you just another 80%? No critical thinking skills to bust yourself out of a wet paper bag with scissors in your hands.

[@arthurwashburn7624]

I love Truth.

[@philiphammar]

Please elaborate.

[@6iaZkMagW7EFs]

Ph L What is truth? Where can I find some? Is it expensive? Is it on sale at target?

[@6iaZkMagW7EFs]

Arthur Washburn I'd like to borrow some of yours, if you don't mind.

[@wespark2448]

But how do I know that's even true...

[@Jao123456100]

I hate it but I must have it.

[@Ancienregime8090]

When you realize we already live in a dystopia

[@NorthStar420]

Omg shut the fuck up you drama queen

[@thomash226]

NorthStar371 If you were aware of the alternatives you’d think it was a dystopia too

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

Well yes but honestly it could be worse

[@YourUncle8501]

Will be, @gigachad,, will be

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

@@YourUncle8501 i know

[@brentbauer8258]

This needs to be taught openly in school

[@legendofLINK445]

They definitely don’t want this taught in school. School is another form of control, they can make the future generations think how THEY want them to think. They can choose what to teach, or what not to teach. I would say school is worse than any media, because it’s programmed into children.

[@fron645]

In the schools regulated by the same people that control the media and government? Okay.

[@bryanbryan2968]

Many many years ago on a college campus not so far away, I and my fellow anthropology classmates were given an assignment to attend and take notes at a free Noam Chomsky lecture on campus. As far as I can recall, we were all turned away and barred from the auditorium where he spoke. I dashed around the building and tried to listen in from various locations near and outside the venue, but would eventually be curbed from even listening to Chomsky’s speech. Days later, our professor was furious at the campus security’s reaction to the ordeal, which was curious because we had just endured what much of our courses’ subject matter was about.

[@Ridinfixinman]

What was the reason given for not admitting you and your classmates?

[@hilakummins3104]

​@Eric Enfield were they security for him or the uni

[@bryanbryan2968]

​ @hilakummins3104, @ericenfield2193 Sorry about my late response. According to my professor, it was very vague why we could not attend the lecture. It may have been a nearly full assembly, since I had a glimpse of it for a second, but a small group of student security kept hounding me(they were student age) and I almost think they were self important individuals who were messing with me and may not have actually been security but were sort of a 'vigilante security' who discovered an important intellectual was coming to town and thought it would empower them to push some snobby students around to show who was boss ... self appointed posse or goons. My guess.

[@Ridinfixinman]

@@bryanbryan2968 no worries on the late response - thanks for taking the time to fill us in.

[@RedSiegfried]

Consider yourself lucky.

[@ALA87]

this explains why society feels so shallow and empty.

[@rr7firefly]

When some people realize they are just shells of a true human being instead of self-improvement they start buying things they don't need. Or distracting themselves with mindless and unproductive entertainment. And then there is the old reliable: oblivion by dulling the mind, with drugs or tamasic foods. You wonder why there are so many obese people in shopping malls, grocery stores and low-priced restaurants? No need to wonder.

[@Sam-um9nu]

Drinker_Of_ Milk im my own christ

[@Sam-um9nu]

Drinker_Of_ Milk how does me achieving christ hood equate to hell? you think only one dude can become chrystal?

[@GyroZeppel]

Drinker_Of_ Milk what makes you believe that a book written by multiple different human men over 2000 years ago is the word of god, and at the same time that all other religions have it wrong? I would love to hear the reason for your confidence.

[@GyroZeppel]

Drinker_Of_ Milk that happens in at least three other religions I can think of off the top of my head and I don’t even know the details of every religion out there. Again your evidence for that is the Bible which is a story written by men over 2000 years ago, so I don’t see how you can be so confident that you are correct.

[@99.9percent9]

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....

[@johnmpandaguta3289]

Facts

[@aichael326]

If you still think you're free in a free country, watch this video over and over

[@alexcarter8807]

" .... not to think" - So true. And there's a difference between "not paid to think" and "paid to not think" - the latter is very common in the US.

[@AfterbrunchDelight]

This makes a lot of sense right now. 2020.

[@festus569]

Noam Chomsky is right as usual.

[@Yoshiaki48CIV]

Yeah, fighting against conspiracy of evil people. as always.

[@televikkuntdaowuxing]

I Love the Nation of Israel! Fucking nothing to do with it. The alt right finds comfort in being alert against an inexistent “complot” that apparently threads our society, Chomsky on the other side of the spectrum, as all left thinkers, analyses first WHAT REALLY means “thread”, “danger”, and the direct and indirect causes and mediums of it, evaluates and reevaluates where they really come from, the point of centralization, and comes to the conclusion these threads are already happening everywhere in different societies, in fact they have always happened.

[@giuseppegaribaldi4787]

*left

[@serovea333]

@@televikkuntdaowuxing There's no such thing as the alt-right, stop post posturing on behalf of what the mainstream media has told you. Learn to speak to people first without giving into the impression that everyone who doesn't share your views must be a boogeyman.

[@thomash226]

Serovea There is definitely such a thing

[@mchammer5592]

It’s not what is true, but what people think is true that makes the world go round

[@chavoloco1666]

Bruh gravity makes it go round

[@MLBlue30]

Too legit to quit.

[@قهقاع]

This video should be in all schools, all around world.

[@fridge3489]

Gotta spread the word. Tell em what you heard. Gonna make a better day.

[@wakeupscreaming9883]

I saved this to my harddrive, in case Google ever decides to start censoring or deplatforming information like this.

[@DivineHeart734]

@@mirabella2222 Are you serious?

[@DivineHeart734]

@@mirabella2222 Are you serious?

[@SweetSourPickle]

@@DivineHeart734 ofc not but it can happen in the near future.

[@hotaruishere2133]

That's a great idea. Save it to a USB too.

[@surgec]

They teach entire courses about Chomsky in most colleges (and other thought leaders throughout history- Marx, Churchill, Adam Smith, etc). I’d recommend all of you youngsters double major in Political Science and Economics. It’s cool to see how a lot of these theories are exercised not only in the government but within corporate structures. I’ve been working in the corporate world for 11 years now and I owe a lot of my management skills to ideas that come from big thinkers like Chomsky.

[@Bing35P]

that 80% is probably more than 95% now

[@armanflint]

The likes vs dislikes of this video are almost representative of the same percentage (3000 to 35). 90% order followers vs 10% political class.

[@JS-qg1ie]

Derek Miller that’s not even 2%

[@joshpollack5936]

yeah most of the educated are in the 95% but the top phd students. however, these students are so deep in debt from the cost of school and so well indoctrinated in the system that they will willingly serve to corporate masters, or jump right back in the education bubble to become teachers, and continue the indoctrination of the young.

[@rich1051414]

@dmonkface The 'political class' are the upper middle class. The 'educated voters', the ones who are politically aware, and are not controlled by fear mongering and misinformation. By in large, liberals(at this current time, in the US). Though many are also conservative, but they are currently labeled 'rinos' by current republicans. This changes over time.

[@ryanthackston3439]

@@rich1051414 Both political parties have educated voters. Left and right media also fear monger in their own way. The main idea is to take make you react emotionally. Never trust someone who tries to ring your emotions.

[@notallrocknroll]

Mr. Daniel Ellsberg at 4:53 🕊 - a man to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for his service to humanity. Same goes for Julian Assange, and I hope we realise it in time to set free, this man of great courage and integrity.

[@bahhep123]

This book and another book by Edward Bernays "Propaganda" are the most important books for all to read, if they want to know how the real systems of the world works.

[@brickbilly7019]

There is a documantary called 'Century of the self'. You mention Edward Bernays there, I assure you that if you have read that book, the documantary will blow your mind my friend. Happy viewing👍

[@Vejita12]

Age of Manipulation, Wilson Brian Key

[@blakewoodcrest4403]

Edward Bernays is the absolute “serpentor” of “propaganda”, which he championed as you stated, starting with PROPAGANDA, which he also dubbed: The Engineering of Consent. In certain persuasions of culture and “philosophies”, this is nota phenomenon; we who are propagandized are at the bottom of the totem pole, in regard to pertinent education, foremost.

[@brickbilly7019]

@@blakewoodcrest4403 If you are interested in EB and the mechanics of propaganda, there is a brilliant documantary called 'Century of the self'. It's a 4 hour long doc that is split into four parts. I'm pretty sure it is on KZbin actually! I was unaware that Bernays was Sigmund Frued's nephew until I watched it (Bernays traded Cigars to his uncle, for copies of Frued's psychological studies) and I'm half way into my psychotherapy degree😅.

[@blakewoodcrest4403]

@@brickbilly7019 I appreciate it. I have seen that series, but I go further into his ancestry, which includes several high “ranking” and influential rabbis. As a side note, it can be overwhelming and quite a trip down the rabbit hole, but they design it like that for a reason. These folks are psychopaths that obviously have egos greater than history, so they tend to boast in a vast sense.

[@monabram4955]

I still remember my niece sending me a video of her son playing in a high school band. The very first thing I noticed was a huge sign placed behind them with one word, conform. I was completely stunned and asked her about it. Sadly, although she was surprised when I addressed the issue she hadn't even noticed it until I brought it to her attention!

[@jackiebayliss]

Remember the movie They Live . Roddy Piper called it a documentary.

[@ABDULLAH86SA]

What's conform suppose to mean?

[@davidschhh]

@@ABDULLAH86SAit means to stick to the status quo and be the 80% (the people who don’t think or pay attention)

[@dagoelius]

"TV rots the brain"- Freddy Krueger.

[@NZENZN]

shit quote, too vague

[@tsundoku5733]

Then so does KZbin.

[@jinxscript]

what the sigma?

[@Fightrec]

We need preserve this mans lectures as so as many others

[@taylordunham8608]

Yeah, let’s start with the one where he says people who refuse vaccination should be forced against their will to leave or create a lower society. Spent his whole life warning about the dangers of government but missed their mistress of multinational corporations. Government is probably the mistress now, pzifer and Moderna pulled enough weight to influence global events so they certainly got a bit more skin in the game than little ole government.

[@chrisalister2297]

Very true. The problem is these videos of truth are on platforms that are owned by the elite. At any time, they can just wipe it out.

[@chrishornet67]

I like the documentary, but I wouldn't want people to get the wrong idea about the book Manufacturing Consent. The book demonstrates limitations of the media, regardless of whether you think this is the result of a purposeful agenda by a specialized class, by presenting a propaganda model as the logical conclusions of a detailed explanation of the economic constraints of the media. A few quotes from the first chapter, which are supported with specific evidence and elaborated on to great detail in the book, are below to give some idea. "A propaganda model focuses on this inequality of wealth and power and its multilevel effects on mass-media interests and choices. It traces the routes by which money and power are able to filter out the news fit to print, marginalize dissent, and allow the government and dominant private interests to get their messages across to the public. The essential ingredients of our propaganda model, or set of news "filters," fall under the following headings: (1) the size, concentrated ownership, owner wealth, and profit orientation of the dominant mass-media firms; (2) advertising as the primary income source of the mass media; (3) the reliance of the media on information provided by government, business, and "experts" funded and approved by these primary sources and agents of power; (4) "flak" as a means of disciplining the media; and (5) "anticommunism" as a national religion and control mechanism." "The elite domination of the media and marginalization of dissidents that results from the operation of these. filters occurs so naturally that media news people, frequently operating with complete integrity and goodwill, are able to convince themselves that they choose and interpret the news "objectively" and on the basis of professional news values." "Before advertising became prominent, the price of a newspaper had to cover the costs of doing business. With the growth of advertising, papers that attracted ads could afford a copy piece well below production costs. This put papers lacking in advertising at a serious disadvantage: their prices would tend to be higher, curtailing sales, and they would have less surplus to invest in improving the salability of the paper (features, attractive format, promotion, etc.). For this reason, an advertising-based system will tend to drive out of existence or into marginality the media companies and types that depend on revenue from sales alone. With advertising, the free market does not yield a neutral system in which final buyer choice decides. The advertisers' choices influence media prosperity and survival."

[@inmundo6927]

"With advertising, the free market does not yield a neutral system in which final buyer choice decides". That ONLY if you ASSUME the following: That "The advertisers' choices influence media prosperity and survival..." to the point were the individual makes NO CHOICES whatsoever. And THAT is a loooong stretch. By that token we can say advertisers themselves are under some sort of spell (profit) which compels them to "advertise" not for the good of humanity, but for their own good. Was that not the case BEFORE advertisement? Meaning, is advertising at fault here? And also, how do you take advertisement out of any "business" equation? I mean, you want to sell something: isn't "talking about it", the fact that you got something to sell, already some form of advertisement? When you look for jobs, aren't you then advertising your own capabilities? as being above the rest of competitors? Well, to me, that's Chomsky's biggest fallacy. Of course advertisement is an easy culprit, but aren't we all responsible in the end? Of course, he puts it, again, in a way as though we are all instead simply helpless victims. That's the way Chomsky puts it, transforming us all, by definition, into "victims" of the devices of a dominant and all knowing class.

[@inmundo6927]

ok, that was a bit long, but what I wanted to say basically is: "With advertising, the free market does not yield a neutral system..." How could any commercial system lack any form of advertisement???? Am I not allowed to talk about the product I want to sell to you?? How do I even come about selling it then?????! How is there free market AT ALL if I am not allowed to say, whatever I want to say about what I got to offer???? Then if you buy it and does not come to the expectations I set up you simply won't buy from me again. ---> I can only but see a free market mechanism here at work. WITH or WITHOUT advertisement.

[@Shelly-cp7gj]

Thank you. Amazingly written. Powerful truth:

[@patymoonkaraoke]

Stop consuming. Think for yourself, question authority.

[@chaz693]

Unionize, strike, riot

[@M1XEDBAG]

Chaz that’s been going on for a long time and it hasn’t changed anything

[@M1XEDBAG]

Chaz I suggest voting with your dollar. Give it to small local businesses you trust. And when they try to buy that small business out start your own or support a smaller one

[@chaz693]

@@M1XEDBAG The whole concept of voting with our dollar is a joke. If we vote with our dollar in this economy that means economic influence is determined by wealth. The wealthier you are, the more influence you have. We need to fight for actual economic democracy, not indulge ourselves with pathetic free market fantasies that don't accomplish anything.

[@chaz693]

@@M1XEDBAG Striking and unions have accomplished more than voting with our money ever has.

[@RobertCoulter-dg1qf]

Truth is never lost.

[@nocantry]

My recommendations are getting good. I think I'm on the right path.

[@giselaswaragita1326]

"And now I can't sleep from years of apathy All because I read a little Noam Chomsky" Fat Mike, 2003

[@30secondvideos91]

Yess hahah

[@princesyntheticgut16g21]

Yep. It wasn’t high school that introduced me to Chomsky, it was fat mike.

[@lukhowitbooi8281]

Interesting to watch in our current times. No matter where you are.

[@GrubKiller436]

Now wonder KZbin has ads, some you can't skip immediately, some you can't skip at all.

[@l.palacio9076]

Lol use adblock and become a dissident

[@bulgingbattery2050]

All of the information in this video is 100% correct.

[@kaibaCorpHQ]

2:55 the problem now is there is no such thing as local media now...it's all Sinclair broadcasting. THANKS BILL CLINTON...who needs the communications act anyways...

[@tomcat9930]

Fcc under bush and bush appointee michael powell allowed corps to own multible channels and monopolize radio and tv channels..

[@jjgems5909]

@@tomcat9930 so they’re all full of shit?

[@BennyOcean]

This video was really well done. Bravo.

[@curtislamasters]

+BennyOcean If you didn't know, this is a short put together from a 2+ hour long video. The whole thing is worth a watch. Very informative.

[@adampeters7947]

The full film is called 'Manufacturing Concent: Noam Chomsky and the Media' and is 2:40hrs long. It's on YT. The most important documentary ever made, in my view.

[@cjfredi]

Such a fantastic intellect and wonderful communicator.

[@patrickross5509]

Thank you for all your brilliant work, Noam Chomsky.

[@macacoosnofa]

Good advice is show your own opinion, don’t let other people think for you, don’t wait to go to twitter to see how other people feel about, create your own vision and create new things instead of just consuming ordinary day to day things

[@jogendron6320]

That sounds good. Can I steal this?

[@SunnyAquamarine2]

7 years after this video was put on YT, 90% of the population still doesn't understand this. We're doomed.

[@kimmariefaber4636]

This comment is very cynical. I like to believe that more people are educated enough to understand it.

[@SunnyAquamarine2]

@@kimmariefaber4636 we can hope, I suppose

[@fukaibeats]

Don't say we're doomed man, be the change you wanna be in the world

[@PoPphys]

I started reading Chomsky and Zinn in the early ‘00s, I got real mad and then joined OWS. I quickly became terribly disillusioned with the leftist activists. So now I’m mad at the corporations AND the hippies. It’s not that we don’t understand, it’s that we tried and nothing got better so we moved out to the woods all like FTW!

[@peternielsen8601]

Yes, I cannot understand how people can be so stupid. How they can be so damn blind. I really dont get it!

[@dreamtobeapolyglot8444]

It's 2022 and people are still beleiving the media.

[@tiffanybuie2263]

Well it's 2023 and now the people ARE the media. And are controlled by it.theres no truth only a controlled perception of it.

[@AlextheENTP]

And will forever more. 🤪

[@KatiTheButcher]

@@AlextheENTP I think you are right. It will always be that way unless the modality is gone and even then I'm sure there is a plan for when that time comes.

[@AlextheENTP]

@@KatiTheButcher Without the media, there will still be good old-fashioned gossip. The lies will spread just fine.

[@taylordunham8608]

Even this Chomsky clown, when he was going around doing interviews advocating for unvaccinated people to be separated from “normal” society and basically put in a slum away from normal people…

[@jessieadore]

They’re running the play again

[@IturaldeRodel]

Very relevant today. More then ever.

[@catangelcarpenter5390]

This does feel dystopian and it's so sad that many of us are just realizing what we're actually living in. They have a century on us and they have become so evil and out of control that they are seeing humanity as toys for their pleasures. It's so disgusting 🤢

[@evilnet1]

"They" are human like us and if you had interests to protect and the power to do so, you'd be doing the same.

[@catangelcarpenter5390]

@@evilnet1 I don't think you caught the point of this video.

[@trevorwill]

He is “sir” Norton… must be one of the elite himself

[@peterparker9286]

​@@evilnet1um no they are not. You best get studying.

[@evilnet1]

@@peterparker9286 Ok tinfoil hatter

[@straydogbite]

IF everyone in this comment section went out and made some kind of positive change in their communities the world would be better off, including myself

[@c.galindo9639]

Yes it all comes down to who owns who, what are they overseeing, how do they operate, as well as a many other number of facets to consider into account. Fantastically well done video to review here

[@baptm727]

Looks like a dystopic movie, and it's frightening to know that all this is real.

[@cameraman_cez9343]

Baptiste Mollicone Your right and the fact most people wouldn’t even bother to care about the message he is telling us. This video should be the most views on YT

[@serpentzachary1340]

That is why Question everything that skill made me realize the lies that I have been told.

[@baptm727]

@@serpentzachary1340 yes skepticism is the first step towards truth.

[@inmundo6927]

@@baptm727 ironic, huh? How doubting is key to knowing.

[@searching616]

I never knew this was completely thought out and described before ❤

[@snylekkie]

Everything was. This planet has lots of scientists, and mostly everything is already described and stored in libraries. However people mostly watch tiktok

[@James-kv6kb]

Well you wouldn't be the first American to be distracted by Hollywood instead of actually getting an education and understanding what's going on

[@noodlz_666]

This is a great video, cheers to whoever put it together.

[@ruebenjesse]

Ironically enough, Chomsky himself is EXACTLY the limit of what the liberal media will allow when it comes to subversive thought. He is the "till here and no further" that he describes in this video.

[@Phil-D83]

Amazing how the elite media of the time this was filmed has fallen so far from grace

[@ajanigreen6101]

seriously when did they get so aggressive repetitive and unarticulated

[@wildfire9280]

@@ajanigreen6101 “The Rise (and Fall) of American News Ethics” places that around the decline of objectivism and legally-mandated social obligations.

[@mileswilliams527]

Have they though? Or have they moved in behind those that you perceive as being the new controllers?

[@Phil-D83]

@@mileswilliams527 you could at least believe the news at the time to some extent. Now it is a grim mockery of itself.

[@mileswilliams527]

@@Phil-D83 yeah that’s true I guess. It’s definitely gotten much worse.

[@abowlofsalad8812]

49 dislikes from the Washington Post, NY Times, and Bank of America.

[@frenchguitarguy1091]

A bowl of salad as well as Fox News, the daily mail, bbc news, the independent, Alex Jones, buzzfeed fuck it don’t trust the news

[@Cjnw]

Conservatives, in a nutshell

[@NikooBoi]

@@Cjnw pretty much all mainstream news are left leaning lol.

[@MADCHiCK3NFTW]

Lmao

[@Vejita12]

"Bank of America" No such thing.

[@yesreneau]

Hi, yes, Harvard grad here--part of the political elite... I loved how he said our cooperation is crucial... because I definitely know I'm not the only one in my graduating class who is definitely questioning the entire system. Gives me hope that so many are starting to question the status quo.

[@electrasong]

The book is good, but this brief documentary distills the message. We are in the grip of the machine. If you think you haven't been programmed.... think again.

[@thespcorrea]

???

[@richardalvarado845]

So what just enjoy your life as much as you can and do what makes you happy.

[@hospitalcleaner]

@@richardalvarado845 overthrowing corrupt systems makes me happy

[@g.h7657]

@@hospitalcleaner same. Im sick and tired of being surrounded by evil, delusion, and idiocy. We live under a giant cult that is all over the world living among all layers of society gatekeeping this planet and playing dumb when questioned. I have had everything taken from me, been tortured, and and the only thing keeping me going is the desire to expose the sickness and strike back the best i can. I can't defend myself nor retaliate in a meaningful way. As the fascist cult system will lock me up. The complacent slaves stop us from having a revolution or any progress. If only i could be apart of a real insurgency and have people to help me fight the corruption..

[@Lkymn]

If they programmed me, they did a pretty shitty job because I distrust any authority through my learning experience.

[@polishenglish8356]

So relevant and accurate nowadays!

[@natalierinehart7109]

This is a good demonstration of why consent cannot be the end-all and be-all of morality.

[@420chans]

ironic that you think this because this video is showing that not having authentic consent is evil on every situation

[@hanarielgodlike9283]

@@420chans How do you know that she didn't had this opinion before watching the video?

[@natalierinehart7109]

@@420chans Exactly. If we have to go chasing motivations back and examining them for the authenticity of consent, it's not a very good moral standard, is it?

[@Mrtdogg101]

What keeps the media functioning is not the audience but advertisers

[@mehrajdin3632]

Imagine if everyone knew society like him.... He is a gem 💎

[@AgAiNsT87]

imagine smart reasonable people being in control

[@VD-cc4hx]

he wants socialism. owned by the people. republicans would HATE him. fox news dominion lawsuit, spreading propaganda.

[@fsaari]

But he went back on all this with trump. Chomsky became a democrat apologist

[@MatthewGudenius]

I used to believe this... until he completely fell for the propaganda he is talking about here, and said during covid that unvaccinated people should be excluded from society, and it would be fine if they starved to death. Apparently he learned nothing from his own life's work. He blindly believed the lies (propaganda) that he had already warned people about! What a piece of trash

[@sarah-jaynemcdonald2594]

His views on 9/11 are disappointing. Otherwise, I agree.

[@greekfire1875]

While the topics he speaks of are realistic, I find it rather comforting to think about how this is the way media has worked from the beginning of humanity. We come up with different ways of organizing and formating it, but media has always had the flaws that he lists because they are HUMAN flaws. Accepting this timeless feature of human nature, you just have to confront the fact that every piece of media you've ever consumed was also suseptible to these flaws. That includes your holy book, your people's history, and your evening news. Embrace the uncertainty that this *should* cause in you, and you'll be one step closer to being a critical thinker.

[@dubrime]

All this seems very sound, and I would agree with much of it. This is public speaking, and Chomsky is pretty well known speaker. Many people listen to and agree with what he has to say, and what he's saying is that the world is seriously screwed up. However, it makes no difference. No change will come out of his endeavors. People listen to him for entertainment. We do get upset as we listen, but not sufficiently. We're not going to do anything about it. By doing something, I don't mean revolution and pitch forks. That doesn't work. It's been tried, and it just produced more of the same. Domination, exploitation, and injustice were never eradicated, not for a day. The change I'm talking about is much deeper and fundamental, thus much more difficult. We need to change ourselves, all of us. We need to become more courageous, considerate, selfless, educated, and we need to really think. Only then can we create better society. That will be very difficult, almost impossible, and ultimately it leads to a boring world. Maybe we can learn to like and appreciate boring and enjoy such world, and live our lives content and serene as Indian cows, but I don't see that happening. This is the world that works for us, for our nature, and though we gripe and whine and complain endlessly about injustices, inequalities, and other "problems", we actually like it this way. That's why I'm with the spirit of George Carlin - I'm finding it difficult to continue playing the game, but I can still watch it with interest and amusement, and some emotion.

[@hutsongamble5086]

dubrime Like many philosophers say these days and have said for hundreds of years change happens at the individual level.

[@mahdi9364]

One of the main function of a good propaganda system is that it makes you think that you are alone in your thoughts.It makes you feel alone .But it reality there are a lot of people who believe and know what is happening but because they think they are alone they try not to touch anything.And another function of a propaganda system is that it makes you think that is is absolutely essential part of the society and without it people would not be able to live a good life and it is impossible to find a better way of living.And in some part I agree, changing is difficult and painful but the things is this fundamental changes don't happen in day or even in months it happens in years and centuries.So we should be patient and spread the truth so when the day comes we will be ready.

[@soensocomrade600]

The hell that we like it this way. You might be content to stay at home and be a spectator to exploitation but don't tell me "we're not going to do anything about it." Plenty of people out there fighting hard for it. smh how are you going to watch this video, agree with it, and then conclude the problem is we're just not being nice enough to each other? The poverty, corruption, and wars of our society have systemic origins. Maybe you have the comfort and privilege of staying at home and watching from the sidelines, but others are dying on the street to easily preventable causes because our society and government is a system of control designed to protect the interests of capitalists. It is not human nature that causes these things, it is a political choice we have made and continue to make; don't blame individuals for it. Every day we wake up and choose capitalism. It's time to make a different choice.

[@davidlight5156]

dubrime Would be nice to have friends like you. People that are actually thinkers. I started my journey of looking behind the curtain at the age of 12. I’m almost 30 now. I know a lot but what good is it to me. All those years I often thought of trying to inform people. I thought that maybe we could change the trajectory that the World is going in and free ourselves from the ruling elite and this consensual enslavement. The whole system is against us. They plan day and night for hundreds of years. They have a goal. They are united. While we are living our best lives. We need a person to stand behind. I know I know that sounds crazy but someone has to take charge .

[@dubrime]

@@soensocomrade600 Ok, let me start replying to you with respect to what you said about me... it is all almost 100% correct. I am almost content to stay at home and spectate, but I do get upset, and I experience that impotent rage - the worst kind. I do have the comfort and privilege to stay at home and watch from the sidelines. That has been my situation for most of my life, not my entire life though. It is highly questionable if it will stay that way for the rest of my life, but it is what it is right now. Now let's turn to you. You seem to be saying that you are the one who will fight and get into the fray, and you seem to claim that all it takes is change of system - social, political, and economic. I don't believe you are correct on either account, but I will allow that you might be right on the first account, I don't know you. Maybe you're the statistically insignificant minority willing to fight, in which case I salute you for your courage. However, what you would fight for, and what you and yours would do with it if you won would just be more of the same, because the system has not been imposed on us by aliens, we produced it through our nature. It is our nature that produces relationships among people, hierarchies, and ultimately social, political, and economic systems. You talk about poverty and people dying on the street. Did you take any of those people in your home, to feed them, give them shelter, share significant portion of your resources with them, and try to change their lives? You have not, and I am speaking to the statistical you, not you personally, and statistics are all that matters when it comes to society. Again, I don't know you. Maybe, you personally are a truly noble person and you're doing all these things. I'll end with a reflection on your last comment. It is not capitalism that is installed in the western world. It is capitalism mixed with socialism, and that is what works best for humans. Pure socialism does not work, evidently, nor does pure capitalism, and communism does not exist. Why do they not work? You guessed it - because of human nature. Socialism destroys human incentives to make something for themselves and feeds their laziness, while capitalism feeds their greed and selfishness with catastrophic results. Unfortunately for socialism, it does nothing to inhibit human greed, selfishness, and desire to dominate others. We shouldn't be blamed for these features of human nature. It's just how we evolved, how life evolved. We have some good traits too, but they are inconsistent and reserved for our loved ones. The danger for the West is that it's moving towards pure capitalism. If it gets too close, and sufficient number of people become desperate, we are going to have revolutions and pitch forks again. Who the hell knows how technology will play into all of this. That's a huge topic of itself.

[@hangten1904]

That's a whole lot of information packed into 9 minutes!

[@phabulouss1]

Distractions are seen as reality, and reality is viewed as distractions.

[@ax2643]

We have seen this play out in the election season so far

[@MouseGoat]

where? with hillary?? becue the biggest problem right now is google

[@sophiemoconnell]

It's happening in the UK right now. 😠

[@naturalaquatreasures]

And it just happened again in 2020.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Partisans dont get it. All the election options we're given are of individuals from ruling classes or their preconcieved selections.

[@joemonteirosportsshorts3343]

Me: *laughs in 2020*

[@destrudo2601]

So, it's true... We live in a society

[@queengown4255]

More relevant than ever today!

[@zmani4379]

This model is well-known by now - and yet we still have no comprehensive proposal to overhaul and reform our corporatized media industry - nobody's even TALKING about how to approach this

[@c0l0jar0]

It's incredible how much the movie The Matrix is a metaphor for the actual world we live in. Plugged in to the machine and letting them extract our life force for their gain. They only keep us content enough to not revolt. Some prefer blyssful ignorance, most don't even get it

[@Picardspassword]

the matrix was also a metaphor for the feelings of gender dysphoria the two main directors were experiencing at the time, and was specifically about when one has been indoctrinated their entire life to be one thing and yet still being entirely another, that being something which society despises.

[@asdf2593]

@@Picardspassword the type of people who hold The fuckin Matrix of all things as their gospel really hate to hear that

[@MrMarumari]

c0l10jar and those who revolt are accused of being dangerous extremists or troublemakers and get crushed by the powers that be. If only we all collectively saw how the masses are being suppressed and exploited, and there WOULD be a revolt. The system is working

[@alphabravo8703]

"They Live"

[@annalisavajda252]

Yes that's why calling it "the boob tube" is appropriate not just to look at breasts but like a breast instead of milk feeding you info and ideas.

[@dorianrandall9437]

Scary to think this was decades ago. Those roots are deep now, shaping our very world, as it become increasingly dependent on digital technologies.

[@seanmaher7733]

All of us honed to believe they were guardians of truth, preaching from a box in the corner of almost every living room, disguised as friends and familiar providers of information, entertainment and essentially, hope. How we failed ourselves. Nobody but us.

[@eliezrolerdo1632]

God, I couldn't think of such a simple and deductive way to explain such a widespread well known issue and problem we are facing these days with the media

[@macstrong1284]

You probably don’t do much thinking at all

[@VD-cc4hx]

he wants socialism. owned by the people. republicans would HATE him. fox news dominion lawsuit, spreading propaganda.

[@EruIluvatar5]

Chomsky and the people that do this manufacturing have something very special in common.

[@poboyfloyd]

so do the people who talk about them in this fashion

[@eric_eagle]

🤔

[@kueferd5671]

I'm smelling antisemitism.

[@book_cake4]

Rember when they actually used to say "back to our/your regularly scheduled programing" ..

[@fungi42o0]

I've watched this about a dozen times

[@efsedita]

Leaving this comment during the farcical 2020 "Democratic" "Primary" "Election"

[@remper1000]

Absolutely. Just got done observing the machinery at work marginalizing the actual progressive candidate over the past month. Doesn't fit the agenda.

[@naturalaquatreasures]

That was an absolute masterclass in manufacturing consent, almost like an art work. And very, very scary....

[@smellymala3103]

“Isolate yourself from society”

[@Mentallysubnormal]

"voting"

[@isthisshit4real]

Joe Biden is the only "electable" candidate per MSM. ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!! 😊😄😆😂

[@jackdeakin106]

i love how nothings changed since then and we still just got bored talking about it and didnt do anything about it

[@faintscrawl]

Social media has changed things. Now we create the content and consume it, while KZbin makes a profit. It's an even better deal for corporations. Of course, in countries with free speech digital media giants don't filter in the same way as the New York Times, GE, etc. So I think the discourse has broadened and definitely changed and become more "diverse", which is mostly great, but at the same time, as McLuhan said, "The medium is the message, " so our discourse is shaped by the peculiarities of the tweet and the short video and screens and anonymity. Of course, digital media has the potential to be ruthless controlled, as we see in China.

[@jackdeakin106]

@@faintscrawl Good point! You could also argue that the control is already ruthless. Idiots feeling content tweeting about their disapproval of governments without actually doing anything about it is the perfect substitute for action. The algorithms on twitter are designed to make you interact with twitter more, a lot of political people mostly interact on twitter when they're angry with someone. Algorithms deliberately want us to get angry because its easier to have a fight with a stranger on the internet and go about your day than it is to organise and see real change. Here in the UK the left is destroyed and the ones that are left are fighting amongst each other about stupid things.

[@specialknees6798]

You can tell how old Chomsky is in a clip just by hearing how fast or slow he talks

[@axiezimmah]

"watch the whole thing here" clicks "Video unavailable due to a copyright claim" The system wins again

[@jayreynoldsirl]

Who's watching this during Covid 19 Plandemic and seeing this play out?

[@Based_Proletariat]

I sure am.

[@onlyusernameleft2]

I think you completely missed the point. Why would the corporate powers that control the media manipulate the world into a recession?

[@dappunk1]

People using Chomsky to deny a pandemic? this is the part where thinking for yourself is critical

[@rettro6578]

Jerrad Recession ain’t affecting the 1 percent. The CARES act was the greatest wealth transfer in US history. Wall Street has surged throughout this pandemic. The rich get richer...and consolidate more power and wealth in fewer hands as small business permanent shut down, all in the name of public health.

[@personontheinternet2164]

@@onlyusernameleft2 because a recession is just assets going on sale if you're rich enough. however, an upswing is needed to realize the gains of your investment.

[@indigo5577]

If this is your first intro to Chomsky, this is a bit of a disclaimer: Noam Chomsky is a linguist by trade who of course changed linguistics in the 50s with Syntactic Structures. While he is still considered a founding father of modern linguistics, linguists don't identify with his ideas to the same extent now because a good amount of what he published then has been proven inaccurate or insensitive. (This is not a defense of Chomsky, but he was probably shaped by the ruling cultural ideas of the time period.) For example, he was once in favor of a universal language, which whitewashes the cultural differences humans have almost endorses principles of imperialism. He of course opposes those ideas now. Starting in the late 1960's, probably influenced by the post-WWII rise of corporatism and imperialist American foreign policy (South and Central America, Southeast Asia, Russia), he's fashioned himself now into the Hollywood scholar and philosopher(???) for the center-left. He makes pretty unobjectionable points about the corporate control of the American power structure but even Chomsky is not a radical. Chomsky is sympathetic to radical movements, but reading Chomsky does not make you a radical, although you will likely adopt points of view that are radically different from the current structure. Everyone reading this is in that 20 percent, the political class, by even clicking on this video. He knows how to be critical of the system but he's often not sure where to go from there. At the very least, we know that what we have now is dangerous. He also has some weird ideas and questionable beliefs like US intervention against the "socialist" government in Venezuela. I would say not to concern yourself with Chomsky's books. They're pretty self-gratifying and preaching to the leftist choir on a lot of this, but his reputation at least exposes people to the idea that corporate control of America and imperialist policies are a significant threat to the future of humanity. Manufacturing Consent is an okay jumping-off point, but please don't be like liberals (and I mean like actual neo-liberals) who treat Chomsky as the word of God.

[@michaelreed6603]

Who needed this disclaimer? The people who are going to read it and ignore it, not read it at all, or read it and realize they didn't need to read it? I'm not trying to pick a fight, I'm just exhausted from trying to relate and communicate with other humans.

[@RebeccaEd]

Neo-liberals treat Chomsky as the word of God? He calls them "the neo-liberal plague" and "savage". Strange.

[@PedroTricking]

Chonsky's linguistic was insensitive? For example universal language? You do mean universal language right, not universal grammar? Well, they're not an example then. Universal language had nothing to do with linguistics. Do you have a source for what you're saying, it doesn't sound right to my laymen ears. Edit: I'm sure the insensitive part could be substantiated, but if it was a factor for experts to agree with or not it's still irrelevant. At least it was probably insensitive to the to even older generation or those who think analysIng humans diminishes them.

[@DeePBurnouT]

Intellectualism based on post effects or simply hindsight doesn't remove human behavior. Implement any political system and I will corrupt it to my advantage and you will see same results of people slipping through those cracks.

[@0mildoo]

Bex Ed many neoliberals don’t see themselves as neoliberals. They see that term and think “well that’s not me” because maybe they voted for Bernie or at one point or another engaged in a protest. They support the most popular and acceptable social democrat ideas (Medicare for all, more progressive tax rates, free college and debt forgiveness) without recognizing that these are still liberal ideas which can coexist with a neoliberal system and more the floor than the ceiling. It’s the “how could I be racist, I voted for Obama twice” sort of thing except it’s more “how could I be a neoliberal, I voted for Bernie!”

[@susandonahue865]

Long ago, if you had people who worked for you, there was “Noblesse Oblige,” the moral (not contractual) obligation to help those who have helped you. - The ravenous greed virus the elites appear to be plagued with is foreign to me. .... and I pray that it always is.

[@gulashonu]

Well put. It is exactly what "they" lack; actual compassion or common courtesy towards others?

[@Sam.1tolv]

I remember cigarette companies used ads and shows to try to get away without regulations or drive attention away from legal discourse, it didn't work for them but it has worked for oil and gas companies to the point where every family depends on it for their daily activities.

[@ChadReitsma]

It's easy. Stop watching the news. You are being emotionally manipulated.

[@ricecake1228]

You are still manipulated by the people who watch them. The gov. needs control these and people need to control the gov. like only some European countries have done.

[@SlapShotRegatta22]

Amen, 1000% I try to tell people this exact sentiment all the time. They just don't get it and, I guess that's the whole point.

[@jkftuk]

I've got to disagree. I would rather watch the news and have some sort of awareness of what narrative the agenda setters are trying to push. How can you resist the narrative if you have no social or political awareness of what it is

[@ChadReitsma]

@@jkftuk I simply can't stand watching it, it's so emotionally draining. But you make a good point.

[@QoraxAudio]

Or just watch the news of various sources and make up your mind about what's true or not. A bit left a bit right a bit progressive a bit conservative a bit liberal a bit socialist a bit commercial a bit non profit a bit national a bit local a bit from abroad

[@jonnybsidetv]

If you see the media on both sides (liberal/conservative) in agreement on a topic, that’s when you know some even deeper corruption is afoot..

[@honkhonk8009]

Only time il agree with a genocide denialist, pseudo-socialist grifter, like Noam Chomsky, is with this.

[@furerorban1488]

anti-semitic creep Chomsky was a regular guest on Epstein's pedo island, but in his case it's not a problem because of his highly regarded anti-Semitic hatred

[@changedpace9169]

Cough cough Israel

[@blackagent4754]

​@@changedpace9169Jack and pot!

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

liberals and conservatives are both capitalists

[@100Hasake]

the main and only advantage of social media is manufacturing consent becomes so much harder for governments/companies/organisations

[@DurdenTyler21]

Perfect description of todays world. There is a reason why our Educators do not discuss these issues or show similar videos like this one! Our "Educators" are owned (Teachers Union).

[@SK991dvdhd]

Wow, Noam was a genius even when he was 22

[@michaelwright8896]

I'm impressed with your math skills. This film was made in the 90's He was 20 in the 40's...

[@WeebRemover4500]

IQ tends to decrease a slight bit after i believe age of 30

[@inmundo6927]

@@WeebRemover4500 it could also increase.. you know.. Depending on how you cultivate yourself.

[@WeebRemover4500]

@@inmundo6927 so could testosterone, although very unlikely