Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt.3

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1. ffs. just let him talk - listen. and perhaps learn.
2. WE SHOULD ALL pay attn to Chomsky, left or right. In this segment, he nails it! 
3. Yeah, he's a smart guy. But he's just talking, let's see some numbers.
4. @LexPhilogus he he what a perfect dumbass question!!
5. @bonfirejovi can you elaborate on Chomsky's economic illiteracy, as a none expert in economics i didn't perceive the latter in what he said. Thanks
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7. Chomsky is simply dead wrong, when he says that the U.S. is the only privatized system. The Swiss, Germans, and the Dutch, to name a few, have substantial privatization in their systems. There is no fully market based system in the world, and actually fewer single payer ones than many people think. Even the U.S. only has partial privatization, with 50 separate regulators and about half of the healthcare spending coming from public sources.
8. He's not really a Psychologist either, he's a linguist, he can pretty much turn his hand to anything. I think it gives him a better sense of context than many economists.
9. Could all the Nazis on this video please fuck off to their Nuremberg Rally and KKK videos please.
10. its called macro-economics.
11. I'm afraid you misunderstood that article. its far from a defense.
12. i agree with one thing you said, that we need to organize. but i dont think the status quo has granted us methods to have itself changed or overthrown; only the illusion that such is possible to keep us passive and inneffective.
13. "if they would just organize and get out of the anti-government mentality that only helps the government" so youre an anarchist who wants to stay in the government mentality, interesting. also, how does being anti-government help the government? please explain (i just figured being pro-government would help the government...call me crazy). and two, once your group is organized, how exactly do you plan on changing the system from within? what means are available for this?
14. i know what corruption means. and i know our system was not intended to operate in this fashion. our system was not designed to be run in the interests of a corporate elite at the expense of the people, or to have a private bank control our currency, our gov's spending, and a big chunk of our earnings. our system may have been authoritarian from the start, but not this bad. deviating from its morals; no longer functioning the way it was intended: this is the definition of corruption
15. it's not corruption because that's how it was designed to work. once again, corruption is a specific term with a specific meaning. businesses don't want corruption in government, they just want it run in their interests. and people, if they would just organize and get out of the anti-government mentality that only helps the government, they could organize and make real changes pretty easily. i believe in anarchy and libertarian-socialism, but we have to start with what we've got.
16. " it's the only power structure people have some kind of say in" what say is that? our government legislates things that 98% of the people are opposed to. like chomsky said, the candidates dictate their terms to the voter. face it the government rules us, not the other way around and how is taking money from the people (taxes) and contracting or giving it out to the rich elite NOT corruption?
17. it's not corrupt. mostly. it's just not run in the same way as they say it is, nor for the same reasons. which is obvious. and yes, there is a reason to participate in such a system, namely that it's the only power structure people have some kind of say in. they certainly can't tell the huge multinational conglomerates how to do things. there are times when voting is good, and using the system is good. mostly, direct action is better. "your body is your ballot."
18. "the occasions when i do vote, which are pretty rare..." monoboi himself does not quote properly whatsoever. what is your point, anyway? your body is your ballot. waiting to pull a lever accomplishes next to nothing.
19. so he is still buying into the two-party myth, which he claims to oppose, by believing that one candidate is even an "alternative" (as you put it), to the other. i think he is too afraid to to admit that the only true alternative to our current political system is revolution.
20. that's the thing. i dont see how Obama is the lesser of two evils, since both are puppets of the "business party" in his own words, and hence would ultimately do the same thing. in fact, i think Obama is worse simply because of the positive auras and stigmas attached to him by so-called "liberals, " which makes criticism of him non-existant from a major portion of the country. at least McCain would be openly "evil." easier to deal with an honest wolf than a wolf in sheep's clothing