It's no coincidence that the height of the British empire saw some of the worst conditions for the working class at home, too. Industrial capitalism exploits whoever is exploitable, regardless of borders. Occupying India didn't raise the status of destitute factory workers in London, any more than the Iraq war benefited poor American citizens.

@mcivor321

Жыл бұрын

Yes working class people sent to foreign lands to kill other working class people

@dannymcguire3623

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@angusmcbean752

6 ай бұрын

English were generally always better off than those in the colonies, not by much, but still

Chomsky's insights and breadth of knowledge are profound. His thoughts need more mainline media coverage.

@joseSanchez-ej2oh

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Loofbourrow if he did get coverage on say NPR, which changed its mind about covering him at all, he would be worried about doing something wrong. Of course that doesn't mean he would be wrong but only that he has to reanalyze his arguments again just to be sure. It's not by definition bad and in a way it would force him to think even more critically of himself.

@Jean-yt1lu

6 жыл бұрын

He has never had coverage because of what he says, none of his articles have been published in US media for the last around 70 years. he was once interviewed on Fox, he mentions it in one of his talks, I think they gave him a few minutes. He is a threat to US government - he tells it like it is and the press know not to have anything to do with him.

@Zippy1940

6 жыл бұрын

Chomsky is a modern day Socrates, he pushes buttons, disturbs the complacent, and forces all of us to reconsider our ideas and opinions. He said his best teachers forced him to think for himself.

@joermundgand

6 жыл бұрын

It's Hobsbawns analysis, great Scott children, the great Noam just rattled of Age of Empire, another mans work.

@Jean-yt1lu

5 жыл бұрын

Mainline are. Not allowed to give him airtime or print his articles

It's like Game of Thrones for capitalism

This is not too difficult for ordinary people to understand.

@zac491

3 жыл бұрын

many don't want they're bubbles burst

@PeterJonesonline

Жыл бұрын

Most believe the myth that they can achieve success in monetary terms and live in bad faith because of that. This causes them to be blinded by their plight and most think that things are just hunky dory.

From Noam you get very useful information regarding how the society works and ways we can make it a better place for everyone. But so few people care about it. Most of the population are waved and blinded by the media(TV, internet news or social media) without being able to see thing clearly. We need to be cleaver and spread the right words. People should learn critical thinking.

@Jean-yt1lu

6 жыл бұрын

All they can do is well look what XYZ did, not look at what America is doing right now this minute, and one thing I notice is that the fact that the planet is dying seems to be unimportant, less important than what Donald Trump tweeted or this silly endless business about Russia and the elections. Watch Democracy Now from yesterday with Julian Assange, it was really good.

@aluisious

Жыл бұрын

People are unwilling to unionize their own working places. If you can't organize with 20 people you've known for years, there's no chance of real change at any higher level.

The rich getting the wealth, the poor are bleeding. Thats an empire in a nutshell. Doesnt matter if its the roman soldier in germania, the sailor in the navy of Horatio Nelson or the american GI in the jungle of Vietnam or in Baghdad. An empire only benefits the rich at the expense of the poor.

Your so smart Noam. Thank you.

holy shit i never thought of it that way

@mwmk4764

5 жыл бұрын

lol

Adventurers probably enjoy empire unless they die early of wounds or disease, and commoners have some vicarious fun feeling superior, and people not running their lives much on logic, having an empire probably is fairly satisfying.

My sacrifice 🙏🏼, the system and political can change everything but it’s how to tell the other’s what’s the public mindset not only thinking about oneself but it’s socially sustainable ways for living togetherness, especially for the young generations takings .

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Another very nice selection from the channel author. Hats off. This is not a common question asked of Noam and is relatively interesting. In the end, all the variables I think point toward empire being against the benefit of the people. State-capitalism (faux capitalism) has so many costs and inefficiencies and illusory benefits built in (often hidden), and it still generates massive wealth for a few. If the economy was radically different and class didn’t exist I expect it would be easy to generate high levels of wealth and development and technology for less effort and spread it equitably. Empire is ultimately a sloppy game of trying to seize power for a few. In the cases where corporate wealth is at stake, policy that promotes power wins out. That’s what the ideology dictates. Chomsky sometimes gives examples of that. Such as Cuba.

wow.

Interesting.

Look at "Democracy Now" on uTube, today's broadcast, it is very interesting. Amy Goodman is a wonderful person.

@joermundgand

6 жыл бұрын

Who are founded by Foundations who aren't named as a source of funding by Democracy Now, one such foundation is the Ford Foundation which often colludes with the CIA.

@linkking46

5 жыл бұрын

No One is it too late to ask for a source?

My immediate thought is international relations theory - realism. The best guarantee of security is to take power at the expense of your neighbour where ever it may arise. Empire being the natural manifestation of this idea, overstretch not withstanding. I'm not sure how to square that with the fact the East India Company's pursuit for dominance was originally funded by bankers as opposed to the state, though

At about 0:25 you realize it's a photostill.

'The End of American Empire Is Here '

So if you are an elite/oligarch/ruling class then you want to live in an empire, and if your not then you don't.

❤️🇵🇹❤️

Noam nailed it again , in the future we're going to need a (Noam A.I.) better known as N.A.I. .

@Jean-yt1lu

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Hedges needs to be listened to too, he is a friend of Chomsky's, he does a program called On Contact on uTube. The Real News on uTube is also worth watching. (Don't leave us Noam we need you and we love you)

@romanbrandle319

6 жыл бұрын

Yes , Chris hedges is good , I'm fully expecting Noam to reach the ripe old age of 120 yrs . But I haven't yet manufactured his consent .

@joermundgand

6 жыл бұрын

It's not his analysis, he used Eric Hobsbawns analysis.

@Frisbieinstein

5 жыл бұрын

@@romanbrandle319 Greatness in KZread comments.

@romanbrandle319

5 жыл бұрын

@@Frisbieinstein lol , a brief moment of greatness possibly .

Is empire worth it? I wonder how Queen Isabella would feel about the cost benefit of spreading her language, culture, and genes to most of the continent of South America, Central America, and Mexico.

@theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081

4 жыл бұрын

I'm Moroccan and if you ask me I wish the French and the Spanish *never* came to "spread their language and culture" over here, thank you very much.

@cliffgaither

2 жыл бұрын

What a really un-educated comment ! Isabella didn't finance the trips to the New World to spread her language / culture / genes to the South of The Western Hemisphere. She financed those expeditions to extract the wealth from that Region w / as few people left to resist the Occupation of Columbus & The Conquistadors. Your perversion of history is as appalling as the out-come of 1492.

@laserbrain7774

2 жыл бұрын

@@cliffgaither As far as perversion of history goes you should be wary of projection. Ferdinand was the one who was primarily interested in the extraction of wealth. Isabella's motivation was in heathen souls.

@cliffgaither

2 жыл бұрын

@@laserbrain7774 :: Isabella ? Ferdinand ? There is no difference between the two as the results were the same :: the contact w / the Spanish was devastating to the Natives. Who / What gives Isabella the temerity to interfere in the lives of "heathens" ? "Heathens" ? The Spanish didn't even bathe regularly. Those two monarchs certainly didn't appreciate the Moors in Spain AND the Moors were far-less inhumane in Spain than the Spanish in the Western-Hemisphere.

@laserbrain7774

2 жыл бұрын

@@cliffgaither Obviously they didn't appreciate the moors. Ferdinand and Isabella were able to organize and fund the columbus expedition because they had just completed expelling the moors from spain. If you think that Ferdinand and Isabella were the same then your own education is woeful and inadequate.

Ahahahaha, It's Hobsbawn, the "great" Chumpsky nicked Hobsbawns analysis.

@hinteregions

Жыл бұрын

It's fairly general thinking. It's hardly an 'analysis.' If it were, Chompsky would have cited Hobsbawn. This 'Chumpsky' thing just makes you look childish.

@idonnow2

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow how dare somebody learn about an idea from someone and then repeat that idea to others. I will never read a book written by someone else ever again because that would be not thinking for myself