Forum Post: Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomksy Your thoughts?
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 5, 2011, 1:13 a.m. EST by jjpatrick
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We know we have a choice between Republicans and Democrats but in a book by Noam Chomsky, he argues that consent is manufactured.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhEBCWMe44
Your thoughts?
Some more links: http://www.factcheck.org/barack-obama/ http://www.factcheck.org/tag/mitt-romney/ ---quite similar
Top 20 recipients of Wall Street Funds: http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=F07&cycle=All&recipdetail=M&sortorder=U
Historically, which party receives more from Wall Street? http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=F07&cycle=All&recipdetail=A&sortorder=U
Noam Chomsky on the State-Corporate Complex: http://chomsky.info/talks/20110407.htm
Happy Birthday Noam Chomsky, born on 7th December 1928, so:
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media";
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2m3rvsO0I 2hrs 48mins
This is the excellent documentary film of his, fantastic seminal book!
This doc's as much a biography of Noam Chomsky as anything else.
It also reflects what is going on now in U$A - re Gaza & Palestine! +
Noam Chomsky on Gaza at MIT Center for International Studies:
This 2008 Chomsky talk & its preamble, is now extremely prescient!
fiat lux et pax nunc!
Its true. The mainstream media is essentially an extension of government and the elite. A democracy relies on its media as a weapon to neutralize its great enemy...its people.
Some links ALL OWS should know about: http://www.factcheck.org/barack-obama/ http://www.factcheck.org/tag/mitt-romney/ ---quite similar
Top 20 recipients of Wall Street Funds: http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=F07&cycle=All&recipdetail=M&sortorder=U
Historically, which party receives more from Wall Street? http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=F07&cycle=All&recipdetail=A&sortorder=U
Now for a real proposal that even Republicans and Democrats can agree on: Robin Hood Tax
Even billionaries like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, NY times (hence Republicans), conservatives like Dave Cameron, and even Obama liked the idea as well. Congress is even proposing the idea and OWS should focus more on it as well.
David Cameron ran on the Robin Hood Tax as his platform: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7487081/Conservatives-will-impose-tax-on-banks.html
Noam Chomsky on the State-Corporate Complex: http://chomsky.info/talks/20110407.htm
Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhEBCWMe44
Imagine if all the people was able to detect lies by politician. Let's keep them accountable to their promises:
Obama: http://www.factcheck.org/tag/barack-obama/ Romney: http://www.factcheck.org/tag/mitt-romney/ ---quite similar
Robin Hood Tax seems to be something everyone can sorta agree on as a transient fix. Even billionaries, NY times (hence Republicans), conservatives like Dave Cameron and even Obama liked the idea as well. Congress is even proposing the idea http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7487081/Conservatives-will-impose-tax-on-banks.html
I've heard both good and bad about the Robin Hood tax, but when billionaires say they're behind it, that alone makes me skeptical. Is it something that's sold to the public as a good idea, but in reality winds up fattening the bank accounts of the rich? I wonder.
Bill Gates himself wrote a report supporting it and Buffet supports it a swell. However, they also strong advocates for eliminating poverty and social justice.
I'm not a big fan of Gates (understatement) but I do like Warren Buffett. I'm going to definitely pay attention. If the money actually went for a good cause I'd of course be behind it 100%. I'm just the skeptical type; when the rich are in favor of something that's going to cost them more money, it seems there's got to be a catch. I'm a suspicious bastard ;-)
Yeah, even the health care reform in the States was the product of strong interests groups.
So yes, all you got to do is follow the money. You know Obama eve lies as well.
http://www.factcheck.org/barack-obama/
http://www.factcheck.org/tag/mitt-romney/ ---quite similar
One that really got to me (and I don't even smoke) was the tobacco lawsuit a little while ago. Tobacco producers get hit with multi-multi-million dollar lawsuits and the money was supposed to go for healthcare in the various states. What happened? The lawyers got rich and the various governments spent the money instead on a new car for the mayor or landscaping at the country club. Nothing went for healthcare. Then the tobacco companies raised the price of cigarettes so smokers wound up paying for it, almost like a hidden tax. That's how the system works here in the good ol' USA. No wonder I've grown cynical of politics.