Chomsky on Supporting Sanders & Why He Would Vote for Clinton Against Trump in a Swing State 

Bernie Sanders is a hero to me, but, you know, no one knows this stuff like Chomsky... his all-seeing view is greater than any U.S. politician. They should all have to debate him before taking office.

"We have 5 seconds." I think thats the worst thing in the world you could say to Chomsky. ; )

But he won't actually come out and say "I would vote for Hillary." He says "hold my nose and vote democrat." He agrees that Sanders is his favored candidate.

الله يطول عمره. It'll be a dark day when this man leaves us.

You don't cut off Noam. You tell your advertisers to piss off and you let him speak until he walks out of the room, of his own accord.

Sorry Noam, I live in Florida and I'm bernie or bust. I'm not accepting the fact that hillary is better than trump just cuz she's a little better on some social issues... she's no good on economic issues or foreign policy. she's a moderate Republican

all my life i have been in awe of men and women who have given progress to the world. Noam Chomsky is one of them.

wtf man? 'we have 5 seconds…' men and women like Mr. Chomsky only come once in a lifetime, come on!!

I'm completely against the idea of "holding your nose and voting" for a candidate. The idea of voting is to vote for the candidate you want, not vote against the candidate you don't want. This type of 'choose one or the other' thinking is exactly what the two parties -- Democrats and Republicans -- want people to sink down into. The two parties want everyone to think that there are only two options. This is one way they stay in power. I'll never cast an anti-Trump vote for Hillary. To do this would be to participate in the illusion of democracy the two parties want us to continue to live in.

WISE ELDER

Thankfully, I live in California so I'm safely #NeverTrump and #NeverHillary

I'm gonna hold my nose and write in Bernie Sanders.

Support Bernie Sanders 2020

"WE HAVE FIVE SECONDS" 😂

I love Noam Chomsky. He's the man who got me into politics. That's why it hurt so much to hear him utter the words, "vote for Hillary." Over my dead body, comrade. I'd sooner dive headfirst into a swimming pool blindfolded and pray for water than chop my own arms off and flail around in the deep end for another four years.

This is the same point I've heard Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk make: if you're in a swing state, vote Clinton.

Bernie doesn't even need a presidential cabinet... He can just read Noam's books.

I totally disagree...falling into line like an obedient democrat and voting for someone who doesn't look after our best interest is WRONG and insane!!!! If we vote along party lines then WE are the problem...

Dear Democracy Now! Please use the RU-vid link on your website. Trying to see separate clips on the website is a horrible process for some.

Given the choice between two bad things, as those bad things get worse absolutely, their relative degree of undesirability between them shrinks compared to their absolute undesirability. So if the choice was between Genghis Khan and Hitler, what's the point in choosing? At some point as that ratio gets smaller, you have to reject the set of choices altogether even if doing so means you have to suffer a short term loss. . Chomsky is correct in the limited sense that Hillary presents some slim, theoretical projected benefit over Trump. But only in the short term. We have to think about the next election cycle and how the DNC will reckon their responsibility to satisfy the progressive demand next time around. If you want the DNC to take that demand seriously, you have to start tearing at the party right now. If the oligarchs always know what we will do they will always win. You have to act crazy and unpredictable sometimes. Something else to consider is that Hillary is more likely to last 8 years than is Trump who is more likely to be impeached, primaried, or die. Hillary also figures to be more effective and get more things done- not good if you are against her agenda. And when it comes to the biggest threat, I don't see how it is worse to run the ecocide under Trump or walk to it under Clinton- either way it's ecocide. That means if there is a 1% chance that supporting, fully, a third party candidate will give the environment a chance then we should take it as it represents the best chance.

Hillary v Trump reminds me of George Carlin's skit about how we are never offered real choices, not viable ones anyway. The candidates are always vetted by the establishment and a real outlier has no chance. The strongest 3rd party candidate in our lifetime was Ross Perot and all he did was help get Bubba elected. Bernie has done better than most but he also caved to the PTB early on by promising to support the eventual nominee. Nader called him out on that too. Gave up most of his leverage right there and then. So Trump v Hillary, paper or plastic, coke or pepsi, tide or cheer, ford or chevy, sugar or sweet n low. Business as usual in the greatest.......har.... democracy in the world.

Kudos to him for supporting Sanders. :)

Thank you Amy for your journalistic integrity. Thank you Noam, particularly for your opening comments here. The larger part of this conversation, the "meat and potatoes" as it were, will work itself out on Nov. 3rd. All questions posed here come down to vote or don't vote. There is work to be done in the field. Go, work in the field. Convince anyone to register to vote. That's a lot! (I'm amazed at the ideas and language used below. Is this America?)

You can't tell Chomsky that he has five seconds. You have to pretty much cancel your afternoon appointments. :)

I love Chomsky very much and i will always view in great reverence but he is so pessimistic when he says voting for a third party is tantamount to voting for trump. how else are these parties supposed to gain traction? one more thing, I fucking hate it when amy would always interrupt her guest by saying we have 5 seconds WHAT THE FUCK

Nope. #BernieOrBust

A vote for Clinton is a vote for Donald Trump.. HILLARY MONSANTO WESTINGHOUSE CLINTON IS JUST LIKE BUSH...NEVER...I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR HER.

The title is suggestive of Chomsky supporting Clinton over Sanders. Especially when it gets shortened on the mobile version.

I love you Noam but I'm Bernie or bust.

I know it's arrogant of me to disagree with Noam Chomsky, but under no circumstances can I vote for either one, Trump or Hillary, I will go with a third party even if I have to write it in.

Noam Chomsky is the single most thoughtful, insightful intellectual on the planet. His knowledge and understanding of world affairs is breathtaking.

So where. is the link to the hour interview?

it is unfixable. I'm not even bothering with a life raft.

Although I love Chomsky. I'm afraid of Clinton. I'm disappointed he supports her.

Thank you for this video. I agree with Mr. Chomsky. I hope many people see this video and pay attention.

This News source is second to none out there! I see so much Truth on the show, that I, sometimes, get depressed and I have to take a break! Sometimes it seems like I will our Country is going to hell in a hand basket!

I don't respect anyone who would vote for Hillbilly Clinton

Or, why he would vote for Clinton.

For all the #BernieOrBust folks, what is your next step? I'm curious how clinging to your ideology is working out.

does anyone know which article Noam meant? ~ I can't seem to find it :)

I won't degrade my vote for a lesser evil.

The Greens, Jill Stein is the next best option to Bernie I believe :)

Pls remove animated TV title telling us that Chomsky is speaking, we know who is speaking we came here because of him

how do you find the post show footage?

It's true that both Trump and Clinton will be decidedly awful in terms of militarism and the environment, but nobody can tell me Clinton won't be the better of the two even in those arenas, if for no other reason that to not alienate her base should she seek a second term. Of course a Trump presidency would be an absolute disaster for minorities, women and the LGBT community in the immediate future as well. Refusing to vote for her out of sheer idealism is to some extent admirable, but consider how devastating a Trump presidency would be on all fronts, particularly for minorities. Voting for Clinton is living to fight another day, not a statement of allegiance. Not voting against Trump is accepting defeat. Stubbornness against strategy will end the same way every time. The ethical bankruptcy is on the Bernie or Bust crowd, not those of us willing to compromise when there is no other humane option.

I'm 100% behind Bernie Sanders, we need change and Hillary Clinton is not gong to do that. But consider how things are now with Obama, if Hillary is elected it's going to be more or less the same thing. Now listen to what Trump is saying about the economy, the environment, war in the middle east, our international trade etc etc. With Trump things will change a lot. Do you want to risk that?

I couldn't finish watching this.

Can anybody help find the next part?

He makes a good case against a 3rd party vote. Gotta disagree. I think a vote for a 3rd party candidate is simply a vote for 3rd party candidate. It's not my fault dems are spineless and repubs are degenerates.

Libertarian party is our last hope for sanity

I understand they had time concerns, but man, what an unfortunate time to stop his roll. He was saying literally the most important thing IMO in those final seconds. Pointing out that disaffection with the current neoliberal order is fueling both a rise in the Left and the Right, and that's not a thing to ignore or take lightly. (Of course, the difference is, when both point to working people getting screwed over, the Left says it's the banks and corporations; the Right says it's the jews and immigrants.)

Good chat

I love chomp, he says if it comes down to it....hold your nose and vote democrat! lol

_Does anyone have a clue what's the Fritz Stern article he's referring to ?_

WE HAVE 5 SECONDS

'waffling on'.... very objective interviewer

Please make interview with Chomsky and Sanders together

"we can try to reach the conclusions we want"

The political side of my brain just did a HUGE 3 and a half gainer spasm. SPLAT!

Has MIT ever faced criticism or unfair treatment by the government for employing Chomsky for so long?

Toronto! No Amy! Why now when I've just left! 😢😢😢😢

I Agree.

Google it doesn't inspire me to pay any attention to the ads that that run when the content hardly seems to work, the ads sure seem to work. If you haved to try and peice together what is being said because you can't follow the stream of thought If anything I don't want to purchase anything from a company who dosen't make sure that the content they sponsor isn't running well. After all what does that say about their products. It says to me that they don't really care. So if you want your ads to have any impact then you should make sure the content is parsed that so that it runs smoothly or the ads impact will be negative at best

Sad to hear Chomsky buy into the "a vote for (third party) candidate C is actually a vote for candidate B (when candidate A really needs to win)" line of thinking. In this election, candidate C is in the Libertarian Party, and draws votes from both sides. That's one point that I've been confused on with Chomsky: he talks about how corrupt gov't is, but supports big gov't candidates, when I believe that we'd be better served seeking those who want to sever the corrupt connections between gov't and big business (Ag, Pharna, Mil-Industrial, etc.).

Chomp, you've written and said many great things over the years, this is not one of them.

Chomsky's thoughts on the significance of political elections 0:27

So weird, Chomsky mentions the fact that Trump and Sanders are appealing to the same sentiment of social abandon... and he gets cut. I really would of liked to hear more on that...

Hi every one ,Masterbats ,!!! Cheers ROBERT.

I'm troubled by the "Bernie or bust" crowd stubbornly standing on the sidelines. There's nothing high-minded or principled about being neutral in the face of utter disaster.

Well done. He starts talking about that people should not focus too much on the presidential election and in that very moment you show scenes with the presidential candidates. Why? Because you are afraid people get borded and they need some visual stimulation?

"Hold your nose and you vote democrat. I don't think there's any other rational choice." Nothing else to see here in the comment section

Such an intelligent and cool dude, a true role model

She shouldn't interrupt him at all. She was rude.

My great hope is that Hillary's legal troubles render her ineligible for the presidency. Many people I know who vote republican would cross the aisle for Sanders if it comes to a contest between him and Trump.

It's really pathetic that people attempt to insult and discredit individuals solely because of their age.

I lost all respect for Chomsky when he was so rude and dismissive and insulting to a young man at one of his lectures who asked him quite respectfully about 9/11 Truth. While Chomsky is entitled to his opinion as all of us are, he took the coward's path of avoiding any evidence or providing any support for his position while ridiculing this young man merely seeking truth, justice, and closure. If you demand the luxury of being unaccountable for your position, you've no right to demand any better from anyone else. He was one of the earliest to speak out against the theft of our civil liberties post-9/11, but is a staunch apologist of the Lie. I'm not surprised he would support Clinton or propagate the intentionally deceptive lesser-of-two-evils myth. I'm done with all liars.

Think about two words; "Democracy and Republican". Democracy is when 51% rules over the loosing 49%. Not really a good model for a large country. So many do not get a say. Then think about Republican. Thats a collective of people from different republics of the larger country trying to work together. Following the constitution. I like that better. Democracy leaves out too many people. The Republic works for all.

What a surprise that Chomsky doesn't think democracy is all that important.

Democracy is very different in US and A than in Kazakhstan. In America, woman CAN vote, but horse CANNOT.

Why doesn't Noam run for president? Seriously?!

Let Chomsky fucking talk! Geeze, you can wait!

Chomsky makes a good point in that the existential crisis of climate change must be addressed inmediately, but there isn't enough to suggest clinton will make real progress on that. We have a better shot riding the backlash against trump in 4 years for a real progressive. Much respect chomsky but #BernieOrBust

is it bad to be consistent with your principles?

Article Chomsky was citing www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/europe/2005-05-01/reflection-lessons-german-history

The Unhinged States of Apocalyptica.... sorry isn't very catchy I know

Noam Chomsky, what a mensch!

"It's not only that. He is also appealing to (pretty much) the same kind of things that Sanders is appealing to. In his case, it homes (focuses) on mostly the white working class. But he's appealing to the fact that people have just been cast aside by the neoliberal assault of the past generation." Well said. It's just sad they cut him off before he could elaborate on it.

7:34 she sounds so done

Let's see more time damn thing to finish what you start.

sanders chomsky 2016!

What about Jill Stein, Noam?!

The wise elder

Noam. My hero.

Trump is the lesser of two evils between him and Hillary. Bernie is my first choice by far.

You know what always pisses me off about this point? It NEVER emphasizes the other point, which is if you don't live in a swing state vote for Jill Stein or write in Sanders! Why is there never any talk when this part of 3rd party voting comes up that reflects that there are only 9 swing states? Most states are NOT swing states. In fact the vast majority of states are not swing states. 41 out of 50 states are not swing states. Why is there NEVER any reflection on that point? Noam Chomsky is essentially saying, whether you agree with the point or not, that he thinks you should not vote for Hillary if you don't live in a swing state and chances are you don't. Why does the title of every single one of these videos always emphasize what people in swing states should do according to Chomsky but never what he is saying conversely you should if you don't live in a swing state as is the case with the vast majority of the electorate? I believe when you don't emphasize that most states are NOT swing states it leaves people with the impression that most states are in fact swing states and thus most people follow along based on the incorrect assumption that they live in a swing state without bothering to check.

They should never run out of time when Noam Chomsky is on.. ( how dare she interupt him and end the interview so quickly )

Here we go again?:(

Why not switch to preferential transferable voting in which your BEST choice will not amount to the WORST. Also abolish the winner-take-all cheat.

Senior Veteran for #Bernie2016 or Bust.

His point is well proven now. We have a 2nd chance with Bernie now.