Noam Chomsky on the State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival

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    The Hart House Debates Committee, Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation (NECEF), and Science for Peace present The State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival, a talk by academic, author and political activist Noam Chomsky. The talk started with introductory remarks by Hart House Warden, Louise Cowin. Chomsky was then introduced by Toronto Star columnist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig. Followed by talk by Chomsky and moderated Q&A by political science student Semra Sevi. The closing remarks were made by Science for Peace member Chandler Davis.

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  • @marioorallo5015
    @marioorallo5015 Před 2 lety +80

    Wow. This talk was 10ish years ago, and it could not be more accurate today. It brings a lot of emotions and feelings.. we lost are home during 2009 Financial crisis. We have not recovered…yet the architects of that crisis are even more wealthier. Crazy.

    • @Juice1990s
      @Juice1990s Před 2 lety +5

      Every ten years or so a new crisis comes out

    • @robertputneydrake
      @robertputneydrake Před 2 lety +1

      What astounds me is the accumulated mass of redemption that is due, as well as the fulfillment thereof. Seems extraordinary.

    • @carmenrizzo6408
      @carmenrizzo6408 Před 2 lety +4

      Wake up people

    • @carmenrizzo6408
      @carmenrizzo6408 Před 2 lety +1

      Kennedy was backing the dollar with silver , the '64 JFK half dollar became copper filled , He fired Allen Dulles , Hitler's lawyer

    • @carmenrizzo6408
      @carmenrizzo6408 Před 2 lety +1

      Prescott Bush financed the Nazis, Brown + Brown , Harriman + Brown law firms

  • @brianhadden7756
    @brianhadden7756 Před 3 lety +48

    I didn't get the opportunity to quote Chomsky enough whilst studying History and Politics in university.
    That's a shame looking back, because he is a revelation.
    Respect.

  • @mhikl4484
    @mhikl4484 Před 10 lety +244

    What a mind. Even at this age, his memory and clarity are intact. May this great warrior live another 20 years. Regardless, prolific as he has been, he will be with us forever.

    • @user-nq5mf4nr4l
      @user-nq5mf4nr4l Před 5 lety +20

      Another 50 years will be much better

    • @apacademy
      @apacademy Před 3 lety +6

      How would you compare/contrast Noam and Ralph Nader ?

    • @dreoxy6096
      @dreoxy6096 Před 3 lety +1

      @Raw Engineer And you're anti-humanity/life ;)

    • @thekestrelseye
      @thekestrelseye Před 3 lety +8

      @@apacademy Brothers in arms. Why engage in such an exercise, when there's so much work to be done.

    • @mlembrant
      @mlembrant Před 3 lety +2

      i wanted to give a like to your comment.. but it's on 69 now so i didn't.. ^^

  • @Shaikailash1
    @Shaikailash1 Před 3 lety +171

    One of Chomsky's best speeches. Don't get scared by the lenght, Chomsky's speech is only 1 hour, from 20:00 to 1:25:25 and you will get brilliant insights on how society works, who has the power, and what we should do to change it.

    • @hanneslundin346
      @hanneslundin346 Před 2 lety +9

      Thank you

    • @jessejames5604
      @jessejames5604 Před 2 lety +4

      Thank you

    • @samuelmuiruri4704
      @samuelmuiruri4704 Před 2 lety +10

      any speech by Chomsky posted on you tube is illuminating and breaks down international affairs, economic and political history brilliantly. i tell you its worth listening. he really puts detail into these lectures. what a teacher.

    • @raystargazer7468
      @raystargazer7468 Před 2 lety +2

      Thx that i can skip all the bs

    • @ignatiushazzard
      @ignatiushazzard Před 2 lety +3

      Appreciate the time stamps comrade

  • @SGProductions87
    @SGProductions87 Před 9 lety +438

    19:45 to skip to when he gets on the stage

    • @lanceawatt
      @lanceawatt Před 9 lety +8

      Permanent Quandary Thanks man!

    • @eoswald203
      @eoswald203 Před 9 lety +5

      Permanent Quandary godbess

    • @kentishsteve
      @kentishsteve Před 8 lety +13

      +Permanent Quandary thank the lord for your presence here on earth

    • @WideReciever360
      @WideReciever360 Před 8 lety

      +kentishsteve Awesome

    • @markmacdonald7955
      @markmacdonald7955 Před 5 lety +16

      I think the woman who introduced Chomsky did a wonderful job. Worth hearing.

  • @jpenneymrcoin6851
    @jpenneymrcoin6851 Před 8 lety +446

    When introducing someone as famous as Noam, do not speak for 20 minutes. Please.

    • @mohdyusuffbinsharif7708
      @mohdyusuffbinsharif7708 Před 8 lety +13

      let's pray Chomsky at the time not having bowels problems and needed some time to ease himself so the blond is might be just time killer....

    • @nonrepublicrat
      @nonrepublicrat Před 3 lety +1

      famous, bur full of shit !!

    • @EddieLeal
      @EddieLeal Před 3 lety +1

      @@nonrepublicrat Why do you feel he's "full of shit" ?

    • @TheSelfHelpTube
      @TheSelfHelpTube Před 3 lety +9

      Famous? Less than 10% of americans know who this is. Far far less if exclude those with higher education. Famous? Lol

    • @andronicospalaeologos8280
      @andronicospalaeologos8280 Před 3 lety +9

      Canadian...They tend to be full of Themselves..Disgraceful though. I understand she’s popular in her own right. So she should really be quiet, humble, say 2-3 sentences, and show she has enough class, and is enough secure in herself, to not need to lean on, or steal his Thunder. and finally what was her introduction? Here’s Noam Chomsky. This person writes? Not one word of that choppy, staccato, “introduction”, remained, lingered, gave you pause, or goosebumps, or made you smile, or feel good to be there, and to hold on to your seats, and enjoy the ride..She did however pull a Trump, & invite everyone to join a demonstration, and riot..Through the Front Doors!

  • @ellistheisland
    @ellistheisland Před 12 lety +197

    ""There is a standard technique of privatization. Namely, defund what you want to privatize; like when Thatcher wanted to privatize the railroads, first thing to do is defund them, then they don't work, then people want change. And so you say "OK, privatize them," and then they get worse. . . . That is the standard technique of privatization. Defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, hand it over to private capital. Well that's the social security scam." 1:09: 00 -- 1:10: 00

    • @TheJester-ct5pi
      @TheJester-ct5pi Před 3 lety +13

      Something similar is happening with the Post Office in the United States. For years they've been out competed, and their costs to operate outweigh the revenue they bring in - mostly due to the decline in mail. Trump recently appointed Louis Dejoy, a long time Republican donor and a chairman for the Republican National Convention in 2020, who still owns millions of dollars in stock with a USPS competitor, to essentially gut the Post Office. Most likely they will push for privatization under the next Republican president.

    • @GETJUSTICE4U
      @GETJUSTICE4U Před 3 lety +9

      Thatcher, the Godess of neoliberalism, set the course for privatisation of the NHS in the 1970s. They knew this could not be achieved in the same way as the railways etc. and that it had to be done by stealth over a long period of time, even a generation or two. Thus the process is ongoing when most people have forgotten how much better it was when it was when it was a wholly public.

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 Před 3 lety +15

      How people still do not see this after 50 years is beyond me.

    • @saskk2290
      @saskk2290 Před 3 lety +5

      @@TheJester-ct5pi The USPS is in fact very competitive and would be a profitable entity if not for its crippling pension scheme. Pls google it. The same can be said for Canada. My dad was a letter carrier/Mailman with Canada Post for 35 years and helped author grievance letters for his Union rep.
      It's beyond my ability to articulate, but the gist is that the investmestment obligations to pensions are so inflated as to become difficult to fulfill, leaving the annual fiscal evaluations looking skewed.
      My single dad raised a family of five & paid child + spousal support from his modest (35,000) income from Canada post (& tens of thousands in credit card) for 15 years. He worked rain, shine or blizzard and sub -30°C temps.
      These federal entities need backup & need more democratization & remuneration for its life's blood - its workforce.

    • @NyctophobiaMusic
      @NyctophobiaMusic Před 3 lety

      So then, what does that suggest of Johnsons move to de-privatise the NHS?

  • @acedjgaming6779
    @acedjgaming6779 Před rokem +39

    I could listen to Noam for hours . I always learn something

    • @misterbapoo82956
      @misterbapoo82956 Před rokem +3

      I could listen to this man for had into the future lol.!

  • @vivalapalestine7235
    @vivalapalestine7235 Před 4 lety +10

    Chomsky said this like 10 years ago and STILL TILL THIS DAY NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED

    • @Bulletz4Breakfast13
      @Bulletz4Breakfast13 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Yes this all started in the 70's with Reagan policies. If you watch Requiem for the American Dream - Noam Chomsky
      You will see the golden age for the economy was 50's-60's and earlier after 30's was the largest taxes to the richest people/corporations (above 80% after 1M in profits)
      It was Reagan and every pres after that reversed that and threw in multiple deregulatory actions to make corporations essentially people with human rights and insane protections. It started the revolving door between lobbying, corporations and government policy makers making eachother rich at the expense of the large majority of Americans (the bottom 70% of earners)
      This trickled into farming agriculture, medical industry, factory jobs, manufacturing sector and technology sectors!
      It's actually just gotten worse infact the wealth inequality has skyrocketed. A perfect example is shown with corporations profits during Covid (2020-2022) where the rest of the population was destroyed.
      Imagine vaccines being created and sold to help the population as saviors as they claimed to be. Yet doubled and tripled their profits twice.
      If it was truly a humanitarian effort we would have seen profits to cover costs and development and trickled down extra profits to the medical workforce and treatment efforts. There where millions who suffered death from poverty due to their inability to pay for their treatments.
      Little to none of those profits went to the humanitarian effort, it went into their pockets and the development and research came out of America's pockets, 90% of the stimulus bills didn't go to the people or medical donations it went to corporations, pharma and politicians!
      In a fair world or even what's claimed by current political mouthpieces, we would see regulations restrict and limit if not cap this gross misuse of a system and the people's money

  • @ellistheisland
    @ellistheisland Před 12 lety +209

    "The goal of marketing is to undermine markets by creating uninformed consumers who will make irrational choices. The business world spends huge efforts on that. And the same is true for the PR industry -- it turns to undermining democracy, it wants to construct elections in which uninformed voters will make irrational choices." - Noam Chomsky

    • @mck1972
      @mck1972 Před 3 lety +3

      And you quoted another of Chomsky's baseless paranoid conspiracy theories, for what reason exactly???

    • @allancouceiro9255
      @allancouceiro9255 Před 3 lety +18

      @@mck1972 baseless and paranoid?
      Ok mate. Go on, go read a bible or something.

    • @mck1972
      @mck1972 Před 3 lety +3

      @@allancouceiro9255 ,
      What's that supposed to mean???

    • @peruanaanaperu
      @peruanaanaperu Před 3 lety +10

      @@mck1972 based on your asinine comment that anything of Chomsky is a "baseless paranoid conspiracy theory," he's deducing, quite correctly, that you're an uniformed moron and therefore is assuming, perhaps correctly, that you're a religious conservative whose capacity for reading is relegated to [some passages of] the bible. whether or not that's true is irrelevant, as it's clear the point is the same. you're ignorant and a troll, which fits right in with religious conservatism. good luck with that.

    • @mck1972
      @mck1972 Před 3 lety +1

      @@peruanaanaperu ,
      So instead of making any effort to open your eyes to see Chomsky's baseless paranoid conspiracy theories for what they are, you instead make misguided and misinformed attacks against (what you assume are) my religious beliefs!
      And you call ME, ' ignorant '???
      Please don't Shoot the Messenger if you yourself cannot face up to the reality of my message!

  • @TheEmmef
    @TheEmmef Před 4 měsíci +2

    Great talk! I wish we would see this level of intellect in the media or politics. They all look like angry, rich children now.

  • @llorens5880
    @llorens5880 Před rokem +32

    Classic! Eleven years later and all Noam warns about is happening, again, and coming to pass. With climate disasters, diseases, war profiteers, banks, corporations, politicians, hedge fund managers taking advantage, I am starting to have little hope for the near future. I believe and hope younger generations will change things and survive.

    • @e_8074
      @e_8074 Před rokem +1

      I hear ya. Easy to feel powerless against the powers that be. But take heart, we have inspired scriptures that prophesied anciently about our day. We know it will be a time of tumult. But-we also know God wins in the end, that he sees us and is aware of us. We are here for a reason, and I believe we can place our hope in the Son of God. I realize these comment sections make anything religious sound zany, but I know Jesus Christ is legit. "In the world you shall have tribulation. But fear not; I have overcome the world." Find good people in your community, connect in person, try to really see and understand and lift one another, and combine your talents together and spread goodness and light to others. As the horizon darkens, seek out those with light in their eyes and love still in their hearts. We will increasingly gather together as things unfold. Stay open to God. I'm not sure why I felt to write all this, but it felt right. Peace and blessings to you, Llorens.

  • @burhanahmed8767
    @burhanahmed8767 Před 6 měsíci +4

    5 minutes into listening to this guy, a lot of world starts to make sense. Wish he would be an immortal.

    • @yougod7253
      @yougod7253 Před 5 měsíci

      He is part of the Cabal Beware. In reality he will lead you over the cliff because of his advanced age now.

  • @DeweyZinnChomskyFisk
    @DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Před 12 lety +6

    thanks for uploading

  • @noahbonneville2479
    @noahbonneville2479 Před 9 lety +57

    Chomsky starts at 19:45

    • @deanelmore7352
      @deanelmore7352 Před 3 lety +5

      Thanks I wasn't interested in all that gibbering

    • @harrifongostudios
      @harrifongostudios Před rokem

      Thank god I was wondering what the fuck I was listening to loool

    • @redvegy
      @redvegy Před 3 měsíci

      that voice is like nails on a chalkboard

    • @pappapaps
      @pappapaps Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you.

    • @FrancisE.Dec.Esquire
      @FrancisE.Dec.Esquire Před 3 měsíci

      FDR JEW-HATING NAZI ENABLER takes on some of the reasins the "jews" must Stay in Nazi Camps.
      0 seconds ago
      FDR and his hatred of Jews FDR Approved the Holocaust and Murder of 6 Million Jews. FDR was NOT a "Good Man" he was a Nazi Inabeler

  • @anafael1
    @anafael1 Před 11 lety +1

    Thanks, for the heads up!

  • @PerpetualBass
    @PerpetualBass Před 2 lety +14

    Holy introduction! I thought it was a filibuster that I mistook for a Chomsky speech after the first 15 minutes

  • @alleycatjones
    @alleycatjones Před 12 lety +3

    thank you...blessings

  • @Aiden057
    @Aiden057 Před 12 lety +15

    Thank you so much for posting this important lecture.

  • @mimimotor
    @mimimotor Před 10 lety +12

    Talk all night professor!

  • @jimhunter3107
    @jimhunter3107 Před 2 lety +12

    A simple thank u for this on my journey of consciousness ! This man's delivery is bang on in so many aspects !

  • @EricTheRed98
    @EricTheRed98 Před 3 lety +18

    Noam is the Grandpa we didn’t know we needed. It’ll be a sad day when he gracefully goes onto his next adventure.

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy Před rokem

      Wow. How 🤔 profound....goofball

  • @jacobzaranyika9334
    @jacobzaranyika9334 Před 2 lety

    Thank you🙏
    I will watch this later

  • @ryanpalmer3813
    @ryanpalmer3813 Před 4 lety +11

    The moderator was really distracting. Give the man some room. Stop putting your hand in front of him to move the mic, I'm sure he can handle it, plus you can hear him just fine. Great talk Amazing insight We need more of these leaders.

    • @williambloodworth5126
      @williambloodworth5126 Před 3 lety +3

      She's obviously overwhelmed by the great man. Understandable but unprofessional too.

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy Před rokem

      That's the American way..create helplessness control dominate dumb down..mainly RepubliCONS

  • @windokeluanda
    @windokeluanda Před 11 lety +33

    I am pleased to live in time in human history where I can benefit so much from Noam Chomsky!

  • @CyrillCassin
    @CyrillCassin Před 3 lety +9

    It Is Such A Pleasure To Hear So Much Truth In One Session For A Change!

  • @readunderthesignofthescorp2828

    Thanks for sharing

  • @michaeljoseph3528
    @michaeljoseph3528 Před 3 lety +8

    What is scary is our "education "system promotes the current economic catastropic paradigm.

  • @Demention94
    @Demention94 Před 11 lety +9

    Not just inspiring, encouraging.

  • @gloriaalexander3448
    @gloriaalexander3448 Před 2 lety +5

    Fantastic! I am 7 years old and learning more from him now than I did in my young working years about what has been going on. Learned nothing like t his at University! So impotant for our children and grandchildren. Agree with him these principles should be taught in Elementary School. But who there would know enough to teach it.

  • @rosu5726
    @rosu5726 Před 3 lety

    Thank you

  • @YouMeWorld1
    @YouMeWorld1 Před 10 lety +2

    Very much agreed.

  • @EclecticSceptic
    @EclecticSceptic Před 12 lety +5

    Actually communism was developed by working class movements and philosophers over hundreds of years, with particularly large work being done by Marx and Engels. 'Communism' in the USSR, etc., is however a construction of the ruling class (like you say). It used the name of communism (a good thing which makes life better for people) for a system which was monstrous, just for the gain of a small bureaucratic and political elite. Sounds familiar!

  • @kissngtheshadows
    @kissngtheshadows Před 11 lety +42

    Dude, I've heard the name before, but this is like the first time I've actually heard him. Wow. Brilliant.

    • @flyonbyya
      @flyonbyya Před 3 lety +4

      Great intellectual
      Waaaaaaay over my head, but supremely interesting

    • @robinthorne5063
      @robinthorne5063 Před 3 lety

      GVC t
      76 ugh I'm so excited

    • @bobbyashrimp
      @bobbyashrimp Před 3 lety

      @@flyonbyya ggy

    • @coderamen666
      @coderamen666 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@flyonbyyahe actually makes sense and the best part is that if he's wrong you can just contest the specific pieces he got wrong

  • @extremelynormalusername

    At about 28:30, he begins to talk about a study about income and policy responsiveness.... does anyone know the title or author of this study? I've scrubbed through 3 video lectures so far to find the author and he only briefly introduces the work.

  • @DavidByrne85
    @DavidByrne85 Před 12 lety

    Thanks

  • @fellowcitizen
    @fellowcitizen Před 5 lety +4

    Hey Hart House! Please post more seminars :)

  • @mekus2009
    @mekus2009 Před 11 lety +9

    I love this man.

  • @cliffgaither
    @cliffgaither Před 2 lety +2

    It's staggering how Alexander Hamilton's out-lined (as the First Secretary-of-the-Treasury) the Governmentalization of Corporations & the Corporatization of Government has actually persisted for all these Centuries.
    He would have been proud of himself that his policies of merging the Government & Industries have worked so well for the Industrial Class. He was the _Kissinger_ of The National Treasury.

  • @MrDeadInMyPocket
    @MrDeadInMyPocket Před 8 lety +30

    Go to settings, speed and increase to 1.25. Then skip to 20:00 min mark. You're welcome.

    • @MrDeadInMyPocket
      @MrDeadInMyPocket Před 8 lety +1

      ephilosophizer
      Chomsky is slightly out of phase with our spacetime. It's nothing we can't compensate for by realigning the transphase coupling array and rerouting it through an assymetrical conduit. Remember to actuate the verteron nano compensator or you'll blow out the array.

    • @TheJ00000hn
      @TheJ00000hn Před 7 lety +1

      many thanks

    • @abeautifuldayful
      @abeautifuldayful Před 3 lety

      @@MrDeadInMyPocket I was going to say that too. But you beat me to it by only 4 years so I had no chance. :).

  • @Aiden057
    @Aiden057 Před 12 lety +13

    What was the actual date of this talk? I see it was uplaoded in April, so I'm assuming it was around then, but I'm just curious as to the actual date. Again, thanks so much for posting this and my compliments to the technical team for excellent sound and picture quality.

  • @turbobox
    @turbobox Před 8 lety +44

    Holy crap can you edit out the horrendous introduction?

    • @EddieLeal
      @EddieLeal Před 3 lety +2

      You know you can always just forward the video right?

  • @julir3754
    @julir3754 Před 6 měsíci

    Great introduction. Very different, outside the usual protocols.

  • @Mr3c2b1a
    @Mr3c2b1a Před 3 lety +7

    Thank god for NC. Speaks truth from the heart.

  • @michaelward878
    @michaelward878 Před 2 lety +6

    There is not anything one person can do but if enough people come together there is a lot that can be done. 👁

  • @ericmills9676
    @ericmills9676 Před 3 lety +5

    The late Gore Vidal: "America is not a democracy, it's an oligarchy, exactly as our forefathers planned it, with TWO right-wing parties, one Republican and one Democrat, both owned and run by corporations."

    • @joebloeh8058
      @joebloeh8058 Před 3 lety +1

      👆Dumbest shit I've ever heard

    • @johnconnor1580
      @johnconnor1580 Před 2 lety +1

      @@joebloeh8058 No, I think Gore pretty much nails it. An oligarchy is defined as a state run for the the benefit of a select elite. That accurately defines the US. Tell me how that isn’t so

  • @AnnaK-qw2qf
    @AnnaK-qw2qf Před 3 lety

    Listening this in 2021...

  • @majorblazer9055
    @majorblazer9055 Před 5 měsíci +2

    🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
    00:04 🏛️ *The event starts with housekeeping requests, emphasizing turning off electronic devices and a photography ban.*
    02:21 🎓 *Har House emphasizes its commitment to diverse programming and critical discourse, hosting events like today's lecture to engage in vital conversations.*
    04:50 🗣️ *Linda McQu introduces Noam Chomsky, highlighting his impact as a prolific intellectual and critic of power, emphasizing his challenge to mainstream narratives.*
    19:29 🌐 *Linda McQu praises Chomsky for exposing those in power, criticizing the elites, and speaking truth to power in the public interest.*
    20:03 💼 *Noam Chomsky begins his talk, discussing the United States' unique significance globally and the influence of corporate interests on state policies.*
    30:03 🏛️ *The Senate, according to Madison, was designed to represent the wealthier class and protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.*
    32:31 💼 *In today's richest country, 20% qualify for food stamps, and real unemployment is at Great Depression levels. Economic conditions are worse for many than in the past.*
    35:13 🔄 *Goldman Sachs, a key player in the crisis, benefits from government bailouts, demonstrates systemic risk ignorance, and is immune to the consequences of risky transactions.*
    36:08 🌍 *Western powers, especially the U.S., resist authentic democracy in the Arab world to maintain their interests, despite public opinion in these regions.*
    43:32 🔄 *Historical parallels between early 19th-century U.S. and Egypt illustrate how power dynamics and economic development influence global disparities.*
    01:00:10 🌐 *Financial speculation and growth of financial institutions surged after dismantling regulations 40 years ago.*
    01:01:00 💰 *Financial institutions' profits came from harmful and socially useless manipulations, contributing to inequality.*
    01:02:48 📉 *State-corporate policies over 30 years fueled wealth concentration, resulting in unprecedented inequality.*
    01:04:13 📈 *Tax policies shifted since around 1980, benefiting the super-rich, eroding earlier redistributive mechanisms.*
    01:10:36 🏦 *Social Security defunding aims to privatize, benefiting investors, but risks undermining social solidarity.*
    01:27:28 🌐 *Goldstone did not retract the report; he expressed a hypothetical change based on new information but did not alter the report's content.*
    01:30:57 🤔 *The central issue in the Gaza conflict was whether there was a right to use force, not merely the right to self-defense.*
    01:34:28 💸 *Shift in university funding, from public support to tuition, creates debt burden for students, shaping career choices and limiting public education.*
    01:43:51 🇮🇷 *The "Iranian threat" is often overstated; official reports indicate low military threat, defensive strategy, and efforts to influence neighboring countries.*
    01:49:32 🌐 *Chomsky views Hitchens and Harris as defending a state religion, supporting state violence in the name of secularism.*
    01:53:00 🧠 *Noam Chomsky discusses morality and its connection to innate structures, drawing on the views of empiricists like David Hume.*
    01:56:48 💼 *Chomsky advocates for short-term solutions like financial reform, citing the success of New Deal-type regulations and the need for reasonable health reform.*
    01:59:29 📚 *Chomsky shares thoughts on semiotics as a broad field, expressing skepticism about its unity but noting specific interesting aspects like linguistics and animal communication.*
    02:00:50 👏 *Chomsky reflects on past events and acknowledges contributions from institutions like Hart House in fostering discussions against the Vietnam War.*
    Made with HARPA AI

  • @ruthlongridge2137
    @ruthlongridge2137 Před rokem +2

    As relevant today as ever. Thank you

  • @DeweyZinnChomskyFisk
    @DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Před 12 lety +4

    he's not saying it is logical; he's saying it is done

  • @davidpeppers551
    @davidpeppers551 Před rokem

    Love it when a speaker says, "Let me just add...." and then goes on for another 10 minutes.

  • @buflobill
    @buflobill Před 13 lety

    @jackbug43 Is that your best analysis of the talk?

  • @BrentonSucks
    @BrentonSucks Před 8 lety +11

    Obama beat Apple at the advertising awards because he had the one with the actress or football star driving a fast car up a mountain

  • @Styles_Breez
    @Styles_Breez Před 3 lety +4

    I fell asleep w/ CZcams playing, & this somehow got into my queue & started. Thus, I dreamt that I was listening to John Goodman, who was just a head in a lab-type setting, speak on economics in a large Congress-like setting....lmao. This guy's voice does kinda sound like Goodman, or at least my dreaming self felt so.

    • @mck1972
      @mck1972 Před 9 měsíci +1

      You're far better off listening to John Goodman than this ridiculous old man! 😀

  • @robertmitchem3354
    @robertmitchem3354 Před 3 lety

    Wow!

  • @EricWarrenStruble
    @EricWarrenStruble Před 7 měsíci

    This is so relevant today

  • @DeweyZinnChomskyFisk
    @DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Před 12 lety +10

    very true--that's why we should all thank him by letter or email. he responds :)

  • @nellou5527
    @nellou5527 Před 3 lety +5

    I’ve watched a few different lectures, and suddenly I thought, I can’t remember him pausing to take a sip of water. Activist Saliva!

  • @helenajennings4912
    @helenajennings4912 Před rokem

    Noam is so nice to listen 🎶 too

  • @roman14032
    @roman14032 Před 12 lety

    the second speaker was introduced as what sounded something like linda mcquaige is that correct? i mean the spelling?

    • @Dan.50
      @Dan.50 Před 4 lety

      8 years on, apparently no one cares who she was.

  • @d74g0n
    @d74g0n Před 9 lety +18

    The world may as well instantly fly into the sun when this guy goes.. I have NO freaking idea who's going to... fill his shoes? Ha, I better start boning up, can't expect someone watching a video right now to do it.

  • @krish2nasa
    @krish2nasa Před rokem +6

    " Until industrial feudalism is replaced by industrial democracy politics will remain the shadow cast by big business over society" -John Dewey

  • @lancelove3663
    @lancelove3663 Před 2 lety

    What is frequency immersion?

  • @carmenrizzo6408
    @carmenrizzo6408 Před 2 lety +1

    Yes

  • @jackbug43
    @jackbug43 Před 13 lety +7

    Lol i like how semra is so awkwardly close to chomsky during the Q&A :p

  • @SonOfMan001
    @SonOfMan001 Před 11 lety +6

    I LOVE Noam as a father! And take his wisdom with me where ever I go. He IS the MAN.

  • @juliedunne2726
    @juliedunne2726 Před rokem +2

    Thank the Lord we have elder statesman like you Noam to tell us the truth

    • @mck1972
      @mck1972 Před rokem

      You seem to be confusing Chomsky’s actual understanding of Linguistics, with his pseudo-understanding of everything else! smh

  • @marcosglazer8256
    @marcosglazer8256 Před 6 měsíci

    Gostei da palestra, por favor com enfizema algo colateral?

  • @DeweyZinnChomskyFisk
    @DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Před 12 lety +13

    "Out of that same background came three major things: fascism, Bolshevism, and corporate tyranny. They all grew out of the same more or less Hegelian roots. It's fairly recent." Chomsky

  • @downpeninsula
    @downpeninsula Před 11 lety +18

    He can turn you toward the truth so quickly and eloquently... when humans evolve further people like him will be in government, one can only hope.

    • @fabiengerard8142
      @fabiengerard8142 Před rokem +1

      I’m afraid our species’ evolution has now come to an end. 😬

    • @bobdecarlo7778
      @bobdecarlo7778 Před rokem

      ​@@fabiengerard8142 evolution is a somewhat lame theory; survival of the fittest? Oy. Science has already confirmed that evolution is a flat earth theory; the status quo is often invested in the antiquated & the unscientific.

    • @jetlagged3645
      @jetlagged3645 Před rokem

      I have some terrible news for you, we elected Donald Trump president.

    • @hjuikkll
      @hjuikkll Před rokem

      @@fabiengerard8142 drug-induced mutation is a *kind of* evolution. And evolution cannot stop before life does

  • @philmessina476
    @philmessina476 Před 3 lety +2

    (c. 0:01) Opening remarks by Louise Cowin, Hart House Warden
    (c. 4:41) Introduction by Linda McQuaig
    • Excellent introduction, except for the last part, which must disappoint Dr. Chomsky. "More than any other individual, I think it can be truly said that Noam Chomsky speaks truth to power." However, Dr. Chomsky has publicly discussed the futility of "speaking truth to power", when the ruling class in power is well aware of the truth. We appreciate the noble sentiment motivated by a desire for socioeconomic justice; but it's misguided. The ruling class in power is ruthless in its protection, and expansion, of the power they wield. We appreciate the sentiment; but the truth-telling is geared more for waking the folk up, rather than any moral appeal to the immoral/amoral ruling classes in power
    (c. 19:40) Dr. Noam Chomsky enters the stage

  • @gwachberg
    @gwachberg Před 12 lety +1

    2o minutes introduction. amazing.

  • @gorgoniosolchaga7928
    @gorgoniosolchaga7928 Před rokem +7

    Just by listening to Noam, my brain rest and releases anxiety, sometimes I do not understand his message, because Noam goes pretty deep into history and the present, and I need to pause and catch up with him, Noam is an icon of what is a superior man, Noam is like a mine full of gems of inestimable value, for all those who know how to listen with an open mind with reason and goodwill and understanding. 🥰 I love this man!

    • @plekkchand
      @plekkchand Před rokem +1

      The icon of a superior man? Good lord.

    • @gorgoniosolchaga7928
      @gorgoniosolchaga7928 Před rokem +1

      @@plekkchand Anbelievlable but yes good Lord! And that's not all! We have Martine LK Jr, we have Gandhi, we have, Albert Einstein, we have Donal J Trump...DJT? Fack no! I take the last one off the list back!. Fack trump!

    • @fabiengerard8142
      @fabiengerard8142 Před rokem +2

      …Possibly the most lucid mind since the times of Plato and Socrates.

    • @mck1972
      @mck1972 Před rokem

      SMH

    • @e_8074
      @e_8074 Před rokem +1

      I love your comment Gorgonio. Peace and blessings to you, brother!

  • @brosnana07
    @brosnana07 Před 4 lety +12

    Sad to hear him acknowledge the democracy of Bolivia in light of the recent US-backed military coup.

  • @alphatoomegabeyondthematri5166

    I looked on Harthouse site and was struck immediately by the programming flashing in front is it another arm of the CIA ?

  • @marionmarcetic7287
    @marionmarcetic7287 Před 8 měsíci

    That Noam Chomsky Is A Legend Is An Understatement. I'm Going To Watch This Great Video ALL Of The Way Through. Thank You For Presenting It, Hart House.🌺🌺🌺🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅‼️

  • @nitroshortbus9856
    @nitroshortbus9856 Před 3 lety +8

    Does he mention that the STATE is a bankrupt corporation? That this corporation has private shareholders/creditors who took over it's operation. This happened in 1933. All our states, counties, municipalities, ..... are corporations.

    • @nikfelther
      @nikfelther Před 2 lety

      I would like to learn more about this, do you have any resources/reading material on the topic you’ve mentioned that you would recommend?

    • @nitroshortbus9856
      @nitroshortbus9856 Před 2 lety

      @@nikfelther The first thing I recommend reading is the "Treaty of Paris"!! It's the start, and it shows the history we believe, and were told[PUBLIC EDUCATION] is propaganda. Treaties are a good read, but the earlier ones are easier compared to later when the legal ese becomes difficult to comprehend, not an accident!!That treaty shows that the U.S.[A] is a commercial enterprise with private interest. They [not only the King and Pope]are the controlling private shareholders,investors, creditors not in the PUBLIC and unelected, the hand up the puppet's asses.
      The revolutionary war, wasn't even recognized as a war, it was a rebellion in which control of the colony's where granted. The King dictated all the Terms, does that happen if you were defeated in a war? [International law is where you'll find the rules of NATION'S and what it takes to actually win]. Example, the King retained his right to tax the land, he even drew the boundries. In the colonies, there were many Land and Trading COMPANY'S, Virginia Land CO., the CROWN, ect. and they are the predecessor of what we call corporations, they became states(municipal corporations) of which control was given, with conditions, like paying for both sides of the rebellion, and a tax on the land etc.!! This set the States up, and the debts owed, which when they defaulted the terms could be changed, for instance, the Articles made it hard to collect, soooo they dumped it and then a Republic became, a Federal Democracy with new terms( the CONstitution) and many debt defaults to come, and more changes to the GOVERNMENT that got worse for the people, and especially later in the South!!
      Look up the "WHISKEY REBELLION" it say's it all, it was a tax rebellion. The tax was unapportioned direct tax on farmers, makin them pay a tax on their personal production of spirits, the rebellion was crushed by George Washington, the largest armed militia he ever was in charge of was formed,[sound familiar] . Didn't take long for the CONstitution to be ignored now did it, I believe the Bill of Rights were added later, like the 2nd amendment, remember how the rebellion was ended, lol what happened to Declaration of Independence and the rights of free men to abolish a tyrannical government? This is the 1st President, lol, I forgot to mention that he owner of one of the biggest distillaries at the time, that forcing a tax on farmers, was a tax on his competition attempting to make them pay the same tax as his for profit commercial distillery, on their moonshine made from their end crops and used for barter to get them through winter, their farms taxed
      All agencies with 3 letters are examples of extra constitutional LAW/Legalities of which the CONstitution didn't say couldn't be done, not unconstitution, extra constitutional ?, conditions added to make that debt easier to collect.
      A great place to get a run down is Captain Slappy on CZcams, he puts to music the actual documents to read, he has alot of videos they move fast and they are packed with info, he recommends you watch at regular speed first, then slow it down to actually be able to read the documents. He has very few videos in which he actually speaks and will read a book giving his remarks so it can be comprehended the ones he does maybe on a playlist on my channel?
      Read 1793 Chisholm vs. Georgia this U.S.S.C. decision breaks down what the U.S. is, a corporation and it has always been, unlike many deluded "PAYtridiots" believe that the creation of D.C. made the U.S. a corporation, not true. This decision explains.
      ALL these major changes were done as additions to the Constitution and some blurr the line or violate it, all changes due to that debt, neither the War of Independence, or Civil War, were legally speaking wars, which explains alot about the Civil War not having any treaty at it's conclusion and the Leiber code Lincoln imposed instead the beginning of the end of respect for the constitution, the 14th is really the death blow, it made the constituition even more worthless and this lie about Lincoln being good and ending slavery is a joke, the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION was only applied to the South, who did what the Declaration of Independence said, started another form of gov.inc, while the North actually kept their slaves, NJ was the last to end it, the problem was their succession came without the destruction of the tyrannical government they attempted to suceed from. Lincoln never recognized their independence, how else could that Emacipation proclamation be forced on South otherwise? Its purpose was to economically cripple them, not for any noble idea, he was a full blown tyrant, and actually didn't want blacks and whites even to live on the same continent, he was going to deport em, so I think John Wilkes Booth should be celebrated, the passage of the 13th was done after Abe's death, and slavery never ended, they just got a new master A.K.A., U.S. citizenship. Besides that, the Chinese got enslaved to build the railroads and crony capitalism/mercantilism came into power, State citizens got downgraded to the same status later on[if I remember correctly] The 14th amendment needs to be read, it destroyed anything good in the constitution. We the people became surety to the debt of the "People" and unable to question any debts created by U.S.(14th).
      James Traficant had a speech talking about a more recent reorganization of the CORPORATION, this wasn't appreciated and he suffered for it!!!
      Clint Richardson has done alot of work explaining the legalities of the system and how we really are voluntarily slaves to this legal entity because of what FDR did, with the creation of the Birth Certificate, made it all legal, and mankind and rights granted by God, got replaced, became legalities, mankind became an AGENT to a government created PERSON.
      Clint really gets into the legalities, Red Pill Sunday School is his channel he wrotes some books, one about the Strawman.
      LAWBOOKS explain personhood, agency, and you'll need legal dictionary, legalities are written in legal ese and require the terms be defined, and each term has various meanings which with an update can be redefined, like pandemic, vaccine, herd immunity recently for example, though the defined term may change the definitions are to remain as written at that time.
      We are men, who are born free, only to be voluteered by our parents to become an AGENTs for service of process for that LEGAL NAME, created by STATE, to take from us the only thing mankind really ever owed, his labor, through our ignorance of ourselves(Human NATURE) the few has controlled the many, just by knowing our nature better.
      GOVERNMENT, CITIZENSHIP , legalities are the antithesis of Law(10 commandments) and the Bible has had the same thing done to it by the CHURCH, it is the Law which modern LEGALITIES are supposed to uphold, how the CHURCH teaches it is as a 501c3 incorporation. It's the Law book, but is misconstrued as literally the word of God which really messes up any comprehension, God is living existence of NATURE, life, because it was translated poorly from a language that is figurative, written in metaphors, lessons of being Lawful men by honoring God's Law, which is unchanging, and not become Cesars commercial property, and Jesus was an example to follow only without the fate he met, the CHURCH is actually misleading mankind by presenting it as a true story, instead of lessons on remaining free men, by the time we figure this out, we have signed so many adhesion contracts and believe that name we identify as it's actually us, and when we believe something, we assume it to be true. Thats our nature, and once we believe a lie, even facts will be dismissed. A citizen is a legal fiction/person/organization/corporation created by GOVERNMENT who owns it, we are it's living agent or representation to be taxed on everything and subject to all legalities, fines, penalties, license, registrations, by identifying as that legal name.
      Look around the videos on my playlists, you can get alot of information, some better than others, don't believe anybody trying to sell you some legal process, or you can get millions for your BIRTH CERT, Soviegn citizen crap is half baked and intended to make you a fool, that's why they remain on CZcams, while others get censored, removed, or get the algorhythym so without exact titles they won't be found, if not deleted.

    • @coderamen666
      @coderamen666 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@nitroshortbus9856you need to lay off the crack brother

  • @sugersnook
    @sugersnook Před 12 lety +4

    Semra needs to keep things in perspective (the event not having anything to di with her) and show some respect for the invited guest and go sit down.

  • @intlprofs1
    @intlprofs1 Před 4 lety +2

    I hope Professor Chomsky has an update anytime from 2017 on the Corporate State

  • @sihamstakeon3445
    @sihamstakeon3445 Před 2 lety

    What is the date of this convention

  • @newme2099
    @newme2099 Před 4 lety +3

    I'd show the beginning of Noams' speech to Obama lovers and then quote Method Man in belly: "Das ya boy.
    DAS. Ya. Boy."

  • @newdimensionfilms
    @newdimensionfilms Před 13 lety +6

    @paradoxicalparabola
    Jesus christ they took their time with that intro, thanks for the heads up.

  • @hachelbraugh
    @hachelbraugh Před 12 lety

    whoever is on the control board needs to sync those mikes for the q & a

  • @pamsayne4440
    @pamsayne4440 Před 7 měsíci

    I liked the intro

  • @BloggerMusicMan
    @BloggerMusicMan Před 13 lety +4

    I was at this lecture. It was amazing, and seeing him speak outside at the Munk protests outside Simcoe Hall was also certainly a treat.

  • @denisedelisio1913
    @denisedelisio1913 Před 7 lety +18

    Love this...BUT...OMG! That moderator lurking behind him at the end is so distracting. That was really ridiculous.

    • @tango-bravo
      @tango-bravo Před 9 měsíci +2

      Oh geez, she was likely a student volunteer at the time, somebody had to do it. look her up, she’s come a long way!

  • @mieterbeiratkopenhagenhof920

    admireable, distinkt, radical and consequent, full scale transparent. WHOW!

  • @BloggerMusicMan
    @BloggerMusicMan Před 13 lety +2

    @gunnerfan87
    That sucks. A little misleading on the part of the web designers, I don't blame you for thinking lectures would be posted there, but yeah, checking all resources to for sure see where he was speaking would have been a good idea early on.
    Hopefully he'll be around again, although sadly he is getting old, and he needed help just walking and getting around.

  • @blastor8or
    @blastor8or Před 12 lety +7

    I'm 46. Generally I try not to get too wound up. I guess this economic situation is a bit of a sore spot for me, though I have not been hit as hard as many,and it irritates me that we as a people are just plodding along through the chutes as we're directed preparing to do it again in a few years. Chomsky is one of the few who shed light,and I have a great appreciation of that. That being said I am all for space programs.

    • @fabiengerard8142
      @fabiengerard8142 Před rokem

      @blastor8or More vital priorities come first. A race against time - actually ‘the big global one’ - has started at least a century ago, and we’re all very very late. Homo ‘sapiens’?!? Rather Homo demens, I’m afraid… 😬

  • @dempsey981
    @dempsey981 Před 11 lety +3

    you worry too much,hes like a duck in water with this whole deal including the meet the Beatles stuff.its what he does.how do you meet this guy without at least kissing a little ass?for most people he is the guy that opened their eyes for the first time in their lives as to how and why things REALLY work the way they do.he teaches first and foremost PERSPECTIVE imo.

  • @CyrillCassin
    @CyrillCassin Před 3 lety

    How Does One Spell John Rolls? Anyone?

  • @carlwagner8676
    @carlwagner8676 Před 3 lety +2

    They spent almost 20 minutes introducing him??

  • @rachcliffe3182
    @rachcliffe3182 Před 8 lety +5

    Sixties back please! New Woodstock! Or will they bomb us this time?

    • @leealexander3507
      @leealexander3507 Před 4 lety +1

      Probably unless they can find a way to make it benefit them. I'd love to be able to go back in time but with the knowledge of what the future will bring intact. We might have been able to prevent it reaching this point.

    • @apacademy
      @apacademy Před 3 lety +1

      And just think the hippies didn't have franken foods, and there was still a middle class with jobs that could support a family. They would have come off those communes and burned this sucker down.

  • @suesheification
    @suesheification Před 11 lety +26

    clutching Ayn Rand and asking for a bail-out. Classic.

    • @OTLKuband
      @OTLKuband Před 3 lety

      She would be disgusted by these self proclaimed objectivist.

    • @UserName-ii1ce
      @UserName-ii1ce Před 3 lety

      "Sucks to suck, until I suck"

  • @billjhyt
    @billjhyt Před 11 lety +1

    I think other thinking people are attempting to weigh in. Naom C. has been a thinking person for many years. If he can encourage others to do likewise, I applaud them for trying or practicing even if it is on his dime, so to speak.

  • @idic5
    @idic5 Před 12 lety

    when was this recorded?

  • @Roofers-Nail-Hardest
    @Roofers-Nail-Hardest Před 3 lety +3

    I cant help it the title makes me laugh aloud! Lol.

    • @Notfunnysam
      @Notfunnysam Před 3 lety +1

      Why, because it's so true?
      10 years later look how many people have been pushed down.

    • @Roofers-Nail-Hardest
      @Roofers-Nail-Hardest Před 3 lety

      @@Notfunnysam oh boo hoo

    • @Roofers-Nail-Hardest
      @Roofers-Nail-Hardest Před 3 lety

      @Jeff Whitman i only like his firing line. Interview by william buckley. Aside from that hes lame. And ya im a roofer and i also used to smoke crack and fentanyl yet i still like to think ok Jeff?

    • @Notfunnysam
      @Notfunnysam Před 3 lety

      @@Roofers-Nail-Hardest whose crying? I'm just pointing out that the title and the things being said proved to be true after 10 years. Did you actually listen?
      Noam is amazing and l am just one out of a critical mass who will be super sad when he passes, as will be soon. I have a hard time watching his most recent talks because it reminds me that one of the most enlightening minds, a hero, is getting slow as his age is so prevalent. He lead a movement among the educated during his early career and deserves respect.
      Im afraid I understand exactly why YOU think one speech sums up all of the useful wisdom he has to impart. Over the span of his colorful career he changed the way people look at the world, not just the US.
      You are entitled to share your opinion, but it is telling, and can you guess what makes me think I know why you hold that opinion?

    • @Roofers-Nail-Hardest
      @Roofers-Nail-Hardest Před 3 lety

      @@Notfunnysam my point is that i know its not funny but whenever i watch this and i hear that woman audibly pronounce the title... It makes me laugh. As for Chomsky... I think he is square. There is more to learn from life than what a book can teach you. His knowledge is vast but one-dimensional. I still admire him but dudes a SQUARE. People say hes humble but i dont really see it that way. Only in his youth. So u never laugh?

  • @EclecticSceptic
    @EclecticSceptic Před 12 lety +8

    Pffft, it you want to make a point, make it coherently and logically instead of just throwing around a load of hyperbole and capital letters.

  • @LordOrlock
    @LordOrlock Před 12 lety

    True that.

  • @MagicByEli
    @MagicByEli Před 12 lety +1

    @Letes92 Of course. Unemployment during the Great Depression was around 25% at it's nadir, for the general population. The peak level of unemployment in this recession was 10%. Even if you limit it to construction workers, who have been hit hardest by the downturn, their unemployment peaked at 22.5%. That's similar to levels the general population experienced during the depression, but that's leaving out that there's now an (albeit tattered) social safety net, which was absent in the thirties.