Anarchism 101 with Noam Chomsky

tomitstube Says:

May 9, 2012 - anarchy comes in many flavors. if only people realized they had the power to peacefully change the corrupt system we have today. it works occasionally when outrage gets mobilized, for instance the boycotting of companies in very public and outspoken ways. even fox had to can glenn beck after advertisers pulled out. the banks for a while were shitting their collective pants when people started pulling their money. etc.moneyed interests have a weakness. and they lose sleep knowing this.

DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Says:

May 18, 2012 - NOAM CHOMSKY, HOWARD ZINN, JOHN DEWEY, MICHAEL PARENTI, ARUNDHATI ROY, NAOMI KLEIN, ROBERT FISK, VANDANA SHIVA, RALPH NADER, WARD CHURCHILL, NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, DENNIS KUCINICH, CORNEL WEST, GORE VIDAL, JOHN PILGER, GREG PALAST, ROBERT FISK, EDWARD S. HERMAN, JASON BURKE, EDWARD SAID, BERTRAND RUSSELL, ROBIN HAHNEL, ALEXANDER COCHBURN, ANTHONY ARNOVE, CHALMERS JOHNON, WILLIAM BLOOM, MICHAEL ALBERT, CHRISTIAN PARENTI, MUMIA ABU-JAMAL, AMY GOODMAN, DANIEL ELLSBERG, BILL HICKS, GEORGE CARLIN, etc.

Leobons Says:

May 18, 2012 - nobody cares, stop screaming

Leobons Says:

May 18, 2012 - Right.. so I know how to write software and I want money. I don't think I'm a slave to my employer. Does Chomsky think he is a slave of the MIT because they pay him? WTF

Kristov219 Says:

May 18, 2012 - 2. You have a choice. You can choose to sacrifice some leisure time by engaging in labour i.e. you are trading the performance of a task for remuneration - IF you value the rewards of your labour more than you value the leisure time that you could have had instead. But whether you choose to sell your labour to someone (catallactic exchange) or choose to go and hunt your food/chop your own wood (autarkic exchange) makes no difference - it's not slavery - you are swapping labour for its reward.

Kristov219 Says:

May 18, 2012 - 4. When and under what circumstances?5. Yes they can choose to do this. Plenty of people do, whether you open your own plumbing business, IT company, whatever. YOUR taxes, rent and bills may prevent this but that is not the fault of anyone else. Some people prefer the perceived safety of a profession that keeps them employed - that's fine but don't expect the rewards that those willing to invest their own savings may achieve through identifying what the consumers want and succeeding.

Kukainis Says:

May 20, 2012 - the dude lost me at wage labor = slavery :D

trifulquita15 Says:

May 20, 2012 - the goal of communism is a society without the statethe goal of anarchism is the sameso my dear satanic atheists, the only difference among u is that communists thinks its necessary a transition aka socialism. You can suck it and put my laptop in ur ass. Sick people

MagicFunc Says:

May 20, 2012 - you've confused communism with marxism. Still you're wrong there are many complexities to both which you can't generalise. Also you might disagree with communism doesn't mean you should just randomly insult people. It is a subjective thing. Like music, film, book tastes. I assume from referral of the views as 'satanic atheists' you're religious. Why don't you just respect peoples thoughts and opinions. As I will respect yours.

Keeban3 Says:

May 20, 2012 - Its not about justification. ANY action can be justified. Its about comparison of the State in an area to how it would function without a State in that area. Anarchists are people who take the comparison in favor of maximum voluntary interactions.And yes, wage-slavery is similar except for the vastly different ability to choose employment. Competition between employers leads to higher wages for all, except those without experience and skill (and that is only temporary).

trifulquita15 Says:

May 21, 2012 - the means are different but the end of communists and anarchists is the same, an utopic atheist society with people doing what they want. Its not abot tastes, communism killed 100 millions of ppl around the world

DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Says:

May 21, 2012 - is talking shit the only way you're able to get any views on your right-wing videos?good job asking me a question on your video even though you'd blocked me from responding, Thiago. do you really need me to spell out to you why it is a bad idea to end the guarantee to free public education, or to give corporations absolute power?

DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Says:

May 21, 2012 - in the first part of that you comment, you reference communism--as written by Marx.in the second part, you're talking about Stalinist "communism."Marx's communism was a stateless society (though brought about by first creating a new state, controlled by the "dictatorship OF the proletariat"); Stalinism was the creation of a constant, powerful state controlled by a military-bureaucratic elite ("dictatorship OVER the proletariat") [my capitalizations].(FYI i support libertarian socialism)

Leobons Says:

May 21, 2012 - nothing if for "free". it just means you're putting your money into the hands of the government and later getting a portion of it back (deduct from this money kickbacks, stupid wars, fraud, corruption, etc). You'd get a much better education on a private school. I'm certainly very happy that I was educated in a private school, not a crummy public oneBtw, corporations control the government so the more power and money you give to the government, the worse the situation gets

trifulquita15 Says:

May 21, 2012 - Yes, i know what u think, the interpretation of the communism killed millions of people, not communism itself. But catholics says the same thing about the Inquisition. It was a bad interpretation of the teachings of the church.Ron Paul said something about the Patriot Act, like: "we will have cameras in every home in order to prevent child abuse?" Its not exactly what the libertarian said, But that words makes me think. Im not sure if the Big Brother is a bad or good guy.

DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Says:

May 21, 2012 - Paul opposes: environmental regulations, industry and banking regulations, minimum wage, social programs / Americans With Disabilities Act / public health care, the 14th Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, evolution, public education, federal safety standards / the Occupational Health and Safety Act, foreign aid, gun control (including background checks), etc.Paul only focuses blame on half of the state-corporate system--the state--while promoting absolute power for corporations

bannon100O Says:

May 21, 2012 - comunism would not let criminals and murders out of jail, anarchism yes

MagicFunc Says:

May 22, 2012 - Doesn't make it bad. As an idea it is awesome and by Marx it has never really been put into proper practice. For true communism needs to be international and to happen all around the world or it will never work. Stalin killed 23,000,000, Mao Ze-Dong killed 78,000,000. Was that communism or dictators? Yes, Marx believed that religion is 'opiate of the people'. I agree with you that is wrong. Im not religion but I think oppressing people's believe is wrong and is my problem with what youre saying

DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Says:

May 23, 2012 - That is only true of individual anarchism and not social anarchism (libertarian socialism).

DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Says:

May 23, 2012 - "you've confused communism with marxism." this statement is an oxymoron.

AnarchoPinkoEuroBr Says:

May 24, 2012 - Humans are social beings. Conflicts and violence can be curbed with proper education and resolution of conflicts, except in the case of pathological psychiatric conditions - which can be properly treated in any society.Maybe our society just does not it (education, resolution of conflicts and treatening of pathological conditions) well as it should. Maybe because in our society, it is used to make profit.That is why right-wing libertarianism is a shit, an ideological weapon of the elites.