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Forum Post: Noam Chomsky on How to Defeat the Corporate System

Posted 12 years ago on Jan. 12, 2012, 11:18 p.m. EST by Democracy101 (54)
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See link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se-Nq_rBQHk

11 Comments

[-] 2 points by philosophersstoned (233) from Gypsum, CO 12 years ago

I like the part where he trash-talks armchair commandos who can't stop going off about REVOLUTION!11111 when we haven't even approached "the limit of what Reform can accomplish"

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[-] 1 points by Democracy101 (54) 12 years ago

I think though...that he still wants a revolution..it just seems highly unlikely. He is being very rational. In the interview, however, he does seem to suggest that continual reform could lead to what we would call revolution.

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[+] -6 points by ZenDogTroll (13032) from South Burlington, VT 12 years ago

Does he mean those armchair commandos who are deliberately attempting to mislead us? Or the others? Or does he draw a distinction?

I like to remind people that what we are in the process of doing is revolutionary, just as the computer was revolutionary when compared with a typewriter - or telephone.

Is there text available?

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[-] 1 points by philosophersstoned (233) from Gypsum, CO 12 years ago

dont be lazy, the link to the video is right there.

Chomsky: "I don't think anyone is seriously talking about a revolution. To have a revolution you have to have a substantial majority of the population who recognize further reform is not possible within the institutional framework that exists. And there's nothing like that here, not even remotely."

Q: "Should we be trying to achieve that?"

Chomsky: "First of all, We're nowhere near the limits of what reform can carry out"

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[+] -5 points by ZenDogTroll (13032) from South Burlington, VT 12 years ago

I'm on dial-up

But interestingly enough that is what I said here

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[-] 1 points by Democracy101 (54) 12 years ago

Too bad you can't watch it. Can't find a transcript of the video.

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[+] -6 points by ZenDogTroll (13032) from South Burlington, VT 12 years ago

Thanks for looking.

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[-] 1 points by struggleforfreedom80 (6584) 12 years ago

Good questions and, of course, good answers!

yours s sff http://struggleforfreedom.blogg.no/

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[-] 0 points by wigger (-48) 12 years ago

I thought that old fool was dead!

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[+] -6 points by GirlFriday (17435) 12 years ago

The sound sucks on that video. :(

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[-] 1 points by Democracy101 (54) 12 years ago

It works good on my computer.

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