Tariq Ali: Americans' Narrow View of the World

[@rriverstone1]

"If you give the people simply one opinion, day after day after day, what's tthe difference between you and a one-party system." He's right.

[@G4KDXlive]

Tariq Ali is always an interesting listen.

[@chokkan7]

He's absolutely on the money about the mechanism of the disinformation; Americans have, for the most part, always trusted others to tell them what is going on, rather than looking for themselves. Much of this is based on lack of disposable income, but it still leads to the myopic tendencies that seem to characterize our country's views.

[@JakeTheMuss10454]

Tariq Ali is absolutely correct, Empires have never been interested in making sure that there citizens where thoroughly educated or for that matter educated in morality in the sense of the variety morality and ethics in philosophical concerns, nor in scientific truths nor the nature of economies or politics, nor the history of humanity or for that matter the class conflict struggle rather they stop at nothing in pushing myths and legends which were borrowed from other civilizations as historical truths. what's more depressing is that entire continents which have been subjugated by empires often make up a large part of the perpetuated ignorance and thus it becomes easier to indoctrinate through misinformation in school as well as in communities. The church and religion in general have done this as the media. In the midst of the most advance technological revolution in communication the information is controlled through the vast networks of heavy controlled search engines who as we think are lobbying to control more personal information, as well as personal opinions, political opinions etc. Education is an important key to all this and education not just political truths, but of Politics it the economics and its history, the same holds true for Philosophy, and the Sciences.

[@mageorge1955]

When was this interview conducted? It sounds a few years old. Where can I find the complete interview?

[@TerraRubicon]

Valid points. Living in the Netherlands myself, me and a lot of my fellow countrymen often notice how selfish and uneducated the average American is. For such a modern country it's really paradoxical. What went wrong with their culture?

[@AjaxNixon]

Making yourself look stupid isn't exactly a good way to explain why Americans are stupid. Its very sad, but it is changing. People are taking nonstop online courses, participating in discussion forums, listening to lectures, etc. Unfortunately for the Marxists, this means a rise of traditionalism and Christianity. Trump is too big brained for lefties.

[@JW-uy2on]

Traveling is a privilege for the elite in the USA. Working Americans do not have the money or the vacation time required to travel.

[@JW-uy2on]

Basekitball Trump can't string a coherent sentence together. He's the laughing stock of the world.

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

Except China can't be intimidated by the US.

[@yvranx]

Good point, but that would make the interview kind of obsolete.

[@ErzeliaFreda]

What year was this interview taped? Where can the full interview or transcript be found?

[@JW-uy2on]

"They should travel." With what money? What vacation time? These things are luxuries in the US that most people simply don't have.

[@emotionalinvalid]

i like tariq, but a lot of us can't even afford to travel let alone pay for a passport. as far as the us empire, if it goes to war in syria which will lead to a war with Iran, not only the empire will end quickly but so will most of the northern hemisphere. russia and china will have no alternative but to retaliate. then maybe the southern hemisphere that will lead us in to a golden age based on traditional ages old farming, business without usery, humanity, ecology, etc etc

[@alegarceau12]

yep

[@12oradsrgobry]

I depends on when this interview was made, if it was recorded during the Bush administration it makes complete sense.

[@salamadel2654]

indeed Ali; that is the way it should have been told. but on the other hand they are busy watching football, basketball and drinking, sleeping with this and sleeping with that, my boyfriend did that and did this, my girlfriend slept with this person and i found out that she had slept with that person, single fucking mom having two or three kids and the daddy is not there for them or he is fucking the mommy and others too. this is the story and do you want them to be an alert citizens? sorry i have forgotten the weed, i am so sorry about that.

[@MrFloW104]

Why did he lose you there?

[@williamforrestall2161]

Tariq Ali so sad ..... well I am sure everyone in the know wants to move to Mr. Ali's culture and place of birth , with its great ancient history , a culture and history that goes back well before anyone ever understood there was a North America let alone an America , ... Yes Pakistan with thousands of years of enriching cultural development , a gift to the world, a place , a people , a culture , a history ,.... and never a punch line .

[@thearchitect27]

trust me, many americans view "Fox entertainment" as part of the propaganda machine too, my friend!

[@Theycallmekenney]

you're missing the point...it dont matter who is the president...it dont matter if its demo or repub.