Noam Chomsky on the Consequences of Capitalism

[@newforestpixie5297]

I’m not a Weighty Scholar of Politics or Sociology because I’ve spent the past 40 years installing wet central heating systems then caring for my ex wife and 14 various pets but even I can see the irony in how the Thatcher / Reagan Crusade for ‘ Individuality’ has resulted in mainly Central Control over near Mindless Conformity to one ideology- Consumerism. Thank God for the Internet for allowing the likes of me to Improve my education in many interesting and important issues - in spite of the daily demonisation of this medium by its ‘ intellectual’ radio ‘ alternatives ‘ such as BBC Radio 4 or LBC in the U.K. Thankyou for this 👍🐢🏴❤️

[@LibertarianRF]

Ugh..BS we living a pseudo communist state. That's what causes our problems..wake up

[@d.rabbitwhite]

@@LibertarianRF ugh..

[@tomdasilva2060]

I have been listening, to Chomsky, for a very long time and, still, learn something new, every time...

[@TheWorldTeacher]

Respected British anthropology professor, Dr. Edward Dutton, has demonstrated that “LEFTISM” is due to genetic mutations caused by poor breeding strategies. To put it simply, in recent decades, those persons who have leftist traits such as egalitarianism, feminism, socialism, multiculturalism, homosexuality, perverse morality, and laziness, have been reproducing at rates far exceeding the previous norm, leading to an explosion of insane, narcissistic SOCIOPATHS in (mostly) Western societies.

[@NoahBodze]

There are more elegant ways to tell the internet you don’t know anything about anything, Tommy. At least be elegantly stupid instead of low-IQ sycophancy of one of America’s most complete hypocrites.

[@tomdasilva2060]

@@TheWorldTeacher , Well... You are, implicitly, contradicting yourself: if the proliferation of "Leftists" were so vast, the likes of you would have long been turned, into fertiliser; for, in an grossly over-populated planet, the culling of imbecile is especially imperative...

[@TheWorldTeacher]

@@tomdasilva2060, I’m afraid that I am unfamiliar with PIDGIN. 🤔 Therefore, Slave, if you would care to repeat your inane comment in a tongue in which I may comprehend (such as ENGLISH), it would be appreciated. 🤓

[@kristinamelnichenko5775]

First you hear then you understand. Then some years later you know❤️❤️❤️ Noam Chomsky is a treasure and a pleasure.

[@angelapezzack7061]

If you want an education on World affairs Chomsky is essential reading. He can never be replaced! ♥

[@DnB_Purist.]

Absolutely!

[@TheWorldTeacher]

Sings: “It ain’t necessarily so...” 🎤

[@TheWorldTeacher]

@Working Man, Respected British anthropology professor, Dr. Edward Dutton, has demonstrated that “LEFTISM” is due to genetic mutations caused by poor breeding strategies. To put it simply, in recent decades, those persons who have leftist traits such as egalitarianism, feminism, socialism, multiculturalism, homosexuality, perverse morality, and laziness, have been reproducing at rates far exceeding the previous norm, leading to an explosion of insane, narcissistic SOCIOPATHS in (mostly) Western societies.

[@dalia2879]

@@TheWorldTeacher So that unknown dude Edward whatever is all your source of authority? Can't you think for yourself? Instead of analyzing and arguing the issues at hand, those conservative writers go up stream and accuse of how this and that person is raised and so on is just dumb fuck cheap shoot even for them.

[@angelapezzack7061]

@Working Man Cheap shot! He's not a Politician, he's a scholar with superior intelligence. That was my reference. You don't have to agree with a Political ideology to recognize that, try listening to all, you may learn how to become objective, which is a significant trait for everyone to develop, especially in regard to Politics.

[@jeant763]

Thank you for letting Noam talk, and especially with little interuption. Great listening to a wise old sage that knows what he is talking about in detail and over decades of personal interest and experience.

[@leealexander3507]

I absolutely love that man and have for many decades. Although I'm not quite as old as he is I am certainly getting up there in years. I've admired him and learned from him since I was in my early teens.

[@artigraphmultimedia1489]

For decades? When he was exposing the truth of controlled media,- Manufactured. Decades ahead on climate change when exposing climate change Truth: Scientists employed by EXXON researching oil emissions concluding this would seriously & adversely affect our cimate. Exposing the Vietnam War as the for- profit, illegal, unnecessary War we now know it was. And more abd that was just the 7

[@TheWorldTeacher]

Respected British anthropology professor, Dr. Edward Dutton, has demonstrated that “LEFTISM” is due to genetic mutations caused by poor breeding strategies. To put it simply, in recent decades, those persons who have leftist traits such as egalitarianism, feminism, socialism, multiculturalism, homosexuality, perverse morality, and laziness, have been reproducing at rates far exceeding the previous norm, leading to an explosion of insane, narcissistic SOCIOPATHS in (mostly) Western societies.

[@d.rabbitwhite]

@@TheWorldTeacher That sounds utterly ridiculous.

[@TheWorldTeacher]

@@d.rabbitwhite, because? “Truthful words are not beautiful. Beautiful words are not truthful. Wise men do not argue. Those who argue are not wise.” Tao Te Ching 81

[@TheWorldTeacher]

@H-BA Togidubnus, the TRUTH is very difficult to accept, right, Slave? “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the TRUTH.” The Buddha

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

thanks to Noam for calling it what it is - "The Great Strike of 2021" - awesome.

[@andreaerling7614]

What's wrong with capitalism for small time capitalists, small and medium sized companies, family run enterprises? Nothing, as far as I'm concerned. The big capitalist profiteering corporations and the global billionaires/elites which have taken over and determine our lives need to be controlled, big time! Throwing the small time capitalists and the big wigs into the same bag and saying that capitalism is so awful is wrong.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

@@andreaerling7614 yes not sure why the NY Times chose the focus on capitalism as Noam has been emphasizing recently it is nonwestern indigenous cultures that are on the front line to protect wilderness against abrupt global warming. Unfortunately Noam is too conservative or naive of the abrupt global warming science as you really have to search for it. In other words the Arctic about to go ice free for the first time in 2.6 million years is a lot worse than people realize because of the "methane bomb" in the ESAS - and also since the aerosol masking effect is twice as bad as previously thought. A 40% decrease in sulfur pollution will warm earth another 1 degree celsius. As far as the small business owner - we should just realize the overall trajectory of Western civilization as acceleration of destruction called "biological annihilation." Noam's book "Year 501: The Conquest Continues" is probably the best overview of this - very similar to Professor Alfred Crosby's book "Ecological Imperialism."

[@TheNoblot]

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.” 1984 version /1776/1789/ Why Democracy Doesn't Work: 4 Lessons from Plato's Republic | Ancient Gr... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpLYZZqNg8aoras via @KZbin

[@geoffreynhill2833]

...and for being so patient with folk who pronounce his name "gnome'.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

@@geoffreynhill2833 that's funny because I thought my reply to v Bremont would get disappeared and sure enough it vanished!

[@ceciliaromia]

Thank you so much, Professor Chomsky! We need you now more than ever!

[@iainmair485]

Prof. Chomsky is a legend.

[@sandrabell7547]

Wage theft is big in Australia, whose politicians blindly follow America, we need another leader like Paul Keating who has a clear vision and understands history, unlike the Liberals in power now, who are bereft of intelligence or vision for a better future. Viva Cuba

[@davidalvarez7262]

I would love to hear about the wage theft and what's going on in Australia.

[@PiceaSitchensis]

Thank you for having Noam Chomsky on!

[@leealexander3507]

I really preferred it when the streets were lined with small businesses. You never knew what you might find in one until you went in for a look because there wasn't one just like it in every city in the country if not the world.

[@lindascanlan6317]

Agree ... Woolworths...other 5&Dimes and small mom and pops were delightful ....always promising a reward for stopping by to buy!

[@zaba3030]

Our greatest living intellectual. Thank you for this lecture Professor Noam Chomsky.

[@Johnconno]

Thanks miracle sound engineer.

[@jessicafalstein]

yes, finally they boosted his audio.

[@gcingia]

Magnificent interview. Many thanks to Tammy for organising so well this one. In New Zealand, and many other countries, we are seeing also signs of the "Great Strike of 2021". People had to stay at home for a while, and had finally the time to "reflect" on the values of their lives. I can only imagine what would have happened if there was such a thing like a "Universal Basic Income" (UBI). A big quantity of people would not bother going back to their Shitty Jobs, which are usually the worse paid, nowadays called "Essential Jobs"/workers. Norm as SHARP as ever. A Light in our dark times. But the Pendelum will move again.

[@Bisquick]

Indeed, pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Or something. It is kind of "funny" how our benevolent "philosopher king" -overlords- employers are complaining of the so-called "entitled" workforce, which as you correctly note I think merely had time to finally reflect on the soulless conditions of social bondage and material precarity imposed on them, and will loudly and pretentiously decry this imaginary scapegoat without of course taking the obvious course of action to solve such "problems" using exactly the market forces they will in any other circumstance ubiquitously praise: RAISE WAGES. Like I've seen thousand-dollar "bonuses" for applying to places and signing on to -wage slavery- employment, notably of course this incentive lacks a structural stability, but I guess it shows how willing they are to do _anything_ but concede any structural power/influence to the working class, _even if_ it is in some way affecting profits negatively if considered more narrowly only at the revenue level. Though a bit simplified and thus technically/descriptively inaccurate, the "iron law of wages" as Lassalle put it. Indeed, we have nothing to lose but our chains, and only the world to gain.

[@TheWorldTeacher]

@@Bisquick, Respected British anthropology professor, Dr. Edward Dutton, has demonstrated that “LEFTISM” is due to genetic mutations caused by poor breeding strategies. To put it simply, in recent decades, those persons who have leftist traits such as egalitarianism, feminism, socialism, multiculturalism, homosexuality, perverse morality, and laziness, have been reproducing at rates far exceeding the previous norm, leading to an explosion of insane, narcissistic SOCIOPATHS in (mostly) Western societies.

[@zakobruce]

"Isolate Unvaxxed From Society" says Noam Chomsky

[@leealexander3507]

Thank you Noam.

[@JudgeFredd]

A Brillant mind.

[@octavioborisosyguss5236]

A TRUE PROPHET! A TRUE AND FEARLESS SEER OF OF OUR TIME! HE IS TIRELESSLY SPEAKING TO US ALL! WITH HONESTY AND TRUTH!

[@robertthomas4234]

OK DUDE, I HEAR you! No need to SHOUT!! Noam is the man.

[@lepidoptera9337]

Your keyboard is broken. Kind of like Chomsky.

[@robertthomas4234]

@@lepidoptera9337 SUPERcalafragalisticexpialidocious, innit?

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@robertthomas4234 Broken keyboards? No, not really.

[@robertthomas4234]

@@lepidoptera9337 These posts must be crossed; the broken keyboard thing wasn't me.

[@nalbano]

A true hero. Mostly ignored by the bewildered herd.

[@humanbeing6933]

The greatest mind of our time.

[@TheWorldTeacher]

Sings: “It ain’t necessarily so...” 🎤 Respected British anthropology professor, Dr. Edward Dutton, has demonstrated that “LEFTISM” is due to genetic mutations caused by poor breeding strategies. To put it simply, in recent decades, those persons who have leftist traits such as egalitarianism, feminism, socialism, multiculturalism, homosexuality, perverse morality, and laziness, have been reproducing at rates far exceeding the previous norm, leading to an explosion of insane, narcissistic SOCIOPATHS in (mostly) Western societies.

[@humanbeing6933]

@@TheWorldTeacher Edward Dutton.. regular contributor to Mankind Quarterly which was deindexed by Google for being twaddle?

[@zakobruce]

"Isolate Unvaxxed From Society" says Noam Chomsky

[@humanbeing6933]

@@zakobruce Chomsky is “one of the most cited scholars alive” (MIT Tech Talk 1992). The age old reference being ‘one of the most important intellectuals alive’ (NY Times) with over 150 books published, many of them on political science.

[@zakobruce]

@@humanbeing6933 yeah, well, when you say unvaccinated people should be put into concentration camps, and most unvaccinated people are minorities, you aint so smart. You are not anybody who should be listened to. You also site sources that are just opinions. MIT has a horrendous record of working with the Military. Even Chomsky worked with MITRE while at MIT. NYT covered up Bolshevik and Nazi atrocities, Ukranian Holodomor, not to mention weapons of mass destruction. Don;t worry, you can still masterbait to Chomsky but don't tell me he is some one to listen to as some ethical person

[@johnhanks4260]

Democracy is authority by the people.

[@37Dionysos]

WHY is KZbin instantly deleting comments about further worker strikes and organization?

[@gking407]

Name any media company who’s not deleting and censoring everything strike-related

[@intellectualselfdefense1997]

This was an absolutely fantastic interview and event ! Thanks so much for this Tammy Kim. I will be following your work from now on.

[@kristinamelnichenko5775]

Our world is better from having Noam in it. An example for all of us.

[@upsty6499]

Ty for this ❤️

[@kimshaw-williams]

This is a brilliant analysis of the world we are living in....got sfa to do with "the brutal realities of the COVID-19 pandemic"!!!!!

[@taylanguyen3500]

Great discussion as always. Thanks Professor Chomsky!

[@ericdecker2914]

Art the end, when you tried to stop him and he was like ‘I’m almost done’

[@eelkeaptroot1393]

Always a pleasure to hear his views on current a nd historic affairs

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

Very well said

[@artherladett442]

CHOMSKY THE WHITE >>> CHOMSKY THE GREY

[@subi_legacy]

no idea what this old guy is on about but he has a freakin' awesome beard

[@jamberry8026]

Liking your own comment is the same thing as licking your own ass. Chomsky is not for those with the herd mentality.

[@jrshield7793]

Who's going to take over for Noam when we lose him? Throw out some names. No one man or woman will be capable of course..were will need there to be a chorus of voices.

[@jmarty1000]

Steven Pinker is the Champion of Rational Consideration. "Enlightenment Now" !

[@cielant]

@@jmarty1000 No way! Pinker's strategical (and very selective, if not ignorant) optimism is just a tranquilizer for everybody who finds his- or herself in discontent with the political conditions.

[@jmarty1000]

@@cielant Who told you that?

[@willchristie2650]

Chris Hedges? Peter Joseph?

[@gamerknown]

@@jmarty1000 Epstein's flight logs or Dershowitz's Festschrift

[@newforestpixie5297]

In the U.K. is a weekly audience discussion tv show feat a panel of Politicians called Question Time . Probably 8 years ago there was outcry after British National Party top dog - Nick Griffin was invited onto the panel . His appearance went ahead where the views and attitudes he expressed were taken apart to the point of humiliation which pretty well finished his public persona for good .

[@colleenwhalen2924]

I missed it - when does it REPEAT - is it going to be permanently posted on You Tube?

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

just reload the youtube channel and it's posted as the most recent upload.

[@danielvertino8126]

I'm just about to watch it now

[@all2031]

To summarize, capitalism is the mother of all problems: perpetual wars, abuse of power/wealth, concentration of wealth/power in progressively smaller numbers, ignorance, poverty, perpetual disease, a miserable life for the many, unimaginable lifestyle for a small segment, isolated human lives for better control and selling services/,products/ideas.

[@viesia8]

Something is very wrong with the subtitles.

[@viesia8]

or is it that im listening on 1.25 speed and the subtitles don't follow the adjustment?...

[@stephenyang2844]

So wonderful to see Prof.Chomsky still going strong, laying out the truth about America and its misdeeds. Australia is foolish to follow US' bidding to challenge China's rise, giving up comfortable prosperity.

[@leealexander3507]

Viva Cuba!

[@TheEricrya]

Let Cuba Live!

[@michael511128]

Taiwan and Hong Kong are interesting issues. When Deng and Thatcher discussed the return of HK in the early 80s, 300,000 or so HK people migrated to cities like Vancouver, Melbourne, and LA. worrying about the economy of HK. Top businessmen and scholars were not that worried but all kinds of left and right talks create public movements. However, the majority of immigrants who were getting green cards had problems finding satisfactory work due to lack of local experience and mediocre English. Soon in the early 90s China's opening up (since 1979) showed signs promising business opportunities and a stable HK government. The majority of immigrants returned and most would not regret it. Many people got rich during the next two decades. At the peak of the HK protest crisis, it is estimated about 5% of the 7 million had a thing about anti-China, mostly young people who possess radical characters. The HK story was a sort of reference for Taiwan. Unlike HK, for a long time Taiwan people enjoyed migrating, especially to the US, like half a million have moved to LA in the last 40 years, already second and third generations. In general Taiwan has a bigger political gash or wound with China and have more radicals. When China take Taiwan by force or otherwise, those who are not radical will face problems from their own, so they would want to migrate with all their money, and the US would welcome their cash, their companies, their skilled workers and say thank you very much.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Ah I didn't know Milton Friedman was against public education. And then so promoted by segregationists.

[@TheNoblot]

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.” 1984 version /1776/1789/ Why Democracy Doesn't Work: 4 Lessons from Plato's Republic | Ancient Gr... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpLYZZqNg8aoras via @KZbin

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

@@TheNoblot don't be fooled by Plato. Plato argued that each citizen is equated as the 9/8 major 2nd music interval that is logarithmic equal-tempered tuning (democracy) that then must be "compromised" for the good of the state - into the octave. The Tyrant then is 9/8 (citizens) cubed as the square root of two (the Devil's Interval). Read Ernest McClain for details. McClain promotes Plato of course. haha. There is another secret to music to get around this - I've discussed it with Chomsky who responded to me that he wished he had time to investigate the topic of noncommutative phase more. thanks

[@gking407]

@@TheNoblot Confucious say one-eyed man can’t see bigger picture 👁

[@jessicafalstein]

And excellent audio quality, thank you.

[@DocDanTheGuitarMan]

So maybe calling the USA the worlds policeman was a misnomer. Instead we are the worlds God, we dictate the economy, the philosophy, the morality.

[@gking407]

I prefer calling it the world’s narcissist bully

[@chertfoot1500]

And now the world's Doctor lol

[@jamberry8026]

Morality? I don't think so..

[@moisesdelcastillo6703]

If you want Chomsky to sound like he did when he was 40 play at 1.75x

[@jamberry8026]

😂

[@jrshield7793]

A standout introduction

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Thanks to Noam for pointing out the British had prevented the colonialists invasion of the West. Fascinating.

[@jrshield7793]

They failed to prevent westward expansion. The British didn't give a shit about who lived on those westward (or eastward) lands. They didn't want to see the so-called 'colonists' get too powerful.

[@Linz0440]

Except he's talking about the English and the people of England for some reason, even although Adam Smith wasn't even English.

[@kristinamelnichenko5775]

Literally the first time I’ve heard covid and record corporate profits mentioned in the same breath. “Free” they said 😭

[@cameronm34]

who wrote the closed captions?

[@zakobruce]

"Isolate Unvaxxed From Society" says Noam Chomsky

[@PlentitudeIsland]

Did he really say that ? Plz direct me to Where I can find that .TY in advance.

[@guaxary]

Actually, Australia first asked France to redesign their nuclear powered submarines because we wanted diesel. And once they did that, we're telling them 'we don't want your diesel subs, the US will sell us nuclear".

[@nikescar2]

감사함다. 잘들었슴다

[@geoffreynhill2833]

Read "Hey, Joe, Where D'You Think You're Off To? : US militarism as expression of suppressed homoeroticism" by André Linnaeus Spliffner, Batman Books 2020.

[@willchristie2650]

I am all about expressed homoeroticism!

[@kimshaw-williams]

How come the printed message has nothing to do with what he is saying?

[@treyquattro]

Karl Marx would approve of the beard. And the message.

[@brianhughes5296]

Screw Karl Marx!

[@treyquattro]

@@brianhughes5296 why not educate yourself instead? Then you might not appear a reactionary fool. It's not for nothing Marx is one of the most influential social economists in history.

[@brianhughes5296]

Please don't presume my lack of education regarding Karl Marx just because I made a brief "reactionary" reply. No one who is aware would give a rat's ass for what amounts to nothing more than one form of statism or another. Whether it be "Capitalism", "Socialism", "Communism", "Marxism", etc. etc. ad nauseam. This is, and has been the essential problem since time immemorial - the individual vs. the State. In a truly free market, the issuance and control of money would be dictated by the free will actions of people so engaged. The mediums of exchange would simply "move" (as in "current"; "currency") accordingly. In an ideal social setting, the "State" would then simply be the PROTECTOR of that. If, for example, you read the U.S. Constitution as it pertains to this you'd see where the protection is abrogated. A reality which had been long in the works by the big bankers like Rothschild and his minions. Read "The Creature of Jekyl Island" to get a sound understanding of how economic power was stolen from the individual

[@superduperjew]

@@brianhughes5296 screw marx? you don't think we should start inside the workplace instead of top down?

[@brianhughes5296]

There's no need to reference Marx in considerations of solving societal problems. His brand of "Socialism" invariably became entangled with statist policies. Had this not been the case, he would have have been ostracized by the phony writers of history long ago.

[@truthseeker9958]

Norm should talk to Daniel Dumbrill

[@hotcakesism]

Yeah I'm not surprised to see Chomsky parroting imperialist talking points (it's consistent with his cold war position) but it is a little disappointing. He could probably benefit from some pushback from someone on the ground who's more skeptical of the scare tactics about China.

[@hotcakesism]

Eh... I got to 1:05:00 where she asks him about Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Now both of them are irritating. How come the cowriter of Manufacturing Consent is so uncritical about such obviously motivated narratives? Not surprised though

[@mariatrouver9365]

the capitalism let go buisness fast money, the longterm farmers are out but how can you survive without them...... 🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳

[@claudevanosselt1277]

Subtitles are not sync

[@krivoli86]

How exactly could the US punish the EU?

[@SimonClaringbold]

A truly informative lecture from Professor Chomsky. I was flattered as an Australian for Noam's reference to our ex Prime Minister Paul Keating

[@tomswan3401]

I think I need to take on a space suit and visit Noam (because of qwid). Then give him hair and beard trim. ^^

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

ending on that upbeat note....

[@f0xylady100]

Very enjoyable and informative. Thanks very much for this streaming 😀

[@mackenziedog1872]

Noam. Production of Hitler. Every action has equal and opposite reaction ❤

[@georgettefusco5969]

Why are the subtitles different than what he is saying?

[@ramansarabha871]

Auto generated?

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Monopoly Property Rights indeed.

[@robfrancis8690]

A free energy technocracy operating without any form of political/financial clown dictatorship is the only viable alternative, Noam.

[@chertfoot1500]

Would a technocracy be ruled by an AI?

[@alloomis1635]

perhaps a good start would be to stop using their word, capitalism, for institutionalized greed. capital is an economic feature, which may show up in socialist economies as well. but politics is something else, it is the subject of, "who rules?" the vital question is, is your nation directed by the people, for the common good, aka 'democracy,' or is it ruled by an elite, for their good. usa is not a capitalist society, because it is formally ruled by a political elite, the 'politicians.' as it happens, by design, the political elite depend on sources of funds for elections, and are therefore captured by the rich, people or corporations. it is informally a plutocracy. 'capitalism' is just a euphemism for plutocracy. so what? if you are unhappy in a society ruled by the rich, how can you change things? simple: post a plan to establish a better society, and discover if there is any support for your idea. if no, consider emigration. there are better places than the usa.

[@gking407]

Chomsky called it State Capitalism but plutocracy is a better descriptor. However no description is better than Institutionalized Greed!

[@lawrencebrown3677]

Capitalism has categories of economic features which may be apparent in earlier societies but in more rudimentary forms. To determine the nature of a society should be done on taxonomic principles and to isolate all the features they have in common. Advanced capitalist societies globally in the current era can be seen to have more features in common than anything significantly different. Lenin in several tracts written in the 1920s declared that the achievement of the Russian revolution had been to establish state capitalism only and that Communism would come about in the distant future, but never did, as the existence of a billionaire class in Russia demonstrates. USA personalities like George Kenn & J F Dulles have acknowledged Russia as being state capitalist. Since capitalism in USA is supported by the entire state apparatus it us obviously state capitalist but the interests of the entire class is decided by corporate interests and implemented by the legislative activities of a political bureaucracy in Congress.

[@CandidDate]

Why do I believe this guy? Why do I believe he reads a lot?

[@schmetterling4477]

Because you are just the kind of fool who is easily parted from his money by folks like Chomsky. ;-)

[@donhawkins9742]

hello

[@iareid8255]

And the urgent need for capitalsism is? Take your time, I've decades to wait.

[@iareid8255]

That should read And the urgent replacement for capitalism is?

[@jeffreykennedy5953]

Prosperity

[@gking407]

@@iareid8255 Let’s raise the standards on protecting the environment, public health, repairing infrastructure, and education. Whatever -ism that’s called :)

[@iareid8255]

Adam, lofty words but in general that is done, it's never good enough for some however. It can only be done and improved on with a healthy economy which capatilism provides and has not been improved on.

[@superduperjew]

@@iareid8255 If you believe capitalism "provides" any sort of economy worth celebrating, you'll believe anything. It's all just legal exploitation and withholding information to extract as much as possible. When wealth means more wealth just by it merely existing, there's a serious problem, especially when wealth relates to power.

[@susanafernandez8674]

Traducir al español .

[@upsty6499]

🌈🙏❤️👌👍🏻🌎

[@macpb2892]

You should watch the video from Kraut on Chomsky... he is a Srebrenica Genocide denial...

[@skyetruefeather4117]

Why he never talk solutions, we all know there is a problem, duh, but what's the answer, it wont be on social media, cause the algorithms wont allow it*

[@gking407]

You really believe “we all know there is a problem”??

[@xqt39a]

Chomsky never explains why the master class has no concern about its own extinction of profit caused by exhausting the natural resources and labor resources upon which profits depend

[@davidalvarez7262]

I think he kind of explains it by saying it's about chasing profits and also saying it's suicidal.

[@xqt39a]

@@davidalvarez7262 Yes but why? What is their psychology that they would prefer death over not making more money than they already have and don’t need. ??? It’s just numbers on a balance sheet, there must be more to it don’t you think? I would like to read a psychological study.

[@krivoli86]

@@xqt39a Well, others reason that they are psychopaths.

[@gking407]

Because they are above the law and suffer no consequences for their actions. A powerful billionaire, making money hand over fist, with little imagination about a different way of doing business, capable of escaping any sociopolitical problems… has no incentive to change.

[@xqt39a]

@@gking407 Yea that sounds about right, no deeper explanation required.

[@gillesandfio8440]

“Real Socialism” has never been tried in the same way that “Real Laissez-Faire Capitalism” has never been tried. The difference is ‘almost Socialism’ resulted in the impoverishment & death of hundreds of millions of people. While ‘Almost Capitalism’ has lifted billions from absolute poverty, extending life and making the life experience much better for all those involved.

[@newforestpixie5297]

If statistics regarding wealth and poverty are to be believed then somehow something needs tweaking wouldn’t you agree ? My local experience in Southern England - when new homes that are mainly unaffordable are simply bought up as investments or 2nd or 3rd homes and often left unoccupied during the speculation whilst families or folk live in overcrowded conditions or on waiting lists for social housing which isn’t available - in the same town , something has to be enforced in the name of fairness. The town this refers to hadn’t this issue before the last decade and that’s a fact I’m sad to say. Best Wishes 🐢👍

[@zakobruce]

@@newforestpixie5297 solution is, stop importing cheap labor. Wages increase. prices get lower. some how leftists don;t understand this.

[@gillesandfio8440]

@@newforestpixie5297 Artificial wealth disparities and misallocation of resources are caused because of "enforcement". The enforcement of govt monopoly upon an inflatable currency that robs low and middle class people of their savings and buying power.

[@gillesandfio8440]

@@newforestpixie5297 I wonder whet the effect is of centralized banking that prints vast amounts of money to finance govt deficits, resulting in artificially low interest rates? Centalized banking = centralized planning. Tis is not capitalism!

[@dmike3507]

No... "almost socialism" was in fact the exact opposite of socialism, thus literally less "socialist" than capitalism itself. Socialism always historically meant workers having democratic control over the means of production, this was never the case in the USSR, China, or whatever other countries have been falsely described as "socialist." An authoritarian government owning the means of production is not workers owning the means of production. Workers have more influence over the economy in capitalism, in fact, because they are at least able to form unions, strike, protest, and vote for representatives (who at least some small percent of the time implement policies that favor workers). Real examples of socialism do & have existed, like the Israeli Kibbutz movement, the anarcho-syndicalist Spanish Revolution, worker cooperatives (like those in Mondragon Spain, Emilia-Romagna Italy, and also your local co-op grocery stores & credit unions). You very obviously haven't spent any time reading Chomsky or the history of socialist thought. Mikhail Bakunin, Rosa Luxemburg, Emma Goldman, and Rudolf Rocker are good places to start.

[@manuelmanuel9248]

Noam looks like Moses

[@tomharrison6607]

wtf

[@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669]

The "consequences "....as if there's a better system. Good grief.🤦‍♂️

[@davidmclaughlin1587]

Noam, great beard :)

[@fullmortise]

Noam has a net worth of 5 million and it would be much more under socialism or communism

[@gking407]

Cool story bro

[@fullmortise]

@@gking407 Thanks bro

[@dudleydoright3398]

RAND PAUL FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!

[@anthonysiebenthaler682]

The consequence of capitalism is that 96% around would most likely not be. It also created a place of refuge both these people benefitted from.

[@LibertarianRF]

Capitalism in a pseudo communist state with an insanely large government and centrally planned banking like the federal reserve is not Capitalism dude. The freedom for me to sell you shit you want, to be of service to you, is Capitalism. That's why you say thank you and I say thank you when we trade money for a service. It's looking for win win situations. Under our longest GOLD standard the cost of living was literally cut in half over a hundred years. Capitalism is love. The stuff you're being (no offense) taught is literally brainwash by control freaks 😳. I highly recommend learning about the DAO, ZEN and Austrian economics. It will free you from your inner slavery to the central planners. Remember the central planners killed around 500 million people last century. They might be just a little bit demonic...just saying bro Peace ✌ ☮

[@simonlee8889]

Finally, we understand why Chomsky has been tolerated by the ruling class for so long. 1: he keeps quiet on 9/11 2: he calls for the unvaccinated to be segregated....... Pity he couldn't be bothered to research properly two of the most pivotal events in modern mankind's history. What a waste....

[@chronosx7]

Cuba imports and export hundreds of millions of dollars in goods every year but there's "effectively a blockade". China regularly flies jets and bombers breaching into Taiwanese air space(50+ at the beginning of Oct 2021) but it's _AUKUS what raises the possibility of actual confrontation_ ... sure This talk is merely a series of assertions and convenient, probably de-contextualized, quotes with little or no argumentation or evidence in regards to the way referenced changes in policy affected the economy in terms of, for instance, unemployment, life expectancy or poverty... The alliance of state power and private capital, as accomplice and underling, as a _dangerous phenomenon_ characteristic of our world and increasingly pervasive for the last 120+ years is by no means an original statement.... 30 minutes into the video it really feels this has been a waste.

[@hotcakesism]

Taiwan's ADIZ (air defense identification zone) brazenly extends over an enormous swath of the Fujian region of mainland China. China flying warplanes over their own land is only a violation of Taiwan's airspace if you accept the media's absolutely heroic mental gymnastics in manufacturing a scare story. Meanwhile, it turns out that U.S. Marines and special forces are present in Taiwan, and the AUKUS is explicitly an alliance against China, and the U.S. has been supporting sectarian separatists in China for decades, so yes, these are direct provocations.

[@chronosx7]

@@hotcakesism Reports by the Ministry of Defense show a trajectory over the southwest "corner" of the ADIZ well outside the continental platform and past the china sea border and strait median line, so it wasn't "their own territory"... unless of course you deem Taiwan a part of china. It is Taiwan's prerogative as a sovereign nation to host troops if they deem appropriate, not unlike the China and Russia's right to conduct joint military exercises or sign arms deals(with China and others) or form a organization (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) to work towards or against whatever they deem common objectives or threats, respectively. If AUKUS is an "explicitly an alliance against China" that's not merely because it has developed as a world power(See India, a member of SCO, for example) but because it's shown more than questionable attitudes locally and abroad to the extend that even pacificst Japan has taken notice.

[@chronosx7]

@@michaelb247 stolen from.... the rebel faction that took control of the government by force? if _that_ grants legitimacy then imperialism is totally justified... More importantly, the fact that Taiwanese people have _elected_ leaders supporting the idea of sovereignty rather than unification speaks of a nation that _see themselves_ as a different entity... I'd argue any person that doesn't need to pick their every word in order to prevent the CCP throwing a tantrum with fighters and bombers should start by recognizing and respecting that.

[@jmarty1000]

Chomsky is great for people who like to feel smart. But he's unclear on the complete picture. When I discovered Steven Pinker, I realized just how biased and cynical Chomsky is. And Thomas Sowell explains free markets quite clearly. Chomsky is throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Capitalism delivers progress. But it must be regulated, it cannot be unconstrained. For an antidote to Chomsky, please read (or listen to) "Enlightenment Now". It is a gem.

[@jmarty1000]

@@slimyfisher1370 If that's really what you believe, then you know less than nothing.

[@gamerknown]

Which regulations does Sowell endorse?

[@ee5955]

Lol Pinker is for pseudo intellectuals

[@seeofrains]

> Capitalism delivers progress Only the capitalism does it? Really?! So the role of the science institution maintained by the public is irrelevant. Maybe capitalism favored 8 hr working day? Or even banned the child labor.. None in his right mind should question the role of personal initiative, devotion to create, invent new ideas, knowledge, technology! But is that solely capitalism's virtues? Really?!

[@robertthomas4234]

You are wilfully blind. The worst type.

[@stevenrn6640]

How can someone which is brilliant in the understanding of language know nothing of economics, history and politics? The scary thing is the number of people which believe Chomsky has insights into economics. Sad. His selective reading of history and situations is simply stunning. I still listen to him for a different view.

[@storksforever2000]

It’s seems like he knows an awful lot. Idk if it’s selective reading if they’re factual descriptions of what has and is happening.

[@d.rabbitwhite]

Based upon reading I have done regarding history and the related politics and economics, it seems sound. I read a lot of history from around the world for fun. I have read the mainline -like I was taught, and I search out the stuff written by those affected, and by those from outside specific events but are not from the mainline north american baseline. I've done that since a teen after discovering a book called 'bury my heart at wounded knee' by dee brown. I'd say it may just be more overview and not in detail.

[@superduperjew]

"How can someone which is brilliant in the understanding of language know nothing of economics, history and politics?" So basically you googled his name, saw he was a linguist(irrelevant) and tried to undermine what he's saying by labeling him only that. He's one of the most distinguished professors in Intelligentsia yet we're supposed to believe Steven from Arkansas understands history, economics and politics better? I think what's much, much more likely is you have a heavy political bias and reject much of the content of those subjects, resulting in everyone else being wrong, no matter their expertise.

[@zombiestory6353]

Are you related to THE kims?