Noam Chomsky EXCLUSIVE: Is America A Failed State?
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2020
- Professor Noam Chomsky gives his thoughts on the future of the left and weighs in on the current state of the media landscape.
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He looks so sad, like he's been carrying this grim knowledge for years with no sign of hope presenting itself.
He’s literally spent his life warning everyone about this and we’ve not listened. He didn’t enrich himself and at 95 or whatever he is taking himself raw -and he’s still trying to warn us.
I’ve been seeing his face on tv since I was a kid didn’t get wise to him until HS
Even only being aware of America/the world/our species' terrible destiny for maybe ten years now has burdened me immensely. I can only imagine what it'll be like seeing humans be frivolous, self-destructive idiots for six or so more decades.
He's always been a delusional doomsayer. He just didn't always look like the specter of death itself.
@@JoeLeasure _"He's always been a delusional doomsayer."_
Prof. Chomsky's writings including "Manufacturing Consent" have become all too true. He's been a doomsayer that has offered us the possibility of change for a better future but in no way, shape or form is he delusional. America is in a state of collapse.
_"He just didn't always look like the specter of death itself."_
Let's see how you look and speak at 91 if you're so very lucky to make it to that ever so ripe age. His mind is still there, just not as fast as before.
If my grandpas were still alive, they would only be 3 to 4 years older than Chomsky is right now. This man has seen the Great Depression, Europe's descent into fascism, WWII, the Civil Rights Movement, all significant Women's Rights movements since the suffrage, Vietnam, Corea, the Cold War, the rise and decline of neoliberalism, the fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11 and the iraque war. And somehow, he still figured out to remain on the right side of history. If there ever was such a thing like a living legend, he'd be probably the closest to it.
Europe's descent into facism? About half of Europe you mean
@ I wouldn't call the Democratic corporatists to be classic neoliberals in the economic sense. At least not anymore since the bailouts 2008. I would actually state that to most of the populace, it has proven to fail on dealing with reality. Also please consider that US politics do not equal the rest of the world, the US is far right-wing to the rest of the world. I am German for instance, and our conservatives actually achieved to write a debt ceiling into the constitution back in the 2000s with the shameful help of social democrats. Both parties are back in power and started to ignore their own amendment amidst the Coronavirus crisis, something the 2008 crisis could not achieve.
@@onnol917 Well, it's empathetic or somewhat hyperbolic speech for that matter. It does not change the fact though that several countries became fascist dictatorships in that period.
@@maniak1768 that is true, the early period of ww2 was pretty much facsist Europe vs non facsist Europe.
@andy peers you seem angry. Are you alright?
I once met Noam Chomsky on a train in Boston and he even let me take a selfie with him. Cool guy!
How is he in person?
It was awesome. He and his wife were sitting a few seats away from me and I couldn't believe my eyes when I noticed him. I addressed him as "Professor Chomsky" and he looked at me. I told him that I admired his work with linguistics and generative grammar. He was about to give a lecture at Harvard University and he asked me if I was a Harvard student (I'm not). I told him that I was just hanging out in Cambridge for the day. I shook his hand and asked him if I could take a picture with him. He was gracious enough to let me take a picture.
Whether or not you get are allowed a selfie with someone really shows their level of ethics. 😂😳
Lollipop Lucy I heard he responds to emails
Your childhood was a lie he responds to emails
This segment needs to be re-mastered.
Play Back SPEED 1.5X
It’s so hard to hear Chomsky. He deeds a better mic, an compressor, and a jager bomb lol
@@BigBox609 bless your heart. You fixed Chomsky for me. Now I can listen without falling asleep. You win the internet today!
@@BigBox609 , WOW!!! Thank you so much! That fixed it. Also put the subtitles on.
He needs a decent microphone.
Might want to include Linguist in your description of Noam. He kinda revolutionized the field. Small detail, but significant.
He reformed and then regressed the field.
@@stupideunuchs6513 No Stupid.
You almost need a linguist to decipher what he's saying.
@MajorLeague unsubstantial biased opinion. Thanks for your incredible insight
Correct. He is s world famous linguist.
Wonderful to see an outlet interviewing Noam and the young lady asking intelligent questions and not cutting him off. Great job!
Agree!!
IF you cannot understand his voice in this interview (bad audio), then use the subtitles on CZcams. Here is how:
When you click on the link above, it takes you to the video. Before the video starts, click on the tiny "GEAR" icon for the video SETTINGS. This is shown on the bottom right margin of the video image. Look for the tiny wheel like GEAR icon. Click on that.
Then, look at that sub menu and find SUBTITLES, click on that and choose ENGLISH (if that is what you want).
When I do this, the subtitles show large (you can adjust size too) on my screen on the video.
You can do this for MOST videos on CZcams. Perhaps not all (I am not sure).
I hope that helps you. :)
Also, you can adjust the playback speed if you want. Look under that same GEAR (SETTINGS) icon menu, for PLAYBACK SPEED. I sometimes choose .75 speed to slow fast talkers down if I am taking notes.
Didn't help much, those were pretty bad too! 😂
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU ❤❤❤❤
i actually sped it up .25 and it made it much more understandable to me
I don't understand, they have producers, the interview isn't set up "on the spot" why doesn't someone help these people with their sound. An aftermarket mic that will produce decent if not awesome sound right out of the box isn't that expensive. Send it to them FedEx tell them to plug it in.
@@Abitflippant might just be his voice
“That the goal is to maximize profit ,Their concern is not the welfare of the population. “ Noam Chomsky
And it shouldn’t be. Why would we want corporations to have that much power over the population?
Kasee Smith clown response bro
@@KaseeSmith We don't want this but they have all the money. Much more important than the rest of us. Even preachers get rich telling their lies and we thank them with donations. Ya got to blame the species.
@@patrickvanmeter2922 can’t argue with that
I understood every word, but I really had to focus. Someone please remaster this at The Hill.
Thanks for making the effort. That's all it takes to absorb his message. I too understood every word. I don't know what others are taking about!
Bring Chris Hedges too.
Fact!
They sure did.
@@neolibtears A lot of water has passed since they did.
Seconded.
Chris is amazing. He's taking the baton from Chomsky.
Wow!!!
You got to interview Noam Chomsky.
He's the most insightful person I've seen on this earth in my 76 years.
Banned everywhere and suddenly, the Millenials have discovered him.
It truly warms my heart.
h.
I was honored to attend one of Chomsky's lectures years ago. Truly amazing man.
Make snow and ice...lower sea level 💘....what 😳 does one do?
Notice how he's more eloquent than Biden at 91...
Riccardo Bove Use it or lose it. It doesn’t take much brainpower to be a sociopath. Only a lack of conscience.
He’s more eloquent than literally everyone what a dumb comment
@@4dhumaninstrumentality789 Not true at all. Being a Sociopath is not easy and they certainly think more than the average person
Don't you mean more eloquent than Trump?! Trump don't seem to even fully grasp ENGLISH, as for his eloquence, he talks just a vulgar salesman that he is.
@@mariemabed he is vulgar and not eloquent but extremely EFFECTIVE. Michael Corrleno said "Never Hate Your Enemies it Effects Your Judgement" the Left hates Trump so much that they do not see how he fills the holes created by them. His RNC speech, not great poetry and pros but very effective
The ship is sinking and I'm hoping my family can survive long enough for Europe's America travel ban to be lifted
Make to much ice and snow ❄...lowers sea level. Europe 🇪🇺 have more land.
Don't expect the grass to be greener on the other side. There's a lag before things replicate here.
Chomsky says, " Get rid of the Trump malignancy."
And instead have the Hillary, Biden or Sanders malignancy? Actually, lets start with the Chomsky malignancy.
Yes instead of trump, anything. He is going to destroy your country and when America goes down with Trump at the helm he will take the rest of the world with him out of sheer spite.
One of the most important voices of our times. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PONY UP THE FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A USB MICROPHONE??? His audio stream sounds like people walking over 200 year old floorboards.
Every single damn interview. Someone please start a GoFundMe for Noam.
Everybody that conducts interviews needs to have a bunch of plug n play mics ready to send to these luddites. I think you could probably even get away with a $20 mic that would be way better
i think its his Skype connection making him gurgle...
@@Abitflippant he has perfect audio in other conversations so not sure what happened here.
With time, Chomsky's face has molded into Socrates; intellectually he has always been on par with him.
Please have someone do a CC, the auto-generated version is flawed.
I agree. Smart guy. But most of this was unintelligible. Could hardly understand most of what he was saying.
@@OneIroNauT_1 It's to their credit that they let him talk at length, even when it was hard to understand him. Other interviewers might have interrupted him.
@@bobchannell3553 im nit sure that it was to their credit, technically they should have arranged to fix this, it was very difficult to focus on what he was saying without fatigue. do it over!
john z yes I feel like my brain is melting.
I could understand what he was saying.
JFC is his microphone under water? A shame this isn't more audible, love this man
Chomsky: an American national treasure.
Needs to be put in a museum
Chomsky has a very clear voice and speaks English very well, so I would guess that the mic on his computer is a pos.
Since, because of his brilliant mind, he's always in demand to be interviewed, someone should take the time to fix his audio.
Actually his voice is like that, pretty hoarse now, wasn't when he was younger
@@muhammedsabdal3581 thats a funny thought that he's hoarse from crying out (or speaking in a monotone) in the wilderness for all these years. along with Sanders. but there was definitely and audio algorithm/bandwidth problem.
Chomsky is crystal clear in his excellent interview "Noam Chomsky - The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss - FULL VIDEO" from December 2019.
@@cupiduspacis4209 Yes, not sure what happened here but he still frequently talks to people with no audio problems.
Q: "Can it be done?"
A: "Matter of action, not speculation"
imagine spending your entire life explaining how doomed we are as a society, right up to the end.
@babajohn100 dumb
@@jonm7888
How is it dumb? Chomsky says, in this interview, that Trump is more dangerous than Biden, and that Biden can be pressured into doing what we want. That's pretty backwards. Trump hasn't started any wars (and he tried to end one, but the Democrats blocked him). He stopped the health insurance mandate. He even backed off a bit on his anti-mask position. Biden wants to start more wars, bring back ObamaCare in full, and pass laws that force everyone to wear a mask and do whatever he thinks people should do. Biden is obviously the more dangerous candidate. Trump isn't perfect, not by a long shot, and I'm certainly not voting for Trump, but Chomsky isn't seeing things clearly if he thinks Biden is the better option.
@DDSO Is Jesus gonna pay their mortgage or light bill?
And yet living to 97 🤔😄
Trump assasinated an Iranian general and nearly got us into a new war. He raised troops in Afghanistan. He is actively trying to remove preexisting conditions safety from health coverage. On no planet is Biden more dangerous than Trump.
So why is Saagar never around for I/vs with these heavyweight figures like Cornel West and Noam Chomsky? Obviously a rhetorical question.
But he does such a good job hiding his fascism
@@commissarklink6060 idk still not sure if he old or a facist
It's really the Krystal Ball show,
with special guest Saagar Enjeti
Because he's a Conservative...
@@commissarklink6060 I don't know man, he's been attracting a lot of fascists lately though. Just look at the comment section of recent Rising videos vs during the dem primary. Half of them are now full blown trumpists.
It is such an honor to see professor Noam Chomsky on your stream, thank you Krystal.
So important to hear from Chomsky on "The Hill"!! MORE OF IT PLEASE!!
Somebody needs to buy the old master a modern microphone.
Somebody needs to make snow and ice solar radiation management.for reflecting sunlight to space, stabilize jet streams
Power his 🎤 with gravity engines mass manufactured. Bush Obama Trump Methane 🙄 we make snowband ice now....suicide leaders no ice economy ecology, lazy governments. Retired......ow
It’s a little better at 1.25x and max volume
@MajorLeague He literally quoted former defense secretary William Perry who recently said that the threat of nuclear holocaust is worse now than ever. I think that guy knows a little more than writers of "history books written after 1979".
@MajorLeague There's still enough weapons to wipe out the world a thousand times over. And now you have more nuclear powers than in 1980, and the erosion/removal of nuclear treaties. Secretary Perry is not known for being an alarmist - he is quite conservative. The arrogant and ignorant position that you express here is indicative of exactly why the world is in so much danger. You are apparently suicidal, and unfortunately for the rest of us project that attitude out into the world. Please off yourself and leave the rest of humanity in peace.
I remember Noam one said “Education is a system of imposed ignorance”. In my opinion 2020 is the culmination of that very statement.
Noam's "career" in linguistics is a great example of this. He does as he preaches. Chomsky is terrible at scholarship/study and he cannot defend his positions at all in front of evidence. Delusional grammarian.
@@stupideunuchs6513 Noam's so in love with his own voice he's like an old beauty queen.
That's a bullshit statement and I think Noam has nuances to it. Education is the most valuable thing we could give people beyond the essentials.
Peace Walker I encourage you to read Manufacturing Consent: The political economy of mass media by Noam Chomsky & Edward S. Herman
That’s funny because I had a college philosophy professor who said something very similar
Other diseases coming our way when the permafrost melts further...
Peter Derycke and the mass displacement of wildlife as the climate worsens will breed diseases as well.
thank you so much for this interview with this brilliant man....and you just let him speak, which is so rare in interviews these days. thank you for your question about our path forward as well.
The closed captioning just gave up after a while during Chomsky's interview. I love what Chomsky has to say but, even with better audio, I can only decipher a fraction of what he's saying nowadays.
He's been saying the same thing for 40+ years, no need to decipher.
L C But maybe other people haven’t heard what he’s had to say and after this video they still won’t.
Weird. I hear him perfectly.
Isn’t he a persuasive entrenched marxist?
Man he looks rougher and rougher everytime I see him give an interview.
Melania: "Did you hear what Professor Chomsky's been saying about you?"
Donald: "Who?"
Melania: "He's a professor of linguistics."
Donald: "Where's that?"
Wow, an anti trump joke in The Hill comment section withiut some trumper crying?
It's at the University of Science
@@xoranginho isn't it nice when two side can get a long?
Interesting how the joke could also be viewed as a jab a Chomsky's relative credibility in real world discussions.
Congratulations on a fine interview with one of the great thinkers of our time. And thank you for not cutting short his answers to these critically important questions, as so many other interviewers would do in order to "move on" to some other topic. Keep up the great work!
When I watch Naom chomsky I remember Edward Said ,both are great men ,where the universe needs such scholars , Edward passed away in n 2003 ,l wish long life to Naom .
Said is underrated I think. I read him for a core humanities class in college and is a good person to have in the conversations we're having
Said is a giant.
This realist attitude is what is needed to sober us up.
Not realist....cynical masochist.
'Without the free exchange of ideas there is no freedom' Hannah Ardent.
100 years from now when historians are looking to write about this period they will undoubtable turn to Chomsky's writings for the truth.
@Daniel Reierson yeah peeps like you a 100years ago said the same thing
Right, and Howard Zinn is a great scholar. Ha!
Noam Chomsky's book "Who Rules the World?" changed my perspective on *everything*
And "how the world works" too for me
@Respect/Walk he is angry. But I don't blame him. After nearly 90 years of seeing the truth, I would be too.
@Respect/Walk he certainly doesn't acknowledge the fact that many of us live a life of comfort due to the actions of the government. But where is the lie in his book? Also, it's not so easy to just pack up and leave, especially when you've built an entire life here. Are we not allowed to be critical of the country in which we live?
Respect/Walk Why would you move? People move when there’s no food or jobs, not because they disagree with the actions of their government. You can be patriotic and still heavily criticize your government. Moving would be running away from the problem instead of staying to fix the problem and improve your country
I’ve been waiting for you guys to interview this man. Thank you. 🥰❣️Well done this week you had prof west and prof Chomsky. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Will there be a written transcript of this? Would be helpful.
FFS, turn on your closed captioning.
Yes, it was better when I turned on subtitles.
Kinda sucks that he’s so hard to understand, and I imagine Krystal musta felt horribly awkward having to cut him off to end the segment.
It's called effort. It may be a concept that many people today have a problem to grasp but all it takes is a little bit of effort and you'll understand 99% of his all important message. Krystal is a true professional and did what she had to do. I don't think it made her feel awkward at all.
My issue is that it's very difficult to listen to Chomsky, between his always low-key voice combined with bad audio, it's virtually unlistenable.
It’s hard to cut him off when he is coming to a brilliant point
Surely someone can get Prof Chomsky a better microphone.
I honestly think I understood like maybe 60% of the words he used. I felt like somebody new to a foreign language. I just don't hear some of the syllables.
It's been several interviews like that. It's a shame any of his helpers can get him a real mic. Wasted opportunities.
Yes, his home tech plus his age of 91 and he was always soft spoken.
his voice grew weaker after about 3 minutes..probably a combination of weakness in vocal chords and lungs..he would start out strong...he is brilliant and it is important to know every word..i hope the interview can be transcribed..
Chompsky is one of my heros.
i see people echoing these sentiments but i guess i just watch a lot of non-native speakers under sub-prime conditions. i caught 100% of it 🤷♀️
Thank you for this interview, my favorite intellectual figure on my favorite news show!
Wow the GOAT himself
💯💯💯💯💯
Thanks to the 1% who have planned this mess for years
@blueseaview 22 and the balance who don't care
Bring on Slavoj Zizek, Tariq Ali, Norman Finkelstein, Henry Giroux, Derrick Jensen, Chris Hedges, Mark Blyth and David Greaber.
If I might add Michael Hudson, I think he's pretty great, especially in backing up the whole historical materialism thing with interesting anthropology along with a recontextualization of religion as a sort of foundation for economic stability that has been, surprise, distorted by the ruling class a tool of social control (similar to Adorno and Horkheimer's dialectic of enlightenment) ie robbed of any of its valuable progressive essence leaving only a literal "prosperity gospel" interpretation/enforcement of the current social hierarchy. Basically just backing up the base/superstructure conception from Marxism with further supporting evidence. Also David Harvey of course.
Definitely Mark Blyth. He has some solutions that the audience should know about.
They had Hedges on before, but he should be a regular.
David Graeber for sure
And Adam Tooze
YES, DEFINITELY.
Noam needs a microphone. Hill staff: please prep him next time - his valuable perspective needs to be heard clearly!
He's in his home in Arizona.
@@davidvoeller5517 They can at least prepare subtitles before uploading it to youtube.
he holds dozens of interviews and i never heard this in recent interviews;i am not sure the fault is on Chomsky's side
@@pietersteenkamp5241 the level or quality nah,,, that is the recording. It's chomsky's vocals. very dynamic and inconsistent due to his age.
When you press your ear against the side of the aquarium so you can hear the fish talk.
"We're living at a point of confluence of severe crises".
Yes, we are.
Lol re elect trump.. Drain the swamp you will see all the democratic chinese bullshit dry up.
It would be helpful if Noam Chomsky invested in a better quality microphone that can handle his lower register voice. Interviews with him from his home, are always difficult to understand.
I would seriously buy him a condenser mic that will do just that. He needs to be heard!!!
i'm not sure it's a mic thing, im guessing low bandwidth on Skype?
@@zaloo Yes, it's a garbled transmission. His mic is fine.
This is the most sound criticism of the man I’ve heard yet haha. Get a good condenser mic Noam!
@@willstout5988 bad Skype connection...
Thank you for your time Noam.
It sounds a bit clearer when played at 1.5x speed.
thanks, cause i diddnt heard shit
When determining the fate of a system by assessing the amount of entropy occurring within it, and you consider the amount of entropy occurring with the planet, and with the human condition, for example the confluence of events described, in addition to a well-established system reverting to political and economic regression, including contributing to the Anthropocene, 6th mass biodiversity extinction, and climate catastrophe, and the solution is to remove a malignancy that achieved the highest office in the land, and to use nonviolence to shift another verifiable malignancy a little bit to the left, and hope that’s enough to jumpstart an entire sequence of events, which if they each succeed, might barely forestall the worst consequences of inertias already set in motion, it’s time to rethink the human condition at the most causal level of reductionism possible, objectify whatever toxic biological determinism exists, and move in the distinctly opposite direction as fast as possible.
You mean, of course, to get yourself on the first SpaceX rocket to Mars !
@@franksvatek1873 LMAO my dude! Cheers~
With all due respect, I'm not voting for Biden if he's not guaranteeing progressive policies. Biden is going senile, Harris is a puppet. I'm not voting out of fear of Trump period.
Jerzey First 💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
black and white is a short simplistic view, we can do bought, get him out and be progressive.
I don’t work for the Democratic Party and I don’t owe them anything. If they want my vote earn it. At least with Trump in office people are paying attention.
Let the system burn itself out. More Trump will open people's eyes to the incompetence of both sides.
What's your alternative to Trump or Biden?
Because one of them is getting elected. It can be Trump which 100% means goodbye to democracy and any good of averting catastrophic climate chaos, or it's Biden, who is at least accepts democracy is a good thing and that climate catastrophe is something to be avoided.
When FDR got into power, he didn't immediately enact the New Deal. It was way to politically hard. He told the socialists and und unions "Get in the streets and make me do it."
Even if we had Bernie as President, the amount of change we need to avoid disaster would demand the kind of public protest and civil disobedience that we have just glimpsed with BLM, but for weeks and weeks and weeks.
Nothing is going to be easy.
But at least with Biden there is more than 0% chance of success.
Was this recorded earlier? If so, anyone know the recording date?
Cab someone get this man a decent microphone.....
Could also be his age and his ISP's connection speed / data transfer rate.
It's his age, not a mic issue. He's too old to have a conversation with now.💯💯
@@tenderlungs2065 He's basically a talking zombie now, happens to all faux intellectuals in the end.
@@rjh6037 I think he did society a favor in breaking down Manufacturing Consent, but once he endorsed Biden, therefore manufacturing consent himself, and making himself irrelevant...👎 Cornel West isn't much better. I've never heard an intellectual that didn't revert to "lesser of 2 evils" whenever it comes to choosing between revolution or fealty. They choose fealty EVERY TIME; all the TRUE revolutionaries are dead or political prisoners. The revolution won't take place in a voting booth, it's gonna have to be in the streets. 💯💯💯
Tenderlungs 206 well said. Truthfully at his best he had things to say. Now his intellectual thoughts are about the same quality of his speaking voice.
it is interesting that noone else ever mentions the threat of nuclear war
Um,,, "we must never allow Iran to have nuclear capability." Who said that ? It's not a trick question lol.
Today, we have bigger threats that do not involve nuclear.
Who could give him a well-deserved introduction in less than 30 seconds to national treasure Professor Noam Chomsky? NOBODY but Krystal. One can tell that his modesty tires of accolades. Intellectual and moral hero, I salute you!
Thank you.
How exactly has Biden moved to the left? He has not.
A call for decreasing fossil fuel subsidies is a pretty significant step.
YOU GOT CHOMSKY ON HERE GAD DAMN!!
It would be great if they arranged to put a studio mic for Noam, he's voice could be heard with all its splendour.
Yes!!! Why is it that many important people have such TERRIBLE microphones?!
this is a chilling interview! It made me cry!
DR. NOAM CHOMSKY: "This is a unique moment in human history. We're living at a point of confluence of severe crises. [...] So, nuclear war, destruction of the environment, a raging pandemic (and others sure to come, unless we prepare for it); innumerable problems internal to the country.
"There's never been a moment in history with such confluence of crises emerged. [...]
"Within the next decade or so, we will decide whether our grandchildren, your grandchildren, will have a world in which humans can survive."
KRYSTAL BALL: (c. 15:33) "Professor, I wanted to ask you about the future of the American left [i.e. the political grouping of Americans on the left side of the single-axis left-right political spectrum model].
"Obviously, many were demoralised by Bernie Sanders' second loss this time around. And there's this open debate about what he right path is forward.
"Do you try again to have this sort of political revolution from within the Democratic Party to kick out the neoliberals? Do you start an entirely new third party? [Do you fight for ranked-choice voting and/or proportional representation in congress?] There's a new effort underway, with the People's Party, to start something new, a working-class focus, from scratch.
"Which way do you think is the most likely to succeed? And, then, do you think that it's possible to influence and move a Biden administration, if he does, in fact, win the presidency?" (c. 16:16)
DR. NOAM CHOMSKY: "All we can say is that, assuming he's elected, it'd better be possible, or else we're in serious trouble.
"But, yes, I think it is possible.
awesome of you to get Mr. Chomsky on, too bad about the audio quality.
It's probably morbid to think such thoughts, but with Chomsky in his 90s, I already dread the day when he is no longer with us. The world may be burning, but at least for now Chomsky's still around and coherent enough to tell us how to fix it. Somehow the presence of his wise and sane voice makes me feel calm, and less alone. I will be so heartbroken when he's gone.
in other words, WE ARE DOOMED! Thanks, Norm for sharing the truth.
Pleaseeeeee have Chris Hedges on the show next ;)
Krystal had already interviewed with him months ago.
Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" is a milestone of modern critical theory.
Unfortunately Critical Theory is toxic Marxist self destruction.
@@Eloign buzzwords buzzwords buzzwords
Modern critical theory is the leftists tool.
Sudev Sen facts facts facts
@@Cactus_hug citation then please since these are "facts"
Any chance for a transcript? One of these mic companies needs to make a custom capsule for Noam. Audio is always so rough.
Can closed captions be added to this video?
Y'all finally got the legend on the show!
Well I think noam always tells the truth and realizes how horrible political, economic, environmental, and the war mongers has hastened our human demise.
lol she just straight Kanye's the mic from him at the end. His face is priceless.
KRYSTAL BALL: "So, it is truly an honor to get to introduce you to our next guest. I'm excited. I think you'll be excited, too.
"One of the most cited public intellectuals of our time, professor emeritus at MIT, historian, author, political activist, scholar, Noam Chomsky. Great to have you, professor, so great to speak with you." (0:20)
DR. NOAM CHOMSKY: "Glad to be with you."
KRYSTAL BALL: "So, there's so many things that we could talk about. But I was wondering if you could start by putting this moment we are living through in a little bit of context.
"I mean we have this unbelievable pandemic. We have racial unrest and uprisings across the country. We have a Great Depression. We have the existential threat of climate change, and so many things that we are living through right now.
"How does this compare to other things, that you have lived through, that you've studied?
"Help us put this into context." (c. 0:54)
DR. NOAM CHOMSKY: "This is a unique moment in history, in human history, not just my lifetime.
"We're living at a point of confluence of severe crises. There's another one, that you didn't mention---equally severe---the increasing threat of terminal nuclear war.
"So, nuclear war, destruction of the environment, a raging pandemic (and others likely to come, unless we prepare for them); innumerable problems internal to the country.
"There's never been a moment in human history when such a confluence of crises emerged. And the decisions about them have to be made very soon. They cannot be delayed. (c.1:47)
"Nuclear war could break out at anytime. We've livedunder the shadow of the Cold War for 75 years. (c. 1:57)
[...]
"Within the next decade or so, we will decide whether our grandchildren, your grandchildren, will have a world in which humans can survive."
KRYSTAL BALL: (c. 15:33) "Professor, I wanted to ask you about the future of the American left [i.e. the political grouping of Americans on the left side of the single-axis left-right political spectrum model].
"Obviously, many were demoralised by Bernie Sanders' second loss this time around. And there's this open debate about what he right path is forward.
"Do you try again to have this sort of political revolution from within the Democratic Party to kick out the neoliberals? Do you start an entirely new third party? [Do you fight for ranked-choice voting and/or proportional representation in congress?] There's a new effort underway, with the People's Party, to start something new, a working-class focus, from scratch.
"Which way do you think is the most likely to succeed? And, then, do you think that it's possible to influence and move a Biden administration, if he does, in fact, win the presidency?" (c. 16:16)
DR. NOAM CHOMSKY: "All we can say is that, assuming he's elected, it'd better be possible, or else we're in serious trouble.
"But, yes, I think it is possible.
[...]
Some of you have never actually lived in a failed state and it shows
Care to share your experiences? Compare and contrast?
@@dashx1103 how many people do you have to bribe in order to complete your morning commute?
@@Mike-ul1xn Zero. That isn't an answer, by the way.
The audio on Chomsky is so horrendous; I can’t even listen to the whole thing. I WANT to, but it nails on a chalkboard. OMG. Rising, can’t you do better????
Turn on the subtitles. Much easier
EXCELLENT!!👍👍
WOW! Awesome job!
Yes failed state. If you think the responsibility of the state is to help and protect the largest number of human beings as possible there is no doubt we are a failed state. If you think the job of the state is to produce capital for a small minority of people then the state is doing exactly as it should.
You can tell just how wise Chomsky is by the amount of times He gets invited on to Mainstream TV :)
Thanks for having the venerable Chomsky on guys.
bigddaz,
Chomsky doesn't get invited on corporate TV for same reason Chris Hedges doesn't.
It's called: BDS ...
Both men support it to the roots of their souls.
It stands for something like Boycott Israeli products and divest of ownership in all Israeli business ...
And, Sanction Israel.
Put simply, until they do right by the Palestinians.
It's the bond, to me, between mainstream media's boycott of Chomsky and Hedges.
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@@hbrown6563 You obviously missed my Pic next to my name :)
Not sure it is of BDS though, more because they offer reasoned, educated critique of the RepuliDems Military Industrial Complex Wage Slavery Billionaire creation Complex.
I feel so depressed and hopeless. Every decision made by the elites has been making me more and more cynical about humanity’s outlook. I know that fatalism is problematic, but how is someone my age supposed to avoid it?
But there are ways to alleviate our suffering and push the world in the right direction. Get out there and protest, engage in real activism, volunteer, look into mutual aid programs. Even just pursuing a meaningful and altruistic career can help. Love the people around you, help them in their struggles and point them in the right direction.
Is it possible to get transcripts of interviews? Prof. Chomsky is a voice that must be heard, but my computer sound is so garbled it is hard to understand him.
What are we going to do when Mr. Chomsky is gone!? 😪
Think of how lucky we were to hear him in our lifetime!
He is irreplacable.
The same thing we always do, ignore the facts.
Dark but true. Thank you, Krystal, for keeping it real. Progressives must face facts.
I've never seen a person speak in front of a full bookcase of books where I ever thought, "I bet this guy actually read them all", until now.
or he wrote them lol
Now that I'm scared out of my mind! Thanks!
The audio is not great, and still as always, this man speaks and everything is crystal clear
this interview was rough. i think we're all down with no nonsense dealers of truth with charm points for dispassionate drone, but the audio has to be clear.
i think Krystal should call a do-over and ship Noam a good hot-spot connection to use.. :|
Had to stop half way through. The sound quality was unbearable. No idea wtf he's saying, which is a shame. Speak up Noam and get a decent 🎤
I was hoping there would be a text of this somewhere
TURN ON SUBTITLES GUYS
Colin Nguyen thanks Colin
It's often a problem even when he's professionally miked. I think he's just very quiet
@@coliningram1931 😂😂
Can you guys add closed captioning for this?
Thank you guys! Best guest yet.
Chomsky is the world's number one pessimist.
And he has made a lot of $$$ from it! :-)
Masochist
I have difficulty hearing what he says, the sound is so bad.
Seeing such a revered and admirable mind be slowly taken down by an aging and rapidly degrading body is both heartbreaking and in a unique way even more admirable. Even at 91 he has the need to come out to voice his opinions for a better world. I cannot possibly wish even more longevity on a man like this, I can only wish good health for as long as he's still with us.
I seen videos of Noam Chomsky 5 years ago in my second year of university in a computer science class of all places and you can really tell that the lockdown and age has hit him hard.
This man has been speaking truth to power for 60 years. Pay attention. He knows more than you do.
AGREE!!
I know he's spitting straight facts but I can only understand maybe 40% of the words he's saying
same, I'm trying to translate this to my dad who doesn't speak english
I was JUST thinking the same thing!
The Close Captions seem to be working though
hit the CC button, it's easier.
Subtitles!
wow that went fast ...there were like 3 questions lol
Crystal, can you please show this with captioning? The audio quality is terrible.