The Chris Hedges Report: Noam Chomsky, Pt 2 

@Bob Greaves Living With Wisdom : You wrote, ' ... Noam Chomsky, a national treasure from academia._ '. You have had lousy academia. It is because of idiots that he got fame. Try considering his friend Prof. Howard Zinn during the 2000s, vs Chomsky back then, and Zinn was far better in terms of US warring. Be wary of being a sucker, I suggest.

he wanted the unjabbed in camps. f him. People dont forget.

@@mikecorbeil Correct. Chomsky is a 7ionist gatekeeper, and apparently so is Hedges now.

@@mikecorbeil You should heed your own advice.

Chomsky is a bad joke. Only people who are soft in the head fall for his BS mixed in with blatantly obvious virtue signaling.

sadly Noam's wise words will likely be lost in the Armageddon of climate change

Thank you, my EXACT sentiments!

Disagree While Chomsky did achieve a lot in his political activism and through his writing, he still at times serves the establishment he claims to be fighting against. Chomsky "even if it's true (911 was an inside job) who cares? It's just a distraction" His take on the climate is a joke, he has literally bought into the corporate sector propoganda on this issue. Electric cars are utter green wash, the pollution involved in producing them and their batteries is FAR worse then normal cars- ofcourse the pollution is all somewhere else, in the mines and the factories, and all the batteries can't be recycled so get landfilled, 80% of all environmental destruction and pollution is coming from corporate business practice and production methods, has nothing to do with CO2 production, the corporate sector has basically found a way by paying climate scientists to produce reports and models, to shift the conversation into a complete fantasy. They are now trading CO2 certificates and carry on ruining the planet while claiming they are actually doing something. That Chomsky has bought into this joke just shows where he really sits. The only answer to protect the environment is to force a change in production methods, but the corporate sector isn't interested in paying the actual costs of the damage they do, they prefer you don't shower so much and blame mankind itself, even if every single human being changes their behaviour, it only impact 20% of the problem. Cut all the CO2 you like isn't going to stop spieces extinction when corporations are destroying their habitats by chopping down forests, polluting rivers and strip mining mountains. "It's ok we ruined the environment but we paid a CO2 certificate"

@@jollyyeholiver1578 First off.... Chomsky position on 911 was that there are many many provable crimes of the US government, therefore instead of focusing on those that can't be proven it is better to focus on what can be proven. He actually said - it doesn't matter whether it is true or not, what matters most is that the US has used it to justify wars, and he referred to the fact that THIS was the more honourable focus. He neither officially denounced the theory or supported it really. EDIT - a man in Chomsky's position is well aware that his political positions will be attacked from all angles, taking a position of supporting an unproven event puts his credibility on the line. He just told people he would not discuss it in public debates, his personal feelings on the matter and it's credibility may in fact be different in private. Second the electric car thing you mentioned - you are scientifically inaccurate on that and your statement shows no proof for your claims only opinion - you are entitled to that. But electric cars do not produce more co2 than normal cars. However, from a scientific point of view current diesel cars are fully capable of running green fuel and being modified and in that case it can offer benefits. Third, I don't think environment credits was actioned or supported by noam chomsky therefore it cannot be a criticism of him and if it is by explanation then part 2 is so much at fault that part 3 has reduced meaning. And "Many manufacturers are researching how EV batteries can be repurposed once they've hit retirement age. One idea that's proving to work well is repurposing EV batteries to power homes and buildings. However, there are no definitive answers as to what will happen to EV batteries once they’re no longer recyclable. The time that batteries spend in an EV is often just the beginning of their useful life. Once removed from a car, most batteries will still be fit for other demanding jobs like energy storage in the electricity network, or in the home - a growing area of demand." - source EDF energy. But if you want to carry on believing right wing propaganda and refuse to research and investigate such things then you will never know the truth and complications of such things. Carbon credits are BS, no doubt, and it's idea under any name. If you followed environmentalists of the intelligent kind and not dim wit journalist kind you will quickly find out most groups and individuals who are part of these intelligent groups have been protesting against this for years. Check out juice media from australia as just one example.

@@ghostlyphantasm2352 ok first that is a direct quote I saw Chomsky make. Second I never mentioned CO2 with regards to electric cars, I was referencing, that the production methods, and mining that goes into creating them causes more environmental damage. And third Chomsky has completely bought into the nonsense of climate change, as have you. CO2 levels do not lead to increased temperatures, it's reverse, increased temperatures cause more CO2 to be released. The data suggesting otherwise is manipulated. CO2 is not the issue, it's corporate production methods that are the problem, and the corporate sector knowing environmental groups were gaining power, have used their money to invest in bad science, and have effectively managed to take over organisations like green peace, it's all green wash today. 97% of scientists agree with their funders, best results money can buy. The Tabbaco companies did exactly the same thing with smoking they paid doctors and scientists to do bad research as a means to muddy the waters and spread confusion. Science is a joke today it's almost completely suffering from Corporate capture.

Yeah? Well a friend of mine who works at Mackey was there that day and said he was in the bathroom and saw Chomsky leave without washing his hands. So that book you have is very likely unsanitery, especially around the autographed area.

@@absoluterefusal That makes it more valuable then. ;)

Agreed, two giants. I had Chris sign my copy of Wages of Rebellion on his book tour. It was a great talk that night.

If that’s your point of view then I suggest you dig way deeper. There’s many voices of reason even more wise than Chomsky could imagine still resisting. Godspeed

@@r3b3lvegan89 give me names and I'll see if I agree.

I could not have expressed it better! THANK YOU for expressing Norm for me!

@@Harry-zc8rg you're going to reply for another person? I want Machew to reply.

​@@r3b3lvegan89 Maybe Zinn

Have you met Ben Shapiro?

a guy who wanted the unvaxed in camps you say

@@ald3975 ROTFLMFAO! 🤣

@@akrobatish exactly, noam sided with the fascist narrative on Covid-19 vaccine mandate, he even said that people unvaxed should be isolated from society and left starving.

@@ald3975 that's the worst person lol

well said...Peace n Love to Mr. Chomsky and Mr. Hedges

Chomsky is a bad joke, an actor. Only people who are soft in the head fall for his BS mixed in with blatantly obvious virtue signaling.

ah yes those two 'left' gatekeepers, for those still asleep

The humanity😂😂😂 of a fascist and his apologist

He's a Big Liar. And a coward.

why has that changed and whos changed it

@@chrisbennett6260 When PBS was bought by the Koch brothers, that was the beginning of the end of airing public dissent.

@@richardhedd3080 maybe it would take someone like Soros to create a station to have a counter narrative whats your thoughts

And wbat can you say about our present course based on your findings?

World history’s lead up, from WW1, will tell you more. Germany was symptomatic, like everywhere else?. It’s not the mystery, that histories winners made out though.

@@EMDEEW : We were headed there in 2015 and we are there now. Inflation and all.

@@duellingscarguevara : At that time, I was lucky to find someone who was the son of one of the outstanding historians on Bismarck: Dr Otto Pflanze. Dr Pflanze wrote a three-volume series during the 1930s on the life of Bismarck, since at the time many Germans were saying that the 20th century history was based on Bismarck's actions. That certainly set the framework for my study of German history after Bismarck. After that, I did fill in the gaps with bits and pieces of world history.

@@susanmercurio1060 ww1, does not have the mystery origins we were told, I should have qualified. There is a good doco, about Grey, the British foreign minister of the time. Timeline from his side, anyway. It’s funny, something like the Berlin to Baghdad rail, idea, is still a thorn in the side, to the imperialists.

I often become so saturated with the BS that I fall into a deep sleep.😴😴😴😴

@@vanman3752 says the one that slept in class because it wasn't sinking in anyway

@@aggravatedprogressive7443 You are the helplessly 'woke' who believe everything your masters tell you, how are those boosters working out now?

Im going to damn myself here, but: You should have seen him when he was lucid, and relevant.

@@havephunnockyourself sure, he used to be better, but for over 90 he's very lucid

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Talk. Talk. Talk. Talk to your classmates, your coworkers and your friends. Fight the belief in war and fight the capitalist religion.

Not looking good. Society is too timid to fight, too corrupt to reform.

@@carycunningham9510 Alright then. Go smaller. Anybody (including me) who puts themself in a position to judge society for not being feisty enough had better not be timid themselves. We can start with that and build on our own track record.

@@antimattv There's a reason governments focus so much on organizers - armies of one don't get too far.

You are obviously new to Chris hedges interviews - he prepares an introduction then two or three well researched questions for his half hour shows. The questions are just prompts to invite the guest to speak. Expecting ‘A competing CV’ shows you are projecting your own ego nature and arrogance onto him. Grow up.

I think he almost admits as much: the left has just handed power to the oligarchs.

He can't tho. He can't "wake up to the fact" of anything at this point. He's 94. I understand that he sounds very coherent for someone so old but the ravages of time spare no one. His brain, anyone's brain, is not going to be same anymore at 94. Just as his face could not be expected to have stayed the same from his youth. In other words it is physically impossible that Noam is still the once brilliant man he once was because of the known science of what happens to the brain in the aging process especially at ages approaching a century. Unfortunately Noam appears to have experienced a lesser state of brain decay so far. In that he sounds coherent enough so that all of his many, many sycophants will still hang on his every word as if the Oracle of Delphi has spoken. And I say unfortunately because you are right. You're 100% right about the mistake Noam is making. That mistake is likely something we will have to clean up for many years to come amongst his adoring fans who have very little critical thinking skills but great parroting skills.

@@Captain-Obvious i liked your reply. The oracle of Delphi was funny!

he wanted the unjabbed in camps. People dont forget.

@@akrobatish I'm not saying this isn't true but I'm requiring proof these days because there is too much disinformation and misinformation. Can you verify this?

@@russellgentile4719 search it. Jimmy dore also does a segment on it. He says it himself. On camera. Several times elaborated.

@@akrobatish Yes, but it would be foolish to dismiss his work and legacy for that. He is very old and perhaps dealing with the fear of death as he approaches it.

@@Windband1 i dont dismiss it. and idgaf , if he"s scared he should go to church and stfu before more apologists like yourself normalize this type of behavior.

Chomsky's job, as a limited hangout sheepdog, is to make you feel good about your differences with the people who rule primarily over lefties, and keep them divided from people who have the same interests.

@@OrwellsHousecat I agree 100%. I have nothing to add to that bc it encapsulates my perspective perfectly. Thsnk your for that

@Pat M i use the princeton study example all the time when talking to people stuck inside the mainstream. That's a good one to get people to start questioning things. Another is the widespread support of that german party from ww2 - thats what sent me down the rabbit hole. The JFK stuff is fascinating to look into and so is that one event from about 21 years ago. Both pretty well rebuke the "American Democracy Myth".

The ownership class are the ones moving backwards through the mud. They're doomed.

I hope your fully vexed otherwise your hero would have you exiled from society and left to starve .. 😂😂😂

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back in the day, yes. now? not so sure. Trump & COVID surely affected his brain.

he's a hack

@@RKZX2 back in the day? What day? Every president is controlled and manipulated this idea that" but but Kennedy" or but enter name. It doesn't matter none of them are aloud control over all levers of power, dare I say the only levers that matter. If people want want to change then stop working start suffering and go out indefinitely to achieve what you want peacefully. Yhat is the ONLY way otherwise the elite will achieve their ends on differing time scales because to the top of the hierarchy, intelligence can be led around a maze as long as it shapes it enough to eventually come to the center ie their goals

Lots of reasons... first off i doubt he'd ever run. Look at kshama sawant though, she's someone elected out of a socialist org and isn't in league with the rich ruling parties

@@anthonyrussano no evidence

He’s definitely unique - alas.

@JR Shield; I agree and hope and pray that he goes on well past the ton, and with as sharp a mind as he has always had. 🤲🏼🙏🏽

id be happy to die of old age, i very much doubt it will be a option for my generation though, our species is coming to a end, what if any of us that survive the experience wont be homosapiens anymore the disasters of last year will pale into this years as will next years pale into the year after's death tolls so on and so forth the fascists got the workers to build a gas chamber so large it has no walls (global warming) the permafrost started irreversible melt at 400ppm, theirs 1600ppm equivalent of CO2/CH4 in perma frost more than 50% will be melted by 520ppm....(releasing 800ppm in process) so unless we can trap 800ppm co2 in the next few decades we cant stop venus effect & we will be looking at a 2000ppm world, the only debatable factor really is how fast ice melts/how fast we hit that point the reason we had to stay below 400ppm that everyone conveniently forgot when we blew through it was all the feedback loops that kicked in after 400ppm mean that if we couldnt keep it below 400ppm we definitely couldnt reverse the runaway climate change that comes in a 400ppm+ world even if you removed all human industry from planet tomorrow wed still hit 2000ppm CO2 over the next century now we have set off loops so talk of carbon neutrality is pointless unless we can start taking 10 or 20 or 30 ppm co2 out of atmosphere every year we cant even keep up with the loops we have already set off

no, he completely missed covID-1984

Chomsky is a bad joke, an actor. Only people who are soft in the head fall for his BS mixed in with blatantly obvious virtue signaling.

@@audiogrouch1 yep, he sided with the fascist narrative on Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

hahaha we have a right-wing fool right here

Most likely that storyline has little weight. When vaccinating for a novel disease, it’s understandable that the drug had less testing than what we would normally expect. Excess mortality is due to Covid

You're not much of a fighter if you "fear". If I would fear I would fear for the wealthy. Eventually the worthy rich will have to be sifted from the idle rich.

Good one. What kind of !music channel? Sounds interesting!

'5 stars'

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He looks like Gandalf the Grey's great-great grandfather.

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Organize, having fellow citizens who are committed to the same cause is immensely encouraging and empowering

to get people to stop, try organizing more things locally and communally. Start making community a part of daily life.

I don't think it matters who the president is ultimately. They really only serve the illusion that there is a two party system, when there is really only one. And that one party is the unelected, forever serving bureaucracy that operates the system. Whose ultimate goal is global hegemony at the behest of the multinational corporations it makes policy and law for. I do think Jeffery Sachs is an extremely well thought out man, who understands clearly our foreign policy positions. Especially in regards to Russia. I love listening to his assessments.

I just listened to his terrific October9th interview by Aaron Mate on the podcast Pushback.

Want to see how he would rule? Look at what he did with his capitalist neoliberal policies in Russia. Caused mass, mass suffering. Search up his history.

We are at least as cooperative by nature. I think propaganda has led people to value ego and a false sense of superiority (through competition or otherwise). But we could just as easily raise people to help others instead of be selfish. All hunter gatherer societies compel cooperation and sharing. Because they need it to survive. And i believe humans have some egalitarian tendencies, as other primates do. But in capitalism, to survive you have to compete with others for a job. And whoever is most loyal, exploitable, and/or useful in furthering their owners' capital wins, so ofc ppl will be competitive in that environment

Being competitive is not natural instinct, maybe for those of predator prey evolutionary potential. It is natural for mammals to foster and raise families and communities in order to survive and thrive.

Agree. In a drive to insanely compete, people forget to cooperate in parallel. Common sense is above education. The balance of competition and cooperation is a sensitive balance of self and other. Cars movie explains the concept.

Competitiveness is not a natural human instinct. Cooperation is. Competition is a requirement for survival in capitalist systems.

Competitiveness is not a natural human instinct. Cooperation is. Competition is a requirement for survival in capitalist systems.

The cap on the Senate at 100 is class warfare.