I wonder who the CIA Agent is who's job is to follow Michael Parenti around to all of his lectures and use a device to interfere with the sound system.
@@craigadam A good faith debate between a pair of nobodies, sure. Joe Rogan's net worth is 9 digits long and he has a fanbase of predominantly right-wing libertarians that he will not dare piss off. At that point the debate is a sport and its fans are just like any other group of sports fans - spectators with a side they're cheering for. Its entertainment, not enlightenment. IIRC the furthest-left person Joe Rogan has ever had on his show was Bernie Sanders, and Parenti here makes Bernie look like a moderate Republican. He'd get on the mic and say something nice about the USSR, feminism, communism or trans people (or say something mean about the United States, its military, or its history) and +60-90% of Rogan's audience would go thermonuclear, accuse him of going "woke", and unsubscribe. Also, Parenti is in his late 80s and sadly in failing health.
00:00 🎙 Perception involves selecting, omitting, and organizing data, introducing distortions. 05:08 🌐 Objectivity is often influenced by dominant paradigms, which may be biased and lack true objectivity. 07:15 🤔 Dissenting opinions, although challenged, are often more reliable than mainstream views due to continuous testing against evidence. 09:05 🙅♂ Beliefs can be impervious to evidence, and people often resort to fallback positions when confronted with contradictory information. 23:35 🇷🇺 Many Russians regret the demise of the Soviet Union and believe life was better under communism, challenging mainstream narratives. 27:41 🇷🇸 Serbia is the only former Yugoslav republic that remains multi-ethnic, debunking the ethnic cleansing narrative. 28:40 🌍 Empires are often built on the expropriation of resources, labor, and capital from other countries. 36:24 🏛 Empires are not accidental or unintentional; they are purpose-driven and require conscious effort to mobilize resources for conquest and plunder. 45:03 💰 Imperialism is the process by which empires exert their dominion and economic control over other nations, often through exploitation and expropriation. 50:34 🌐 Investments and aid in the third world can increase poverty, as wealth accumulation often benefits the ruling and investing class of the imperial country. 55:38 📈 IMF policies may bring hardship to the people of target countries but can be highly profitable for a small group of wealthy investors, making them successful from a certain perspective. 56:50 🌍 The term "failure" is used to maintain the dominant paradigm and avoid radical analysis, which often ignores the true interests behind policies. 57:05 💰 Plutocratic investors and working people in recipient countries do not share a community of interest, highlighting the importance of class analysis. 57:32 🤑 The question "cui bono?" or "who benefits?" is crucial in understanding the motives behind policies, especially in the context of the IMF. 58:13 🇮🇶 The war in Iraq was not a blunder but served certain interests, including sending a message to countries pursuing independent paths. 01:00:09 🇮🇶 Saddam Hussein, initially supported by the U.S., turned into an enemy when he resisted economic globalization and maintained state ownership of the economy. 01:02:55 🛢 The Iraq war also aimed at securing control over vast oil reserves and manipulating oil prices. 01:04:53 💰 The Iraq war led to record increases in the defense budget, benefiting military-industrial complex interests. 01:05:33 💵 Iraq's switch from euros to dollars as its reserve currency served U.S. financial interests. 01:06:13 🇮🇶 Iraq's shift from supporting Palestinian liberation to privatization and destruction of its economy. 01:06:41 💡 Officialdom and media sometimes struggle to manipulate reality, and people develop skepticism toward propaganda. 01:08:20 💼 Those in power believe in protecting and advancing their own interests above all else. 01:12:47 🌐 The ruling class's primary goal throughout history is to acquire everything while paying none of the costs. 01:19:45 🗳 The ruling class targets the American public with propaganda because the empire relies on the support of the republic. 01:21:37 🔄 Over time, sedatives can become suffocating, and irritants can enliven, prompting people to seek a more meaningful perspective. 01:21:50 🌍 Parenti emphasizes the importance of resisting fundamentalist free-market plutocracy and exposing the dominant paradigm. 01:22:32 💰 Getting involved in political causes, contributing financially, and supporting political counter-propaganda is crucial, as the left tends to donate more to such causes. 01:24:00 📻 Parenti criticizes the American labor movement for not taking action in the realm of radio, while conservatives have effectively controlled the narrative through radio ownership. 01:26:48 🏛 The right-wing has strategically influenced the federal judiciary over the years, while the left has often underestimated their effectiveness in this area.
The stuff Parenti is describing at around 52:00 was done in Greece, too. Yanis Varoufakis talks about how it happens in Europe in his speeches and such.
At first the land was settled for generations and the people lived off the land and the fruits of their labour. Then along comes Mr Do Good. He says it would be better if he owned the land and the people were cleared off of it. Now they live in shanty towns on $2 a day. 10 years later they are making $4 a day and Mr Do Good wins a prize for improving the lot of the poor people by 100%.
@@cheric35 Sure. I've implied "Mr Do Good" is a moral person. But that's a lie. I know lots about the Scottish salmon fisheries. It's a registrable interest in land. I still get my fishing permit from the Duke of Montrose, James Graham. He gave me my name when I was a feudal inferior. The titles go back to 1066 and the Norman Conquest. I'll need to get a bigger sword. It's the only language the ruling class understand.
They pick through my garbage every Wed, except during 'holiday' weeks when it doesn't happen until Thursday. If the holiday falls on Thursday, then Friday's the garbage pickin' day, otherwise known as AJ Weberman Day.
"Bad"Serbia" is where all Gypsies-Romas expelled, ethnically cleansed from all Yugoslavian democratic neighboring states, such as Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Montenegro, found refuge. Gypsies feel comfortable in Serbia and are great Serbian patriots, building small businesses, building nice homes, saving and spending money in Serbia. Old saying goes: "Where Gypsies go people are nice."
I love Parenti.... but Parenti needs Parenti to analyze his statement at around 1 hour 24 minutes, where he describes the Democratic leadership as "unintelligent" and "without a clue"........ good lord Parenti! You have forgotten your whole thesis... they are not bumbling idiots accidentally fucking things up... the Dem leadership is precisely where they are because they are actively and consciously serving the interests of the dominant paradigm.
For me two party paradigm is as obvious thing as american imperialism. I just hope it was just a sign of small bit of naivety (just like Chomsky and his lack of willingness to dive into 9/11 "conspiracy theories"). And there are more things - even though he suggest that USSR wasn't perfect by any means, i think his portrayal of it ommits how strong class divide was in communist block - people who worked for the party lived different lives and accumulated incredible wealth, when "system change" came, they had no opponents in the market, they started all of the biggest bussineses, people from secret police went to work in private security sector, and organized crime, or went to police and millitary - all working together (in poland for example organized crime was even used by late communist party to make money from selling drugs, stealing cars, and prostitution abroad), they had owned all the major media and most public offices from the get go. I think if your definition of communism has anything to do with social justice, and more socialy oriented social contract - USSR and it's spehere of influence had barely any communism in their systems. Instead of "working class" being in power, it was a priviliged class that made all decisions. And then the whole transformation was nothing else than smooth transition to even better system, one where illusion of democracy, and illusion of political discourse (many forms of two party paradigm) helped make people who made real decisions, pretty much unaccountable - this fake democracy used (or is using) bureaucracy as a tool of covering their tracks and fighting real opponents (covering - becasue it's always a clean up operation after previous government, and no one is responsible, and there are magical "rules" and all hands are always tied, and then you can always use that tool to destroy someone elses political and financial power - bureaucracy isn't in that case an error, it's a carefully constructed and well maintained tool). The last thing that i want to point out is that i don't agree that the only reason for impersialistic endavours are clear economic means (like resources) - i do think you have to fully understand that at some point the goal is the power itself, the power over others freedom, no matter the cost of obtaining it. Some people want money, some sex, some luxury, and some want just power - and there are plenty people at the top with all the money needed, all the brains needed, and just inextinguishable thirst for power. Without that realisation, that people at the top can be as far from sane as a crazy serial killer, but much smarter, and much more resourcefull, at some point whole thing doesn't make sense anymore. That being said i really enjoy his lectures
It's good that he drew attention to the laudable policies of the Afghan socialist government in the late 1970s, but it is worth noting that it was run in a highly bloodthirsty and immature way. Having said that, that unethical conduct was largely the fault of Hafizullah Amin who Parenti does correctly point the finger at in 'The Terrorism Trap'.
So, the first question is "What IS money?" You answer that wrong and you get what we have. We are not going to fix this with several more centuries of illiteracy. If the imperialist can create units and demand that taxes be paid in those units then the populace has to go looking for those units that the imperialist can dole out to whatever 'businesses' or adventures that the imperialist needs people's labor to get done. And since the people cannot get out of paying taxes then they have to provide their labor to the imperialist's adventures and whims in order to not get their asses kicked by the imperialist's thugs (cops and military) that the imperialist has already "paid" with those magical units! Of course, the imperialist will announce all the fun places one can provide one's labor to in order to acquire the magical units and even "advance in the social order" ........and the populace may even come to think of the imperialist as kind and beneficent by way of all the "job creation" that has happened. There are companies in support of the Military Industrial Complex 'providing jobs' in every single congressional district of this imperialist country. It is Stockholm Syndrome in the free range plantation of imperialism all being driven by our own illiteracy about this thing called money!! What if we thought of the present system as centuries old 'Martial Law!?' (as in marshaling resources by the imperialist) Perhaps we can see martial law as having levels to it and that we simply are not seeing the level we are on. The People must come to know that money creation, from nothing and yet turned into a thing of 'value' - Poof! - is NOT a power that anyone actually has, not anyone, not any government, not any bank. The war making will not stop till we come to know what is wrong with our own beliefs about money and the insanity that we are accepting. Graeber and the history of coins and money and their connection to militarism. Listen from 42:06 to 47:10 ruclips.net/video/CZIINXhGDcs/видео.html There is no "authority" or anyone else that has some magical power to create a thing of value from nothing. And if no entity has this power it certainly cannot hand this power off to the very banks that now hold even governments hostage to this process! We all must know that the illiterate 'pre-creation' of units is different from unit creation that comes after the work is done as recognition/a record of it. We must articulate this difference to keep people aware that it is their own freely initiated enterprise that calls the use of money into existence. When we lose sight of this we lose our sovereignty. www.moneytransparency.com/core-misrepresentation
Dr Parenti, if those who own and run the USA are so ruthless and evil as you say to not only get rid of any social safety net in the USA but also destroy any nation in the world that moves towards giving a social safety net to common people and stop big businesses exploiting people and resources for more profits, then explain how the nations in Scandinavia, Germany and Switzerland have managed to provide its people with a social-safety-net and still remain best friends of the USA.
+Andrew Weeraratne You pick your enemies wisely. Those with credibility you must leave be. Those whom are viewed as little of meaning (nation or leaders of value) do with them as you please. But first, make your case wisely and carefully. Then no one cares what you do to the dragon, as ye have prescribed. Not a believer? Our world is made up of all kinds. Be comfortable. You have nothing to fear. Namaste and care, mhikl
+Andrew Weeraratne Because the are serving the Americans, just in a different way. Switzerland-Banks, Germany under the current regime is a American pupett state. Just a little bit knowledge of geopolitics should be able to answer your question.
Evangelos Chatzis I think a better answer is all those nations, including the USA, are owned by the same multinational corporations. But in western Europe so far these corps have agreed to give the sheep a bit of breathing space.
vapid: lacking spirit, liveliness, or zest. It's amazing he didn't know the root word for vapidity. Even more amazing, nobody in the audience said vapid, not vapor.
I love Michael Parenti but what's the deal with him always bitching about mics and sound systems that are working just fine? Maybe if he wouldn't constantly fiddle with the mic it would operate more to his liking.
I used to be a pro sound engineer and let me tell you that if he did that while I'm attending sound, he'd get it between his two ____ the damn mic. If he doesn't want or have the time to do a soundcheck before the talk starts it's his problem, don't insult people in front of everybody like this. That being said, good talk.
Roses and Songs Exactly, he's allowed to say whatever he wants. If you're the sound engineer, it doesn't really matter what you say or think. Michael Parenti, on the other hand, is the guest and the speaker, which makes him the one in charge. You can say whatever you want but it doesn't mean that it's important or valid.
***** Oh is that what you think, ok then, if he wants to insult me and my work (which I take pride in doing well) like he does here I will provide him with such shitty sound that people will have a hard time hearing what he's saying, therefore giving him a real reason to shit on sound quality and I will then blame the equipment in order for people to believe me when I say I'm not to blame, how's that, do we have a deal?
this is one of my favorite mic-struggle-sessions
Amen
lol perfectly said
I wonder who the CIA Agent is who's job is to follow Michael Parenti around to all of his lectures and use a device to interfere with the sound system.
He doesn't fight microphones because he can win.
He fights them because they're microphones.
Great lecture and amazing microphone themed standup routine
Truly one of his most epic mic battles
This was really good!
Thank you for sharing.
His passion and indignation is rare and much needed.
These are rare qualities
Our trustworthy media would never let them get away with any of this ...
45:00 missing word imperialism
48:00 we got goddamn sound systems that don't work
58:45 saddam hussein
Not all heroes wear the cape
Parenti is waging a war against imperialism and microphones.
Brilliant lecture as always. This man needs much more exposure. If only Joe Rogan invited him!
Joe Rogan only likes nazis
It's like that for a reason
Joe Rogan is anti-parenti
He challenges everything Rogan stands for so no. Let Parenti remain out of the mainstream
@@oz314 surely challenge is the fuel to a good debate? A good debate extends knowledge and understanding.
@@craigadam A good faith debate between a pair of nobodies, sure. Joe Rogan's net worth is 9 digits long and he has a fanbase of predominantly right-wing libertarians that he will not dare piss off. At that point the debate is a sport and its fans are just like any other group of sports fans - spectators with a side they're cheering for. Its entertainment, not enlightenment.
IIRC the furthest-left person Joe Rogan has ever had on his show was Bernie Sanders, and Parenti here makes Bernie look like a moderate Republican. He'd get on the mic and say something nice about the USSR, feminism, communism or trans people (or say something mean about the United States, its military, or its history) and +60-90% of Rogan's audience would go thermonuclear, accuse him of going "woke", and unsubscribe.
Also, Parenti is in his late 80s and sadly in failing health.
As relevant now as it was then.
00:00 🎙 Perception involves selecting, omitting, and organizing data, introducing distortions.
05:08 🌐 Objectivity is often influenced by dominant paradigms, which may be biased and lack true objectivity.
07:15 🤔 Dissenting opinions, although challenged, are often more reliable than mainstream views due to continuous testing against evidence.
09:05 🙅♂ Beliefs can be impervious to evidence, and people often resort to fallback positions when confronted with contradictory information.
23:35 🇷🇺 Many Russians regret the demise of the Soviet Union and believe life was better under communism, challenging mainstream narratives.
27:41 🇷🇸 Serbia is the only former Yugoslav republic that remains multi-ethnic, debunking the ethnic cleansing narrative.
28:40 🌍 Empires are often built on the expropriation of resources, labor, and capital from other countries.
36:24 🏛 Empires are not accidental or unintentional; they are purpose-driven and require conscious effort to mobilize resources for conquest and plunder.
45:03 💰 Imperialism is the process by which empires exert their dominion and economic control over other nations, often through exploitation and expropriation.
50:34 🌐 Investments and aid in the third world can increase poverty, as wealth accumulation often benefits the ruling and investing class of the imperial country.
55:38 📈 IMF policies may bring hardship to the people of target countries but can be highly profitable for a small group of wealthy investors, making them successful from a certain perspective.
56:50 🌍 The term "failure" is used to maintain the dominant paradigm and avoid radical analysis, which often ignores the true interests behind policies.
57:05 💰 Plutocratic investors and working people in recipient countries do not share a community of interest, highlighting the importance of class analysis.
57:32 🤑 The question "cui bono?" or "who benefits?" is crucial in understanding the motives behind policies, especially in the context of the IMF.
58:13 🇮🇶 The war in Iraq was not a blunder but served certain interests, including sending a message to countries pursuing independent paths.
01:00:09 🇮🇶 Saddam Hussein, initially supported by the U.S., turned into an enemy when he resisted economic globalization and maintained state ownership of the economy.
01:02:55 🛢 The Iraq war also aimed at securing control over vast oil reserves and manipulating oil prices.
01:04:53 💰 The Iraq war led to record increases in the defense budget, benefiting military-industrial complex interests.
01:05:33 💵 Iraq's switch from euros to dollars as its reserve currency served U.S. financial interests.
01:06:13 🇮🇶 Iraq's shift from supporting Palestinian liberation to privatization and destruction of its economy.
01:06:41 💡 Officialdom and media sometimes struggle to manipulate reality, and people develop skepticism toward propaganda.
01:08:20 💼 Those in power believe in protecting and advancing their own interests above all else.
01:12:47 🌐 The ruling class's primary goal throughout history is to acquire everything while paying none of the costs.
01:19:45 🗳 The ruling class targets the American public with propaganda because the empire relies on the support of the republic.
01:21:37 🔄 Over time, sedatives can become suffocating, and irritants can enliven, prompting people to seek a more meaningful perspective.
01:21:50 🌍 Parenti emphasizes the importance of resisting fundamentalist free-market plutocracy and exposing the dominant paradigm.
01:22:32 💰 Getting involved in political causes, contributing financially, and supporting political counter-propaganda is crucial, as the left tends to donate more to such causes.
01:24:00 📻 Parenti criticizes the American labor movement for not taking action in the realm of radio, while conservatives have effectively controlled the narrative through radio ownership.
01:26:48 🏛 The right-wing has strategically influenced the federal judiciary over the years, while the left has often underestimated their effectiveness in this area.
Thank you very much!
The stuff Parenti is describing at around 52:00 was done in Greece, too. Yanis Varoufakis talks about how it happens in Europe in his speeches and such.
Varoufakis is not a friend of the working class! F-Him!
He is good. Democracy for the few is a good book.
At first the land was settled for generations and the people lived off the land and the fruits of their labour. Then along comes Mr Do Good. He says it would be better if he owned the land and the people were cleared off of it. Now they live in shanty towns on $2 a day. 10 years later they are making $4 a day and Mr Do Good wins a prize for improving the lot of the poor people by 100%.
@@cheric35 Sure. I've implied "Mr Do Good" is a moral person. But that's a lie. I know lots about the Scottish salmon fisheries. It's a registrable interest in land. I still get my fishing permit from the Duke of Montrose, James Graham. He gave me my name when I was a feudal inferior. The titles go back to 1066 and the Norman Conquest. I'll need to get a bigger sword. It's the only language the ruling class understand.
The literacy rate in Cuba is higher than that in the US, go figure ...
the first part of this is literally stand up
love this man!
They pick through my garbage every Wed, except during 'holiday' weeks when it doesn't happen until Thursday.
If the holiday falls on Thursday, then Friday's the garbage pickin' day, otherwise known as AJ Weberman Day.
Parenti giving a shoutout to his life-long arch-nemesis:
sound systems
14 dislikes were from people who didn't finish the video
the 14 dislikes are from audio engineers
Greatest fights of all time: Ali v. Frazier and Parenti v microphone.
I can hear you
Poor guy. every talk I've heard mic problems.
That is his eternal struggle….😄
"Bad"Serbia" is where all Gypsies-Romas expelled, ethnically cleansed from all Yugoslavian democratic neighboring states, such as Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Montenegro, found refuge. Gypsies feel comfortable in Serbia and are great Serbian patriots, building small businesses, building nice homes, saving and spending money in Serbia. Old saying goes: "Where Gypsies go people are nice."
13:30 'The poorest *rich* people in your country live better than I do.'
Is the implication of all of those intelligentsia traitors' worldview.
Always give and Remember the suffering animal charities who need so much help against human abuse
I love Parenti.... but Parenti needs Parenti to analyze his statement at around 1 hour 24 minutes, where he describes the Democratic leadership as "unintelligent" and "without a clue"........ good lord Parenti! You have forgotten your whole thesis... they are not bumbling idiots accidentally fucking things up... the Dem leadership is precisely where they are because they are actively and consciously serving the interests of the dominant paradigm.
Like he has said, they are sharp but still crazy
He's referring to how horribly they run their campaigns and the like compared to the Republicans.
For me two party paradigm is as obvious thing as american imperialism. I just hope it was just a sign of small bit of naivety (just like Chomsky and his lack of willingness to dive into 9/11 "conspiracy theories"). And there are more things - even though he suggest that USSR wasn't perfect by any means, i think his portrayal of it ommits how strong class divide was in communist block - people who worked for the party lived different lives and accumulated incredible wealth, when "system change" came, they had no opponents in the market, they started all of the biggest bussineses, people from secret police went to work in private security sector, and organized crime, or went to police and millitary - all working together (in poland for example organized crime was even used by late communist party to make money from selling drugs, stealing cars, and prostitution abroad), they had owned all the major media and most public offices from the get go. I think if your definition of communism has anything to do with social justice, and more socialy oriented social contract - USSR and it's spehere of influence had barely any communism in their systems. Instead of "working class" being in power, it was a priviliged class that made all decisions. And then the whole transformation was nothing else than smooth transition to even better system, one where illusion of democracy, and illusion of political discourse (many forms of two party paradigm) helped make people who made real decisions, pretty much unaccountable - this fake democracy used (or is using) bureaucracy as a tool of covering their tracks and fighting real opponents (covering - becasue it's always a clean up operation after previous government, and no one is responsible, and there are magical "rules" and all hands are always tied, and then you can always use that tool to destroy someone elses political and financial power - bureaucracy isn't in that case an error, it's a carefully constructed and well maintained tool).
The last thing that i want to point out is that i don't agree that the only reason for impersialistic endavours are clear economic means (like resources) - i do think you have to fully understand that at some point the goal is the power itself, the power over others freedom, no matter the cost of obtaining it. Some people want money, some sex, some luxury, and some want just power - and there are plenty people at the top with all the money needed, all the brains needed, and just inextinguishable thirst for power. Without that realisation, that people at the top can be as far from sane as a crazy serial killer, but much smarter, and much more resourcefull, at some point whole thing doesn't make sense anymore.
That being said i really enjoy his lectures
Empire gonna get your momma 😂
It's good that he drew attention to the laudable policies of the Afghan socialist government in the late 1970s, but it is worth noting that it was run in a highly bloodthirsty and immature way. Having said that, that unethical conduct was largely the fault of Hafizullah Amin who Parenti does correctly point the finger at in 'The Terrorism Trap'.
The idea that there are no conspiracies is a conspiracy theory, shame on you.
Khruschev had JFK killed, then called up Jackie and apologized.
Wonder if he knew the economy was about to crash the following year?
So, the first question is "What IS money?" You answer that wrong and you get what we have. We are not going to fix this with several more centuries of illiteracy.
If the imperialist can create units and demand that taxes be paid in those units then the populace has to go looking for those units that the imperialist can dole out to whatever 'businesses' or adventures that the imperialist needs people's labor to get done. And since the people cannot get out of paying taxes then they have to provide their labor to the imperialist's adventures and whims in order to not get their asses kicked by the imperialist's thugs (cops and military) that the imperialist has already "paid" with those magical units! Of course, the imperialist will announce all the fun places one can provide one's labor to in order to acquire the magical units and even "advance in the social order" ........and the populace may even come to think of the imperialist as kind and beneficent by way of all the "job creation" that has happened. There are companies in support of the Military Industrial Complex 'providing jobs' in every single congressional district of this imperialist country. It is Stockholm Syndrome in the free range plantation of imperialism all being driven by our own illiteracy about this thing called money!!
What if we thought of the present system as centuries old 'Martial Law!?' (as in marshaling resources by the imperialist) Perhaps we can see martial law as having levels to it and that we simply are not seeing the level we are on.
The People must come to know that money creation, from nothing and yet turned into a thing of 'value' - Poof! - is NOT a power that anyone actually has, not anyone, not any government, not any bank.
The war making will not stop till we come to know what is wrong with our own beliefs about money and the insanity that we are accepting.
Graeber and the history of coins and money and their connection to militarism.
Listen from 42:06 to 47:10
ruclips.net/video/CZIINXhGDcs/видео.html
There is no "authority" or anyone else that has some magical power to create a thing of value from nothing. And if no entity has this power it certainly cannot hand this power off to the very banks that now hold even governments hostage to this process!
We all must know that the illiterate 'pre-creation' of units is different from unit creation that comes after the work is done as recognition/a record of it. We must articulate this difference to keep people aware that it is their own freely initiated enterprise that calls the use of money into existence. When we lose sight of this we lose our sovereignty.
www.moneytransparency.com/core-misrepresentation
PettyTRI-nomina...mere upstarts to a QUADRA-nominal like myself.
49:47 aimed at george bush, hit right on donald trump
Mr. Microphone!
lil
Dr Parenti, if those who own and run the USA are so ruthless and evil as you say to not only get rid of any social safety net in the USA but also destroy any nation in the world that moves towards giving a social safety net to common people and stop big businesses exploiting people and resources for more profits, then explain how the nations in Scandinavia, Germany and Switzerland have managed to provide its people with a social-safety-net and still remain best friends of the USA.
+Andrew Weeraratne
You pick your enemies wisely. Those with credibility you must leave be. Those whom are viewed as little of meaning (nation or leaders of value) do with them as you please. But first, make your case wisely and carefully. Then no one cares what you do to the dragon, as ye have prescribed.
Not a believer?
Our world is made up of all kinds.
Be comfortable. You have nothing to fear.
Namaste and care,
mhikl
***** You make sense. That could be the reason. You pick the guys to beat up wisely. Start with the weakest and then work your way up.
+Andrew Weeraratne Because the are serving the Americans, just in a different way. Switzerland-Banks, Germany under the current regime is a American pupett state. Just a little bit knowledge of geopolitics should be able to answer your question.
Evangelos Chatzis I think a better answer is all those nations, including the USA, are owned by the same multinational corporations. But in western Europe so far these corps have agreed to give the sheep a bit of breathing space.
their success is made possible by exploitation of the southern half of the globe
vapid: lacking spirit, liveliness, or zest. It's amazing he didn't know the root word for vapidity. Even more amazing, nobody in the audience said vapid, not vapor.
They obviously knew the root word, that’s why he didn’t have to define it...
He wanted the word vapidness, not vapidity
I love Michael Parenti but what's the deal with him always bitching about mics and sound systems that are working just fine? Maybe if he wouldn't constantly fiddle with the mic it would operate more to his liking.
I used to be a pro sound engineer and let me tell you that if he did that while I'm attending sound, he'd get it between his two ____ the damn mic. If he doesn't want or have the time to do a soundcheck before the talk starts it's his problem, don't insult people in front of everybody like this. That being said, good talk.
Maybe if you would shut up then we wouldn't have to see your unnecessary non-sense.
***** Free country, free speech, remember?
Roses and Songs Exactly, he's allowed to say whatever he wants. If you're the sound engineer, it doesn't really matter what you say or think. Michael Parenti, on the other hand, is the guest and the speaker, which makes him the one in charge. You can say whatever you want but it doesn't mean that it's important or valid.
***** Oh is that what you think, ok then, if he wants to insult me and my work (which I take pride in doing well) like he does here I will provide him with such shitty sound that people will have a hard time hearing what he's saying, therefore giving him a real reason to shit on sound quality and I will then blame the equipment in order for people to believe me when I say I'm not to blame, how's that, do we have a deal?
if he is a Doctor, my donkey is a professor, my dog doctor-professor
A doctorate from Yale and people will still say stupid shit like this in your comment section. Read a book instead and leave the comments in your head
So how’s the zoo university going for you?