McMaster University is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Professor Giroux has a New York or Boston accent. He seems to be an American living in Canada. He says he won’t go back to 5he United States until there is free health care. He will therefore never go back! Recently, my wife needed medical attention and tests. We went to a local hospital in Montreal where we waited 8 hours for her to pass an CT scan and an MRI, all free of charge. In the following days, we had meetings with great doctors who explained the results of the tests. We were never big consumers of health care but when we walked out of the hospital, I was glad to be a Canadian citizen benefiting from free health care.

@Janewomanpower

2 жыл бұрын

So great right,!? Canadian also. When he said health care was the highest cause of Dept in USA I nearly fell off my chair! For such an absolute human right I cannot grasp living in the States. Shameful.

@artos1955

2 жыл бұрын

To say that our healthcare is “free” is disingenuous. We pay for it through our taxes, which I gladly and willingly support.

@davidreid5599

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to be Canadian, for sure. Also British(for now), Danish, German, French, Belgian, Swiss, Swedish Dutch etc etc other developed democracies who see health as a RIGHT and not a business opportunity, as in the banana republic of USA.

@jackdeath

2 жыл бұрын

@@artos1955 Yea, except the average American pays the same in taxes as the average Canadians does, yet doesn't receive any medical care for it. Instead, the have the largest military force with the best toys to wreck havoc throughout the world.

@franzludwig7104

2 жыл бұрын

Serge Morand, CANADA has more than earned an "eh+".

David, what a guy Henry Giroux, is! Have him more, if possible!

@ruaidriodomhnaill4489

2 жыл бұрын

I just recently come across Henry Giroux and his online lectures/discussions maybe two weeks ago and I’m glad I did… I find him to be one of the more entertaining (in terms of holding my attention) public intellectuals and overall interesting individuals Ive come across in some time now. His handle on the fundamental issues & challenges facing modern society, combined with his ability to clearly articulate them in plain speak, is really quite impressive. We could use a lot more minds like his getting air time across all our media platforms. Great interview David

@Frenchblue8

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruaidriodomhnaill4489 well said, agree and said so in my initial comment here, about plain speak and speaking truth to compassion

@scottwmackey

2 жыл бұрын

I guess I just got tired of him in the early '90s.

@user-js9qe3jy8f

2 жыл бұрын

comma splice

Wonderful interview. It is super rare to find individuals who are properly educated. Thank you, David!

@Frenchblue8

2 жыл бұрын

Intelligent, educated, and even intellectual, but who still can speak plain and speak truth to the compassionate

@Tron-Jockey

2 жыл бұрын

I think we're witnessing just how fascism and the Nazis insidiously worked to undermine the Weimar Republic. Americans need to wake up and understand that there are incredibly wealthy "entities" (individuals, corporations, industries), in this country that see democracy as an impediment and or existential threat to their fortunes as well as their futures. We saw this once before in 1933-34 during the "Wall Street Putsch" when some of America's wealthiest tycoons, magnates and captains of industry formed the American Liberty League to oppose FDR's New Deal. These same entities also secretly conspired to overthrow FDR and install a fascist stooge (sound familiar?). They failed at that time only because they couldn't convince the US military to join the coup but they didn't go away and they haven't given up. By the early 1930's these tycoons, magnates and captains of industry had become enamored with Mussolini and Hitler's success at pulling their respective economies out of the massive depressions each country was enduring. Many American companies actually sent emissaries to Germany and Italy to study this new thing called "Fascism". This was several years before fascism showed it's ugly side and so what these emissaries reported back convinced many powerful Americans that fascism is what America needed to get out of our own depression. This was what the American Liberty League was really after before disbanding in 1940 (by 1940 fascism had showed it's true evil intentions and there was little chance the American Liberty League was going to win over Americans with fascism). But they never really disappeared and never gave up their fascist agenda. I believe they merely regrouped and found a clever new way to raise the army they needed. They saw how Hitler's and Mussolini's powerful oratory was similar to the mesmerizing effect that evangelicals wielded from their pulpits. I think they realized they could use these evangelicals and their huge and growing congregations. They would now enlist the power of Jesus. This is why I don't believe it's a coincidence that the Fellowship Foundation was founded in 1935. The Republican party's movement further and further to the right is designed not so much to represent its constituents as it is to enlist an army to finish what was started in 1933.

@chcknpie04

2 жыл бұрын

Republicans want you to believe that nobody knows what they’re talking about because it strengthens their argument for authoritarianism. It’s really not that rare.

@BradyBHull

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tron-Jockey wonderfully insightful comment, thanks.

@zen-Tii

2 жыл бұрын

Huh?

The state of education in the US is absolutely pathetic and something we should be ashamed of.

@ninij9692

2 жыл бұрын

It's not necessarily about lack of Education, considering that the Unabomber got into Harvard at 16. What you're looking at is the result of stigmatizing Mental Health, and the lack of health insurance in the States. I am grateful that our younger generation doesn't see a problem with getting help when they feel like they need help.

@joeschmoe4436

2 жыл бұрын

thats what happens when a bunch of commies turn our educational system into a indoctrination system

@Royaen

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeschmoe4436 Not that i like communists. But the one who ripped you education system apart is the one denying reality, the republican fascists.

@KXZero

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeschmoe4436 🥱

@theunholinesswithin70

2 жыл бұрын

Americans *could* try to do something about, instead of complaining and whining.

I immigrated from Germany when I was 18 and I can attest to the fact that having socialized medicine and having free education was so much better 😊❤

@jimohara

2 жыл бұрын

Aye, it’s a well known trait of Germans that they think Germans and Germany are so much better so you’ve no need to share. Probably true though ♥️ I wouldn’t mind living in Germany myself

@kaihuang4970

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimohara are you one of those pick up artists who specializes in negging? That insult about Germans think they're better is so rude, as if socialised medicine and free education is not a good thing. We have universal healthcare and free education up to the end of highschool in Australia. It is way better than the American system where you get price gouged for healthcare.

@JFromAcc

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaihuang4970 Why are you so sensitive on someone else's behalf? I'm with Jim, Most of the Germans and British people I've worked with do in fact seem to think they're society is somehow better. I'm not even disagreeing with the premise, I just think the simple statement of fact is not a problem.

@larscain3263

2 жыл бұрын

So go back to Deutschland

@catherinekalden-blum4547

2 жыл бұрын

@@larscain3263 Typical idiot reply. I am an American now so no I am not going back to Germany.

That's why I wont use any other word to describe him and especially now, the republican party and the trump voters and qanon fascist and the other right wing fascist. Not calling them fascist is extremely dangerous because it's exactly who they are.

@woutmoerman711

2 жыл бұрын

The trouble is that a lot of people don't know the definition of fascism. And defining it isn't easy. So I think it is better to explain what is wrong or good in Republican politics instead of giving it a label. The label is correct in my opinion, no discussion there.

One of your best interviews. He puts a lot of my concerns about the direction of the country into words.

@evelynmurphy9599

2 жыл бұрын

This man should be asked to give a list of critical problems that need to be solved in today’s society & their solutions to the leaders of out country.!This scholar needs to be set up in a quorum of intellectuals to get this country’s standards,education & critical thinking needed to advance & be a country that leads in society in the whole world.What a power that would be eh,no one could beat us ever again.!!!

@scottwmackey

2 жыл бұрын

@@evelynmurphy9599 If you only knew how ironic your post is. All that stuff has already happened. The "quorum of intellectuals" have already heard everything he has to say and found it to be wanting. Sure, it sounds smart, but if you listen carefully you'll find he doesn't actually offer any solutions.

@drts6955

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottwmackey He clearly does, more than most at least

@scottwmackey

2 жыл бұрын

@@drts6955 I'll bite. What are his solutions?

@drts6955

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottwmackey Good haha I think his point about not approaching right wingers by challenging their political and cultural identity, but by engaging with what they want themselves that lie outside those areas (or are framed that way) is important and much more likely to work than confronting them directly. Is it solution, meaning we can all go home, no. But who has that? If you do I'm all ears

Just listening to intelligent articulate and interesting people is a salve to the fox crazies. Great segment DP

"don't confuse schooling with Education" Henry Giroux! insightful!

@Ryan-Fkrepublicnz

2 жыл бұрын

believe that goes back to Mark Twain?

@Janewomanpower

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ryan-Fkrepublicnz could be. It is not an uncommon phrase. Was pointing out what he said and the most poignant point in the interview.

@fighttheevilrobots3417

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ryan-Fkrepublicnz yup, Mark Twain.."never let school interfere with your education ".

@thomasbenau2810

2 жыл бұрын

Fight TheEvilRobots didn’t BLM BURN SCHOOLS?

@canuckprogressive.3435

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasbenau2810 Never heard shit about that. You're full of it.

I really appreciated the clear systemic/institutional analysis. Our system has failed profoundly to appreciate/account for how important an educated citizenry and developed social state are to a democracy. These fundamental pillars have severely eroded, like a weakened immune system that can't fight off a disease. Many of us see the symptoms (e.g. fascist tendencies), but are too confused/indoctrinated to seek actual solutions to the disease (e.g. a dysfunctional educational system and the so-called "individualization of problems").

Another factor on what happened in the last 40 years is that parents that hold reactionary and racist views were very upset to see their kids becoming liberals, thus their hatred of education. Basically they became proud to be as ignorant and 'anti elite' as possible.

Great interview! Particularly on point with the shift in education. Not just about how, but what is taught. Every homeschooler I know is Christian, racist and antiabortion. I’m glad we’re finally openly acknowledging the fascism we’re facing. Steven Miller and Steve Bannon are really leading the charge here and are doing excellent work destabilizing us to affect their aims.

@jimohara

2 жыл бұрын

Every homeschooler you know is racist?

@JustSayPie

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimohara not every person who has been homeschooled. I haven’t had those conversation. Every person I know who has decided to homeschool their kids is what I should have said. I don’t know them all, admittedly. You should also know they aren’t ashamed of it. They think that mixing the races is against God’s will. They reference the Bible, something about Ham and Canaan being banished to Africa. I admittedly don’t know the whole backstory. Obviously, tons of Christians aren’t racist.

@jimohara

2 жыл бұрын

@@JustSayPie Aye, well I suppose America is a strange place and I can’t deny there’s loads of loony bins. I just thought that kind of thing was dying off in this day and age. The way it comes across to me is that some of the teachers in school are people parents should be genuinely reluctant to have around their children

@jimohara

2 жыл бұрын

@Scruffy Topaz was Zinn a good historian or was he more of a political activist?

@JustSayPie

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimohara in my experience teachers have been very unfairly maligned in a crass political campaign to defund public schools. This coming mainly from the Christian Right.

Great interview. America needs more critically thinking kids.

@betzib8021

2 жыл бұрын

How do you think we're going to get these critical thinkers. Go in a classroom. See what teachers are going through. See how they stress critical thinking skills to students that dont even have basic skills. Speak from knowledge of how we can get critical those young thinkers. Contribute.

@gingermiller1087

2 жыл бұрын

And ADULTS.

@betzib8021

2 жыл бұрын

@@gingermiller1087 yeah baby!

@JoshSees

2 жыл бұрын

The best teachers educate students to be able to teach themselves

@LanceLust1980HugeTheWarningFan

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshSees "The best teachers educate students to be able to teach themselves" I don't know that I had any teachers like this. I did so regardless. I saw the flaws in the education system whilst in high school. I was in special needs because I simply couldn't handle school. They only care about war. Building narcissists by the use of strategy in sports. If you aren't part of that elite, you're going to be bullied. And fascism is all about building a structure from bullying.

BEST interview on the subject. I think we are up against Confederate Nazis in our special US version of fascism.

@MalakStarfire

2 жыл бұрын

@Scruffy Topaz Well the Democratic Party barely has a majority in the legislature, a handful of more conservative individuals in the DNC, (or just one person in the Senate) can hold up anything. Not to mention, that we can't just willy nilly arrest people without becoming the very thing we are seeking to destroy. Our best option as American citizens is to vote out both the enablers and the fascists.

@yvonneplant9434

2 жыл бұрын

@@MalakStarfire Yes. It's part of why there is so much worry about the California recall and Diane Feinstein...who needs to retire.

@towbar8655

2 жыл бұрын

@Scruffy Topaz VOTER'S CAN stop them

@towbar8655

2 жыл бұрын

@JT MONEY r u saying WE should have sided with THE AXIS??? REALLY??

@towbar8655

2 жыл бұрын

@JT MONEY you're right Republicans Trump Marjorie Taylor Greene need to be put in there place Democrats and good Republicans need to start speaking up

I remember where I was in 1980 when Reagan won. It was an overwhelming sense of foreboding that Reagan would have horrible long term consequences. I knew we would be dealing with it for the rest of my life. I was depressed for weeks. I still believe you can point to him for our current issues.

@waterfrodo4304

2 жыл бұрын

The most depressing thing about Reagan is that he wasn't some political mastermind. Reagan was basically a talking head, a paid actor; and the powers that were behind him never went away.

@MrYago-xd7um

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing Huckabee air messages in '06 after hearing some rather middle class christians speaking well of that grifter before launching into joyful end times banter themselves. My thought was I need to think of this moment ten years from now too. Ohhh boy. Terrible as Reagan was, worse followed, and would almost be nice if we had a Nixon lead that damned party again.

@joeschmoe4436

2 жыл бұрын

@Rainbow LOL...WHAT ABOUT THIS PUPPET IN THE WH NOW?

@jj1106

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt! Trump ran on Reagan’s campaign, slogan and all. It was like watching a remake of a horrible movie.

@jj1106

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeschmoe4436 Nobody in this comment section has time for your whataboutisms, grown folks are talking. 😒

"They hate the public good, they hate the common good" is a solid summation of conservative thought!

I'd love to hear Giroux and Chomsky interviewed together.

@Frenchblue8

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, my heart just skipped a beat!👍👍👍

@lastjob2011

2 жыл бұрын

Knowledge is highly underrated! America goes for the loud people, the flashy people; not the smart people.

Buy Henry's books. They are brilliant. Support his scholarship. He's a dynamic teacher and wonderful writer.

@dianneschoenberg4681

2 жыл бұрын

I second this! We need to start spending our money on what is really important. Most average Americans see the newest cell phone, fastest internet, best cable TV package as legitimate monthly expenses. What if we budget even half that amount to support critical thinkers of our day? We have to start rethinking our values. Look who makes the most money today: Celebrities, Influencers, Athletes, Wall Street bankers. Who makes the least: people who make food possible, teachers, caretakers of our Most vulnerable loved ones. The results are very predictable.

@scottwmackey

2 жыл бұрын

Ya, he has a natural talent for saying a lot of smart sounding things that actually say nothing.

@scottwmackey

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianneschoenberg4681 Who's the "we" in "We have to start rethinking our values"? What do "we" do when "they" are perfectly fine with their current values?

@dianneschoenberg4681

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottwmackey our whole population needs to rethink American values and start spending accordingly. All of us, including liberals like myself, need to stop funding this warped system. Calling for an overhaul of the class and pay scales for all professions. Morality over capitalism.

@scottwmackey

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianneschoenberg4681 OK, what's the first step?

I love ❤️ Henry Giroux. Thanks for bringing him on.

Here's how we fix schools: teacher pay should be competitive with tech jobs at the K - 12 level. Make it more competitive for more highly educated job seekers.

@AbidingDude420

2 жыл бұрын

Also not treating substitute teachers like crap would be a good start.

@justadad6677

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, if we learned NOTHING from our failed ways. Everything does NOT have to be a competition. I fact, MOST people excel under cooperation and less stress. You can't design a society based on the few.

@jimohara

2 жыл бұрын

Do you think schoolteachers can fix their students lives? It wouldn’t matter if every teacher was an Einstein if there’s garbage in there’s garbage out. A cultural change is what’s needed

@alexfreidah1075

2 жыл бұрын

@@justadad6677 he implied paying teachers more, not making them fight each other

@yvonneplant9434

2 жыл бұрын

That may not solve the horrific teacher deficit problem in some urban public system like Philadelphia's which needs 500 teachers.

12:50:" iF YOU THINK SCHOOLS ARE CRUCIAL, THEN WHY ARE THEY BEING DEFUNDED"? Excellent.

I’m a second-year history and philosophy teacher so this interview was especially salient for me… def buying his book.

I was in Sweden in the early 1980's when a discussion ensued on costly US education versus free socialized education there ~~ The Swede I was talking with stated " America's down fall will be that it is educating it's wealthiest not it's brightest " ~~ It is frightening watching this happen!

@canuckprogressive.3435

2 жыл бұрын

School was certainly wasted on trump!

@dleet86

2 жыл бұрын

@@canuckprogressive.3435 My own opinion is that the former moron-in-chief has dyslexia and quit reading at 13 when he found you could buy homework, test answers, and test takers (see SAT). Thus he speaks like a 13 yo with a 13 yo's linguistic skills.

Its rare to find actual smart and educated people these days. Great interview. Learned a lot from this

Brilliant! I’ve been railing against private education for years! And I’m in Canada.

My God this guy is spot on. And now I'm scared to death.

@joeschmoe4436

2 жыл бұрын

TYPICAL WOMAN

@jerryjerry7561

2 жыл бұрын

been scared to death for over 4 years, where you been?

@joeschmoe4436

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerryjerry7561 2008-16 SCARED THE BEGEEZUS OUT OF ME...NOW IM SCARED AGAIN WONDER WHY I ALWAYS GAIN 5-6,000 RDS OF AMMO EVERY TIME A DEMOKKKRAT GET IN THE WH?

@ArisaemaTriphyllum

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeschmoe4436 you ALL should be most scared about what's happening at the poles.

@jimohara

2 жыл бұрын

This guy’s a loon. Look at how he conducts himself. The movement in his body when he talks, the hair the glasses and the shirt and the big display of books in the background with the certificates on the wall too. Look at the face he has and the way he holds his mouth. Do you think he didn’t earn a face like that at his age?

That was one of the most outstanding guests that you have ever had on your show. Good Job

Henry is spot on in everything he says, about how we lost our sense of community and working together for the greater good, to the Gordon Gekko mindset, where greed is good, and the ideology is to get whatever you can however you can, and screw everyone else, and it all really began and escalated exponentially with Reagan, and ever since

Cant have a democracy without an informed citizenry. Love it.

Well explained ideology, Best interview ever!!

The best analysis on US politics I have ever heard ... what a great mind !. Thank you.

"I never let my schooling interfere with my education," Mark Twain. David, Please don't interrupt this man!

henry is giving me bernie vibes and i love it

@ryankibler7973

2 жыл бұрын

He just needs to start every other sentence with "let me be perfectly clea"

This guy is so smart! David is such a good interviewer

Oh my lord he referenced Paolo Frieri and the Pedagogy of the Opressed AND the Education of Critical Consciousness. Love it. So much respect. I found a new hero. I want to read everything he ever wrote.

A voice of profound clarity.

great interview, eye opening and rich with insight and where America is now. Fascist State.

Giroux's reference at 16:56 is to Robert O. Paxton. Recommended: Paxton's *The Anatomy of Fascism.*

I graduated high school in 1966. From the beginning my education included Civics, the study of our Government and the principals that we are all in this together and everyone needs to cooperate to get things done. I had no idea how we have deteriorated to the "ME FIRST" today but that explains what is going on in Society. I am ashamed of how even "educated" people act today. I'm really sad to learn this and I hope it's not too late, but we have lost so much in the years since I left school. I'm not sure we can even recover that in the next generation. I hoped to leave this place better than I found it, but I'm increasingly afraid it won't be happening.

Why the eff do we still have politicians? A modern country should be led by eminent people with knowledge in social studies, economy, urbanization, social security, health care, etc. why do loud-mouthed ignorants who are only interested in their wallet and egos are leading the country?

1980, with the election of a two-bit actor as president fomenting the economic decline in the US.

One of the best presentation of analysis , one of the best speakers, Thank you so much for interviewing Henry Giroux!!!

So much wisdom from this man. Thank you David.

Moral of the story actors should never be president I blame Reagan and Trump for many of are issues.

@richardburnett-_

2 жыл бұрын

Yes; Reagan was a very poor actor, Trump was a fake wannabe actor.

@joeschmoe4436

2 жыл бұрын

really? I blame Obummer and now Sleepy Joe

@jasont340

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeschmoe4436 ignorance is bliss

@joeschmoe4436

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasont340 right? so many are clueless to what damage Obama did its ridiculous

@leothenomad5675

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeschmoe4436 You know someone reading your comment might take it more seriously if you could refrain from the childish name calling.

My sister home schooled her two children. 16 years old engaging his A.A. I sent mine to public schools. He is 20 received his A.A. Client home schools her nephew in religious ideology. 100% difference regarding an education and the ability to think, become & well fill in the blank

Incredible interview. Thank you, David.

Fantastic interview. This is the inherent problem with libertarianism. Aside from the built-in attitude of "eff you, got mine", libertarians shrug off all responsibility on society and government writ large, and puts the onus on individuals, which is both impactical and disingenuous.

@teresatroutman577

2 жыл бұрын

Both Libertarians and Republicans talk the talk of the absolute sovereignty of the individual over the social responsibilities to the tribe of a democratic nation until the bottom falls out from under them. They don’t turn down unemployment benefits if they lose their job, they don’t think they should have to sell their assets to pay their medical bills, and they should be first in line for financial assistance if a natural disaster wipes them out. It’s all social Darwinism until they are the ones being culled from the herd, and that’s when it’s time to find a scapegoat.

"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -Winston Churchill

@ihavenoname4139

2 жыл бұрын

Most based speech in the history of mankind

Great interview David. That was enthralling

While relatively brief, this was a very informative and incredibly enlightening simplification of the belief systems and political culture in the United States, as they have unfolded during my lifetime. As a fifty year old man, I have spent my entire lifetime thus far, unlearning the perspectives I learned throughout my "schooling", in order to ultimately arrive in full agreement with the theories explored in this fifteen minute video.

the last 50 years in 17 mins

Henry Giroux is an American treasure, Canada is lucky he chose here to teach and live. He’s a brilliant social critic

16:46: Bottom Line: Even Robert Patterson Is Now Calling This Shit FASCISM!!!!!!!! David: Best yet. Thanks.

Universal Healthcare! In most countries that are poorer then the United States 🇺🇸. Facts!

Wow! Such intelligence, with such insight! I learned so much, thank you for bringing him on your show!

This guy needs a KZread channel! Thank you for having him on

A Trump Regime is the ultimate goal of Trump and the GOP! We MUST vote in droves in 2022 and 2024 to stop them!

@marcuskuhnert6191

2 жыл бұрын

I seriously doubt Trump will run or even win … I really can’t see that but I can see his admirers like de Santis run to make Trump proud

@billsoderholm3125

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t see him winning in 2016.

@marcuskuhnert6191

2 жыл бұрын

@@billsoderholm3125 2016 was then 2024 us still three years out , can’t see him winning again

@richardburnett-_

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcuskuhnert6191 Most of the GOP backs it, he's already fully committed to it. Wakie-wakee.

@pennysutch6628

2 жыл бұрын

I will never vote for a candidate who is tRumps partners in crime.All they care about is fasium and money.stay safe.✌😷

When was that perfect time when education was about raising critically thinking individuals who would hold power accountable for their communities' well-being? I don't think education (especially mass education) was ever about that.

@Alltime2050

2 жыл бұрын

So you don’t want critical thinking taught? Is that your point? Do you even have one?

@waterfrodo4304

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alltime2050 Of course I want critical thinking taught. Giroux was implying that there was a time when education was "good". I have doubts about how good it really ever was.

@Janewomanpower

2 жыл бұрын

@@waterfrodo4304 I would like to suggest some videos on KZread showing high school students from all over the world discussing topic in the late 50's and early 60's. It blew my mind! I'll look for one and see if I can post it in this comment section.

@Janewomanpower

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/hqeAlaqSqsK6dto.html&ab_channel=ArchiveMC

@Janewomanpower

2 жыл бұрын

these debates are mind-blowing. this america is gone. civilized debates by children! high school students from all over the world and happening in america

The topics in talking points in this conversation have been weighing heavily on my mind the last few days and weeks. I'm very glad that David had this individual on as a source of information. I will definitely look into his ouvre, as I found his speaking points very concise and succinct and apropos to many topical issues

I had a number of excellent teachers in my Public School experience in the 60's and 70's, but one who stands out was a Social Studies teacher who often set up our class to discuss and debate current issues, not from our own view but from the perspective of randomly assigned alternate views. For example, when one of the big issues of the day was whether "Red" China should be admitted to membership in the U. N. we were assigned to debate the matter from the perspective of current U. N. members so we had to research how that particular Ambassador would argue the matter. I drew the "Soviet Ambassador" card while others in the class had to argue from the French, English, U. S. position, etc. We did similar exercises on racial matters, marijuana legalization, women's rights, and so on. Guess what? We all learned more than we would have ever learned about current issues than we would have learned if a teacher just stood in front of the class told us what to think. Many years later, when I was managing a business with about 1400 Unionized employees, we were having a difficult time working some things out so I remembered my High School days and did something similar in a Joint Labor-Management exercise. Union Stewards and Officers met with my management and supervisory staff and I told everyone to "take their Union or Management hats off" and then proposed a number of "grievance issues" that I made up and then told the people at the meeting to argue the matter, not from their own position, but from the position of the other party. It was an eye opener for all involved and resulted in a much better and more productive work environment. Like Atticus Finch said to Scout, "You cannot know another person until you walk around in his shoes." Well, you can't really know your own beliefs until you truly understand the beliefs of others. Critical thinking skills are "dangerous" to those who do not truly understand the how and why of their own belief systems. I choose to live a "dangerous" life in that regard.

Wow, I need to do more research on Henry Giroux. It's disturbing to me that he may be right.

Good catch for us up here in 🇨🇦

The sixties was about free love, peace, personal happiness, open sexual expression etc.! All of these things are difficult to control, hard to convince people to go to wars, difficult to convince people to work 18 hours a day and ignore their families etc.

I first met Henry when he held a chair at Penn State, and I at JH. He has always impressed me with his unique take on the US and Canadian education systems and how they play into and are influenced by, the changing social climate, esp in the US. With his experience as a HS teacher, of study at Carnegi Melon, and teaching at Boston, Penn, and (for about 14 yrs, I think) at McMaster, he has a level of objectivity which is rare in North America today.

Excellent interview! Really refocuses the truth of the moment.

Read Dark Money by Jane Mayer if you want to know how this cultural shift has been guided by millionaire and billionaire’s money

What a treat it was to listen to you and Henry! More please.

Great interview...so insiring to hear Henry articulate the nature of our arrival in these challenging times...and the pressing need for critical thinking and transformative actions. Cool to see a former professor of mine contiune the practice of really critical education!

Henry is one smart man. He is right on about education and health care. We as Americans deserve so much more. I worry for my Grandchildren and their futures

Religious Right and Moral Majority.

The word "critical" generally means "uncritical love of leftist notions"

This man is wonderful. Why don’t we have more people like him speaking out. He’s hit the nail on the head. I’m so happy that I went school prior to the 70’s I was taught in school to examine everything. I read 4 different newspapers for social studies everyday. And living in NYC in the 60’s you had a plethora of Newspapers that covered left, right and center views.

Fully agreed, been calling it for years Problem is - "semantic stop-signs" like "cultural marxist / The Left / university elite" are spewn by those so-indoctrinated _as if that is a sound argument_ It passes for "reason" among those making apologetics for fascism. When you try to get them to engage in epistemology, they embrace contradiction. So how do you reason with someone who does this?

Its okay to obey the laws, we can remove the corruption. Society can't function with liars in positions of authority Acts 2:38.

@henryford2950

2 жыл бұрын

It that in the Bible or some other religious book?

What an excellent interview! Thank you for sharing all of these wonderful points with us...

While I watch clips from this show pretty often, I just randomly came across a video of Henry Giroux for the first time less than two weeks ago and quickly realized he was somebody I wanted to hear more from. He’s able to hold my (admittebtky not fantastic) attention through the combination of intellect, his grasp of fundamental and highly relevant issues, and his uncommon enthusiasm and dialectical skills. Great guest and great interview David!

Introducing Fascism under Reagan was done with intent. We studied this in History class and Economics class in highschool in the Netherlands, 1985-1987. The USA probed it in Latinamerica.

@octoscorpion2506

2 жыл бұрын

I was a child during the Reagan years. Would you be willing to share more of what they told you?

@liesbethdevries4986

2 жыл бұрын

@@octoscorpion2506 Reading your comment made me think back how we studied it. We had studied the historical markers for totalitarism, the 14 steps toward Fascism, then WW-I, the Interbellum, WW-2, the Korean war, the Iron Curtain, the Vietnam war, the US backed militias in Central America, the UdSSR war in Afghanistan, the Iraq-Iran war. The "Red scare" manipulation tactics.

@liesbethdevries4986

2 жыл бұрын

@@octoscorpion2506 We had studied the Fall of the West Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, the Fall of the East Roman Empire, the Conquistadores and the Inquisition, Dutch Colonialism in History class in middle school. We were sensitized to the atrocities done to indigenous people in Latinamerica, North and Central America, Africa, Asia.

@liesbethdevries4986

2 жыл бұрын

@@octoscorpion2506 We studied the rise and fall of totalitarian regimes throughout history. We learned to connect the dots.

@liesbethdevries4986

2 жыл бұрын

@@octoscorpion2506 In highschool, we studied the patterns of the rise and downfall of imperial oppression, the French Revolution, police state tactics, the military expansion under Napoleon, the Equilibrium between France, England and Germany in Europe.

David, none of this surpirses me. I've been fighting Reaganomics since 1986.

Amazing conversation.

Henry Giroux is so spot on with everything he says. I've been espousing and pointing out these problems and some solutions in this country for so long now. He has a highly insightful and intelligent mind with the ability to convey his thoughts and opinions in a succinct and understandable way. I look forward to reading his books. Thanks David for having such great guests!!

indeed, fascism is a misnomer to describe American authoritarian far right. Fascism was not intertwined with religion, and it had strong social welfare policies. You should just call it trumpism. It has already gained its place in history

@peterwright5311

2 жыл бұрын

Fascism was a Nationalist, populist, left/right fusion politics. The modern Alt-Right despises everything about the left and is mostly Libertarian. They are very different imo and acting as though they are the same is asking for trouble.

@USUG0

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterwright5311 in fairness, they all share a love for authoritarianism, militarization of society, nationalism, xenophobia and racism. So, mostly similar, but not exactly the same thing

This was a very unique interview it seems to lead me to believe that his is a modern day version of the fall of the roman empire albeit the U.S. falling down.

@joeschmoe4436

2 жыл бұрын

thank the Left

Great interview! Gave me so much to think about when it comes to my day to day interactions on these topics. Thank you!!

I'm going to have to listen to this a few times to absorb all of the ideas and information. I love listening to smart intellectuals and academics. Please do more of these very important interviews. We need much more input from our academics and thinkers to identify and address our problems in appropriate and affective ways. We need to listen to them and heed their advice.

Great interview, the man has some big words to describe these complex problems, and probably best to use considering they are complex problems, not linear problems most right wing people can comprehend 😝

This is what I call ... A KZread video! 😜

Great conversation!

This was a great interview, please have him back on

Teachers spend way too much time on the lessons parents used to teach, right from wrong, how to share, getting along with another person, bullying is not acceptable, use brain and appropriate words not your teeth/fists/feet when you are angry. Telling stories to get others in trouble is not ok, and many other things.

Too many adults are in positions, professionally, that they cannot manage… starting with Education

I could listen to this brilliant man all day long. Mr. Giroux speaks so eloquently, it's mesmerizing.

Great interview and I look forward to the read. Thanks guys.

Yessir

I voted for Reagan in both elections. At the time, I was only concerned about the Socioeconomic status of my family and the people around us. Today I'm ashamed to have contributed to the selfish anti-social culture that generation created.

I really appreciate these longer in-depth segments. Well done DP.

Henry Giroux was great! He looks young for a guy whose about to turn 78 on Saturday, September 18th. Such an incredible interview.

No offense to this guy, but his cadence and voice strongly remind me of Yaron (the Ayn Rand guy) lol He's spittin straight facts though... I'm sorry, I'll never type that again.

@ericmatthews3775

2 жыл бұрын

You don't have to not type it again it's on the internet forever.

Henry Giroux is great. Spot on! Thank you for this interview. :)

Thank you for having this man on, David. Have him on for at least an hour, though. It gives you the opportunity for more follow-ups. Worth every second.

Oh yes Henry Giroux, most excellent guest. David's stock hits the roof. He is a famed scholar of Critical Pedagogy. Critical pedagogy is a thought process which attempts to help one's ability to question and challenge domination, and the beliefs and practices that dominate. In other words, it is a theory and practice of helping people achieve critical consciousness. As an example, someone who follows this way of critical thinking about the United States culture may develop a view that most people in Western society are sleepwalking through a banal existence of consumption, obedience, and propaganda, and that they need to be awakened. "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all". Paul Simon, Kodachrome.