I just heard about this film and it seems to be very relevant right about now so I will view it in its entirety and I suggest others do the same. Trump is a symptom of what is very wrong with the direction this nation is going in. Greed worship is reigning supreme.
I did not look at the first video. However, I did briefly glance at the second and was struck by the reference to a chapter from Lippman's "The Phantom Public." That is surely a good read. I don't know if I agree with everything in there, but you can get some good insight to what is going on in the world from reading it. http://www.mediastudies.asia/wp-con...he_Phantom_Public_InternationaBookZZ.org_.pdf
Here's a quote from Lippman's "The Phantom Public" "The necessity for an undivided mass makes men put truth in second place." WOW! That's a bombshell!!!
Chomsky is a semi anarchist/liberalist. He would love to institute pure socialism if it didn't take the government to do it.
He's worth reading as a cautionary guide...but not to be taken too seriously. It's good to be introspective but too much navel gazing isn't useful.
Anyone should be taken seriously when they tell the truth. Chomsky, like everyone else has flaws, but his basic analytical skills are sound. More people should make a serious attempt to hear what he has to say.
Trump is a symptom, Obama was a symptom, Bush II was a symptom, Clinton was a symptom, Bush I was a symptom, Reagan was a symptom. Chomsky is no more or less relevant now than he was decades ago. If this can never move beyond partisanship, it can never move anywhere.
