A Conversation with Noam Chomsky on Trump, Capitalism, and the U.S. Role in the New Cold War

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Cites mellow2020 · 2020-08 · on “Notes from a Flat Earth Conference”

It's easy to explain -- just not to people whose salary whose salary depends on not understanding it, who keep shaking their heads as the predictable results of the boat they won't rock roll in. > people want some understanding of what's happening, but they're not getting it from the media, they're not getting it from the intellectual classes, they're certainly not getting it from the government [..] > it's happening all over and I think you can trace a good deal of it to the effect of neo-liberalism. It had a goal remember: the goal of neo-liberalism was to transfer decisions away from the public to the hands of private power and to atomize the population. -- Noam Chomsky, [this video] > the ind

Cites cutitout · 2021-01 · on “Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler”

Of course it's concerning, but it's also concerning how quick people are to dehumanize and call for censorship, putting a lot of energy into discussing endlessly just how evil or stupid or unreachable those other people are, rather than root causes [0]. The mainstream is whipping itself into hysteria just as much as QAnon does, and it really does seem like circus all around. Just for some perspective: > The capitol has been the site of multiple bombings, shootings, assassination attempts, and stormings for centuries. Pretending its an unbespoiled sacred Church which has never been penetrated so vulgarly is just ahistorical. -- [LINK] [0] [this video] edit: clicking a button doesn't constitute an

Cites howaboutnope · 2021-07 · on “Google and Facebook mandate vaccines for employees at U.S. offices”

> They who have put out the people's eyes reproach them of their blindness. -- John Milton [this video] Intellectuals focusing on how the unwashed masses are the reason we can't have nice things would do well to take a long, hard look at themselves and those they serve.

Cites howaboutnope · 2021-08 · on “CIA’s fake Hepatitis B vaccine program in Pakistan helped fuel vaccine distrust”

> The COVID crisis is as much a trust crisis than a health crisis Noam Chomsky pointed that out as early as a year ago [0], but most people who really should hear it just don't want to it seems, content with shaking their heads and othering. [0] [this video]