Noam Chomsky discusses the War on Drugs. The quality of the audio and video is not so great, but the ideas are worth the trouble. This is an outtake from ROX 56. stupidtelevisi... #NoamChomsky #WarOnDrugs
@@microfarming8583 this is such a dumb comment. he said (logically) that people refusing to get the vaccine should isolate themselves from society. Now bear in mind, he was making a normative statement, not offering a policy prescription. So he opposed forcing people to get vaccines. But he was saying that anyone refusing to get the vaccine should have the decency to isolate themselves from society. And if need be, that they should be forcibly isolated. Why should the rest of society have to support someone who idiotically or psychopathically or even thru ignorance decides not to accept society's adopted values and rules? We do not need to allow these people to access public services at all. Don't go to our stores, our banks, our sporting events or concerts. don't go to the grocery store. let these people go live off the land. you don't want what society has given you? fine. go make your own way. We can issue consequences to those who violate the social contract. that's what our laws are for. you can't just decide you want to drive on the right side of the road because, y'know, feelings. Many Americans have been rendered retarded by political and social conditions. it's not really their fault I guess, but it's an easily hatable component of human selfishness. Some people only learn thru consequences. Sometimes not even then. These rubes on their deathbeds who still don't believe in covid lol. jesus christ.
So in most cases I think Noam is pretty insightful. However, to deny the existence of the crack epidemic in the late 1980s is a baffling oversight by him.
