Noam Chomsky: Survival of Organized Human Life is at Risk Due to Climate Change & Nuclear Weapons

democracynow.org - At least eight people have died in California as climate change-fueled wildfires rage statewide. In total, firefighters are battling seventeen wildfires blazing across California, engulfing more than 200,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations, including in Yosemite National Park. The fires comes amid a surge of deadly extreme weather worldwide, including in India, where more than 500 people have died as a result of flooding and heavy rains in recent weeks. Scientists have linked increased flooding and rainfall to climate change. For more we speak with world-renowned political dissident, author, and linguist Noam Chomsky. He is a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for more than 50 years.
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[@mtnwriter4011]

This is the raw truth - something America isn't ready for, won't embrace, because it's too painful. Chomsky has always been the beacon of truth (since the early 1960s) which is why (after over 100 books and 50 honorary PhDs from universities all over the world, including his own from MIT) he STILL hasn't ever been invited to any of the major news talk-shows. For years he was censored from major publishers (but not in Europe). He simply knows too much and asks the "wrong" questions. This always makes me depressed and enraged. But it also tells me to get off my ass and tell the truth DESPITE all the ignorant, self-righteous, controlling, conservative assholes out there in America.

[@mahlina1220]

Truth to power. Truth for sanity!

[@hermitthefrog8951]

Chomsky?! He said JFK's assassination and 911 are irrelevant in today's socio-political climate. He's a globalist shill.

[@samt5663]

@@hermitthefrog8951 did you care to read or listen to the context of his comments, of what and why he thought of those events? And more importantly who benefited from those events occurring?

[@staatsfeindlich9939]

Thank God Noam Chomsky is still here and also now living near the Mexican border. He is needed now more than ever.

[@mahlina1220]

We need him, Amy, and Juan.

[@BaronSaturday66]

Noam.... the voice of reason, as usual.

[@dawnandy7777]

Ah Noam, brilliant insights as always. Why is the world so deaf to your perspective? You may not always be as appreciative of all the perspectives. But your analysis is head and shoulders above just about anyone else's. You're old and fading. Please stay with us as long as possible.

[@wolfgangsmythe1747]

The great thing about Noam and his ideology is that it's entirely mechanical. Pull the string the Noam doll speaks, 'that may be so, but we're missing point by refusing to speak about the US history of imperialism in eastern Cuba'.

[@ngantnier]

Yep, organized human life. If we don't bind together to tackle this problem civilization will likely end. It won't mean the end of humanity, but would set us back a few hundred years at least. I'm hoping the shared crises will bind us together again and make us one "tribe". The next generation has me very hopeful.

[@ikm64]

It was never a question of will, it was always only a question of when,and how. Respect to you, and thanks for all the books, you have taken many out of the darkness.

[@PeterChoyce]

He's got a few years left in him but i can't imagine who's going to take over and give us a dose of real REAL POLITIK when he's gone

[@mahlina1220]

Oh you mean "Conservatives" retarding pretty much anything beautiful and beneficial on this planet?

[@CelestialWoodway]

No one in power listens to Chomsky anyway, sadly.

[@lokihammerfall7781]

If he dies we have NO ONE to replace him. This is SAD.

[@mahlina1220]

He's at least made an impact, unlike haters like you...

[@lokihammerfall7781]

We have books for 1000 of years but what we have right now shows that we are not really into it...

[@andrewpennington2251]

Noam Chomsky is not a aggressive positioned dissident against things he's against. he is rational thought versus current reality. we all die prematurely ugly and hard unless science has an answer to unchecked greed

[@DenianArcoleo]

After a lifetime of detail. Chomsky is seeing the big picture with clear eyes. I agree with every word.

[@bingobaggins130]

Chomsky is underestimating how rapid the change will be and how severe.

[@aatt3209]

Thank you so greatly for everything you have done for our consciousness, you are a tireless warrior who has opened up my eyes, ears, hearts to the world we know today, you are a sanguine teacher and give us lots of tools to understand political landscape surrounding the oval office, we must VOTE in Nov 2018 + 2020 if that's the last thing we do on Earth.

[@ng-marc]

100% agree. Thank you Norm

[@PraiseG423]

How do we get these messages out?

[@mitchellkrouth5083]

Say it 🌏 is on fire and need clean water

[@tmaann]

Lets face it, you guys are screwed, while we in New Zealand will survive quite nicely, thank you. Most Americans don't even know where we are so no chance of nuc's finding us. T

[@hermitthefrog8951]

Pray for Kim Dotcom.

[@brucegately831]

This is the reason your government has just banned foreigners from buying property in N.Z. They see the writing on the wall....

[@tmaann]

lets face it, it really is a political move to sooth the Labour Parties base, less than 4% of sales are to overseas investors. I build houses mostly for immigrants and they bring money to our country, looking for a better life for themselves and their kids, we need immigrants. Most of our growth in GDP is from these new comers, my clients are Chinese and Iranians which bring a wealth of energy and enthusiasm that I really enjoy. They try hard to learn our language and while they are useless at playing rugby they appreciate our hard work and pay a fair wage. T

[@alexrodriguez9441]

You call this “organized”?

[@mahlina1220]

Thanks to Republicans.

[@boonestead4812]

Brilliant but you could never put him on cnnfox MSNBC ect.hetakes FOREVER to get his points across.his speech has slowed.they wouldn't give him enough time and would have hosts interrupting constantly.this forum is better suited,but alas,doesn't get the views it might otherwise get

[@murderhornets1166]

Sed Nothing about dis-organized Human Life ..

[@johnpaily]

We need to face the truth - The leaders should know fire jumps, spreads in a non-linear manner and heat feeds the fire. With the exponentially increased amount of heat being released by the technological world into the environment, the scenario is set for more of the climatic disaster of all forms, unless we change our thinking and develop New technologies, we are doomed. We should awaken to the fact that Our ecosphere and life are sustained by a parallel and multiple world design. It works on two vital ratios; one is energy to matter ratio and other is of O2 to CO2 ratio. The ecosphere is designed to balance the heat and temperature within a limit, by two opposing forces. With industrial era, humanity has been 1. Exponentially increasing the heat being released to the environment 2. Reduced the time being given to earth to absorb the heat and transform it. 3. He has been recklessly felling forest and now losing it to uncontrolled forest fire and thus losing the base that converts light and heat into biological mass and sustains O2 to CO2 balance. Consequently, the ecosphere is unstable and species are dying out. The environment is peaking and falling as never before. I had predicted long back huge destruction coming. However, I still persist these are only stress on humanity to awaken to Know Truth and God beyond religions. It is a matter of knowing certain Principle and Design on which Nature and Cosmos works and quickly act to pacify earth and her aggravated forces and make a correction in our life and culture to live in peace with her

[@lisaleem9593]

Opening picture of fire looks like the Phoenix bird.

[@franksu9735]

Will human survive ? some will some will not, just make sure you are on the winning side.

[@donHooligan]

the holocene extinction began when humans began building cities. that should be all that needs to be said. we created "this problem" when we began living in numbers that the local land-base could not support. #GardensGrowFreedom #PermaCulture4Life

[@estebanpardo9611]

looking at the sunset who knows maybe be our last if humans can't find a way to coexist.

[@audman7895]

Someone should build a "Weather Dominator" It worked for Cobra in GI Joe. I'm joking but could this be possible?

[@harrywhite7287]

Noam is one of those guys you love to listen to when you're depressed. His outlook has been grim for 50 years. You would think he would have stopped presenting himself as having insight when his beloved socialist countries followed the same path they always do and failed, bringing misery and destruction to all those people.

[@wolfgangsmythe1747]

To admit that the focus of his analysis has been too narrow and repetitive at this point is just impossible.

[@hermitthefrog8951]

Does anyone still trust Chomsky? kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3anl2qFoLd2rs0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJipc2eMn8iggNk kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJnVi2htjd2MgLc

[@andreawisner7358]

Looking forward to disorganized human life, when everyone else becomes like me.

[@wolfgangsmythe1747]

Is there anything that the most learned linguist will not comment upon?

[@diehard7857]

STOP BLAMING "Human activity".... Corporations are the enablers. Human "activity" has/is victim to Corporate abuse. EVERYTHING suffers. You want "stop"... GROW UP because the saying "easy as taking candy from a baby" wasn't invented by mankind.

[@Locrian08]

There's no evidence that Trump allowed any significant arming of Ukraine. Approval was given for the sale of some 50 cal sniper rifles that Ukraine could have bought from many other sources. The rifles are insignificant to strategic Russian activity.

[@trowbridgetina]

'democracy now' is calling Chomsky a 'dissident'????????? I'm never watching this show again!!!!!!

[@TheRantingRooster]

We're doomed. Accept it.

[@Anonymous-yw1cv]

You progressivists don't actually believe that, you idiots think humanity can be "fixed," and it is just that "fixing" that has brought much of the destruction. You cunts brought Trump, 100%.

[@NosyFella]

I treat civilisation like a friend with a terminal illness. You're aware that their time is limited but there's no need to be glum all the time, enjoy while it lasts etc

[@NosyFella]

donovan aaron We do but it's not going to happen. As Chomsky says, nobody is even talking about climate change! We couldn't be further from solving this right now

[@mahlina1220]

I'm at the acceptance phase of DABDA by Dr. Kubler Ross. VSED, the most humane, least painful way to exit, in the final moments when all surrounding life is in an inferno.-Worst Case Scenario. Best Case Scenario- All nations unite and save the planet with algae, biofuels, new ways of rebuilding sustainable infrastructure, and I get the grudge and hatred towards U.S., but I'm hoping all the nations STOP this Orange Hitler, and save us sane people from this tyranical government. But likely that won't happen. I just daydream about this almost half of my day, while the other half, preparing for *the day.* Dr. McPherson is spot on, and he's ostracized for being an Honest and Noble whistleblower. *If only Carl Sagan and Noam Chomsky could've been our Presidents*

[@mahlina1220]

Literally. Most lifeforms decay at 105 F. A slow narcrose.

[@trythinkingforachange4201]

A rambling incoherent answer that really did not answer the question in the title.

[@ayodelefasehun]

The

[@petelebu]

Don't worry folks, now that we made the uber rich even more rich ,its time to raise the ecological burden of overpopulation from this planet, its been a pleasure NOT folks, see you in heaven

[@CoolBeanz12thr33]

You have to find a way to make his words more impactful so the messege could reach more people. Perhaps by sighting more scientific, government records and not just dwell on the doomsday clock which sounds like a silly concept at face value. And since it has obviously been wrong in the past then maybe it's not credible. This is just my ignorance speaking but I would like to be better informed.

[@CoolBeanz12thr33]

Paulo Cruz I didn't know hehe thanks for clearing that up! Sounds more rational when you put it that way.

[@Viva_la_natura]

Wow, an open-minded person actually thinking for themselves. That's rare.

[@andrepylon12]

The doomsday clock is backed by a document you can read on their site. They predicted the nuclear arms race we are in now.

[@mahlina1220]

And Koch Bros want to censor Dr. Chomsky's books on campus (not to mention re-write the California education's Ecological studies books for k-12 students, per reported by DemocracyNow, your non-profit news 411).

[@Deathkill06]

Speaking of the Doomsday Clock, the Bulletin put out this study and it's really troubling. Chomsky cites it in a recent interview. thebulletin.org/2017/03/how-us-nuclear-force-modernization-is-undermining-strategic-stability-the-burst-height-compensating-super-fuze/

[@couldbe8348]

Sorry this is all speculation.

[@rachelk7555]

Chomsky still brilliant, but he now looks weak and his voice is weak.

[@saladinallah5299]

Rachel K Just much older & slower:). His insight always relevant.

[@alexrodriguez9441]

When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not

[@LiterallyRiggtarded]

he is old

[@chrisgust1641]

Rachel K he's just gotten older. Consider the alternative.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Also weakened by the loneliness of his fight. Where is the peace movement today? Let's throw the biggest Anti-War demonstration and show him his efforts were worth it!