"Chomsky: US Public Irrelevant," {"A fake democracy"}

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"Chomsky: US Public Irrelevant"

Aljazeera English Video 20/06/08

In the world of academia Noam Chomsky is the most cited author alive. He talks to Inside USA about politics in the United States and this Presidential election.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20185.htm

[midnight]

1. He makes a good point about the U.S. public being irrelevant.

The FISA bill screams that loud and clear. The outrages prices for oil, and food, and healthcare, and education.......ECT....

[HereSince1628]

2. Not to be cliche, but

let's just say a somolent public has the government that it deserves.

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3. "In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve."

That quote has been attributed to a few different people ... unsure who initially said it.

[marmar]

4. Painfully correct, as Chomsky always is.....

n/t

[malaise]

12. Ditto n/t

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5. I think the US Public has been irrelevant for a long time

We've MAYBE had a couple of grass-roots successes (getting out of Vietnam?) in the last half-century, but they're few and far between. The stupidity of the Bush admin has simply made our irrelevance more obvious.

[bemildred]

7. Since WWII, essentially, with a brief interregnum in the 70s. nt

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9. The National $ecurity State

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6. Chomsky is irrelevant in the US democracy.

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8. Be careful....

French royalty thought that the rest of the population was irrelevant several hundred years ago and they ended up at the guillotine.

Karma is a bitch and she votes!

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11. Unfortunately, the public is irrelevant because it chooses to be.

Most of the public sees it's responsibility as citizens dutifully marking a ballot every couple of years for the candidates that the powerful present it with.

And, even then, a large (36% in 2004), choose not to participate in that charade.

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15. We wouldn't be allowed to be relevant even if we tried. nt

[napoleon_in_rags]

19. Well said, I am so sick of ass sitting and finger pointing

and I myself am the king of ass sitting and finger pointing... but its got to end. The global warming crisis brings it to the front so apparently. There is no solution to peak oil and climate change except to fundamentally change the way we live, yet when the signs start to manifest, like vast floods in the midwest and high gas prices, all the public does is keep driving and call for lower gas prices. We will be relevant when we take responsibility for our part in this shit.

[ananda]

13. He is so right.

Bushinc and the entire system, including Congress
and the courts do not care about or answer to
the people.. at all.

[cayuga]

14. Let us eat cake.

[Greyhound]

16. But, but, but, he's a RADICAL!

I know this is true because I've seen it proclaimed here on DU.
:kick: & R

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17. Information ClearingHouse ...one of my fav sites.

"I ‘Don’t See How It Matters’ That I Don’t Know The Price Of Gas" --John McCain

"I disagree with what the majority of the American people want." John McCain

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18. Kick