Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: Is US Empire in Decline?

[@1LaOriental]

“All for ourselves and nothing for other people, seems to be, in every age of the world, the vile maxim of the masters of mankind” Adam Smith

[@damageincorporated8558]

Good on this old man still caring to care about things even though he's done his work, well done

[@1o1s1s1i1e]

"The Withdrawal" is an outstanding read! This past week Native Americans started walking from Minneapolis, Minnesota to the capital in D.C. to try and free Leonard Peltier, I wish them safe travels and hope that Leonard will be set free!

[@elizabethblakley2876]

Thanks for having Noam and Bijay on! You do such a great job of interviewing them! Thanks for the thoughtful questions!

[@adamazzalino5247]

Vijay

[@alloomis1635]

the empire continues to function, but the quality of people in high office, never high, is becoming risible, and possibly dangerous to nation, and world.

[@georgeyang9165]

The same could be said for Europe considering all they did to the world alongside America and their corporations but that isn't brought up as much.

[@TennesseeJed]

Pass the organic marmalade and vegan butter, we're toast.

[@atambwalisametana6363]

We only have GM wheat bread...

[@TennesseeJed]

@@atambwalisametana6363 Oh hell no! Stone ground sustainable sourced, free trade, gluten free buckwheat arrowroot sourdough artisan braided mini loaves will do! 😜

[@atambwalisametana6363]

@@TennesseeJed Sounds like "Mighty good eatin' " as your folks say. No Polk salad?

[@TennesseeJed]

@@atambwalisametana6363 wheel-doggies

[@atambwalisametana6363]

@@TennesseeJed What are those? Roadkill, I'm guessing?

[@sowinski4]

My old boss, the firm's top lawyer, said in late 1997 that the Clinton scandal was, in a word, "Rome."

[@jossdionne9810]

Did read your "Joy Division"!

[@evita9284]

This is bullshit. As someone with LOTS (8000 hours) of experience running a country using Civilization 6, if my country is declining, I will just build sea walls on all my cities, then switch all my power plants to run on coal, cause climate change to worsen to stage 6, then watch meteors fall and destroy my enemies. 🤣

[@derekhunter7632]

"sir, he's gone full miami." "mah god"

[@TankGump96]

Somebody pinch me and wake me from this nightmare!

[@rda-gama2567]

The intire world is in total confusion!

[@saramuhumphries9225]

👍💐

[@Hundredwavesofwolves]

If you put the playback speed to 1.5 Noam talks at regular speed

[@georgeyang9165]

Imo, nah it isn't. Europe also fought in the war and they are doing fine except apparently people don't really talk about their role as much. For all the talk of America being an international bully, Europe dodges these accusations all the time including from the American left and apparently their history is also largely forgotten.

[@biglebowski3961]

Whole world is in decline.

[@jocksharerock7318]

Your world

[@grapentine739]

Well not BRICS countries. They are doing just fine relying on Russian and Chinese resources and industries

[@LesegoMakgorogo]

Not the whole world but the whole west

[@gdroid2838]

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prasad, my two favourite socialists, on Jacobin, my favourite socialist publication, talking about Amerikkkan fragility (and hopefully decline), my favourite topic!!! Life is good.

[@therationalist234]

Criticism out of love not hate.

[@Dustin_Bins]

@@therationalist234 Agreed, we hate the current form the U.S., we don't hate the U.S. itself. We criticize capitalism because we want the U.S. to have a system that is for the majority of people, not for corporations. We don't want to see the U.S. fail just to see the U.S. fail the way right wingers portray us.

[@therationalist234]

@@Dustin_Bins Exactly. Thank you for saying it so well.

[@SameAsAnyOtherStranger]

I remember Chomsky likening capitalism to what Ghandi said about civilization- it would be nice if we actually tried it. But at 0:45 he says: "A capitalist society would destroy itself in five minutes." I have recently come to the conclusion that any system- capitalism, communism, socialism even (and by "even" I mean "especially") anarchism could provide for a better quality of life for all concerned if properly managed through regulation. I guess since Chomsky isn't the dewey eyed optimist he used to be he has had to resolve to the fact that of all systems, capitalism is the most likely to fail the most people.

[@carlyellison8498]

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[@elizabethblakley2876]

Vijay

[@Hahaha41241]

Decline sound better. Lol

[@gabrielt.3181]

😁

[@gabrielt.3181]

😄

[@beastmode8203]

LOL a bunch of Tankies with the BS.

[@richardwingert2827]

You sound just like a beast!

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

Bruh. If we're calling Noam Chomsky a tankie these days, that word straight-up does not mean anything.

[@beastmode8203]

@@dr.zoidberg8666 if it didn't mean anything you wouldn't care and we're going to call you tankies forever you bunch of communist tankies. Fucking disgusting.

[@thug4lyfe]

U ain't the brightest are ya?

[@nobodynowhere21]

Right we're not tankies because instead we believe in the so-called "justice democrat" progressives who talk a big talk about domestic policy then they go ahead and approve every war funding budget put in front of them. Like Lenin said: social democrats are opportunists, nothing more. Go back to the DSA and write another useless letter to congress and cosplay as socialists more?