Noam Chomsky: on the Russia-Ukraine War

[@Curse44]

Fantastic interview with an absolut giant! Subscribed!

[@throughconversations]

I appreciate your support, thanks for watching!

[@inthso362]

The Wise understand those with a million followers started with zero. I'm pretty sure Noam would never sit with Mr. Beast.

[@felya321]

It is like saying all lives matter in response to BLM.I did not realize he is in such a poor state of mind.Comparing Ukraine to Mexico forgetting that Russia just took over 2 chunks of Ukraine!It is like wolf crying for sheep not to joint “Animal defense league)

[@Curse44]

@@felya321 The only poor state of mind I see here seems to be yours if you truly fail to understand what he is saying.

[@justicar5]

@@Curse44 he is saying that Russia is the only nation that counts and Ukraine must bend the knee, remain powerless and friendless, and accept ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide. HE could not be clearer.

[@gustavalexander8676]

I treasure Chomsky so much .. Also saddened that we wont have him forever. He is a small light in a dimming world.

[@samantharaymond1844]

I am right there with you. I periodically check for news of his passing, I have to brace myself. He will be such a huge loss but sadly, many will not know of him and his incredible contribution to society until he is gone.
He is my idol. A bright stunning light in the world, but everyone is out here in designer brand sunglasses. Only light shining in their lives is that from their iPhones or tablets

[@fabiengerard8142]

🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏

[@schmuck3787]

Chomsky will literally sit down with people who have 476 subscribers lol, legend.

[@wachowski9525]

dude I was about to say lmao, absolute legend we don't deserve wizard chomsky 🙏

[@silafaupaulmeredith7251]

He is one of my all time idols. A living legend on the border of being a prophet.

[@Sientodesilusionarte]

Yes! He is a legend but also give credit to the host! He has really great interviews IMO! 💚🙏✨

[@smoochie3331]

Would chomsky against the war against nazi?

[@anyariv]

That’s hilarious. Literally the first thing I thought when I saw how many subscribers he has. And it’s the second time he’s been in his show! Same questions from everyone now.

[@gilleschardin4495]

Thank you Noam Chomsky for your great insight !

[@throughconversations]

Glad it was helpful!

[@davorama]

I found it natural that Gandalf the Grey best knows the history and situation in the Middle Earth. Deepest respect.

[@otorishingen8600]

Truly the time for wisdom - thank you

[@kushitefromrome5830]

10.minutes and some, the kid says he hasn't witnessed war in his life time and he doesn't mean to say he is in ukrain right now. Yet with his statement clearly dismisses the wars that are on going round tge world, specially in africa.

[@pelvicthrustful]

There are wars in Africa? - he says ironically. The 'Global South' was mentioned. -Two seconds. China-apparently of no importance- Three seconds. Interesting thoughts but unfortunately the usual self-obsession and polemic around the U.S.A.

[@carlitosgl]

Thanks! Another great video from the most respected American person in the world, Noam Chomsky.

[@fryavanbosh3563]

When I see him, I always think at Pete Seegers and his songs.

[@carlitosgl]

@@fryavanbosh3563 I never heard of him, I am looking him up on Wikipedia. Thanks! (When I see Chomksy, I think of Tom Lehrer).

[@clarissamarie4605]

Really depressing times. I almost can't watch the news anymore it gives me horrible anxiety

[@conslin1147]

Yup, the haircuts of the news anchors are traumatic... I feel your pain!

[@miaash3870]

May God Bless this magnificent being!

[@sahbab1]

In his 40-minute interview, not once did Chomsky demand that Russia leave Ukraine! Not once did he condemn Russia for invading its neighbour with the intention of absorbing it into Russia, as it has done already with Crimea and other parts of Ukraine, a surprising omission since he’s always been the first to condemn the US for invading other countries. As for Chomsky’s solution for ending the war, the deliberately vague term of a “settlement” between Russia and Ukraine inevitably translates into Ukraine giving up some of its lands to Russia, in exchange for its safety, just as a victim has a choice when confronted by a thug: your money or your life. It is really the time for Chomsky’s devotees to scrutinise his agenda of promoting Marx’s ideas and his frustration at how Marx’s project has constantly been thwarted by the US and the West generally. Since Chomsky is not open with his agenda, it’s about time someone asked him a few hard questions about his worldview while he’s still with us.

[@annov7500]

Exactly. For 40 minuts not condems Russia War Terrorist country . Don't get this man. We in Poland so happy to be in NATO...unlike peaceful Ukraine...

[@Prosadko22]

What would this condemnation achieve? He has already harshly criticized the Russian government in the past, but a condemnation is just that - words. It will not achieve the goal of Russian troops withdrawing from Ukraine because the Kremlin views it's Euro and NATO integration as the same security threat as the US would view Mexico trying to change it's neutral status and integrate with a different military bloc. That is what Chomsky is saying. Whether you agree or not, given the different narratives, the Kremlin is going to fight a war of attrition and it has more manpower to burn in this fire than Ukraine. The US and it's military-industrial complex is just throwing fuel into it. My two cents.

[@AristarchusEsti]

@@Prosadko22 you are right. This guy has a naïve view on war, in countries like Vietnam or Afghanistan, the us isn’t threatened. That’s the massive difference, Russia sees an exponential threat and responds accordingly. That’s why they aren’t just going to “leave.” The implications of this proxy war are literally edging on a nuclear war; closer than even the Cuban missile crisis, and proponents of “we should just leave” just don’t see that the issue isn’t that simple!

[@HR18990]

I do not agree with Noam on many issues, but I totally agree with him on this!

[@frankyduks]

Thank you for bringing him on. He’s such a light in these stormy times. So wise and sobering.

[@throughconversations]

Thank you for watching and for your support!

[@fryavanbosh3563]

Song....pete Seeger ....where have all the flowers gone ....! Marlene Dietrich also in german. Voorlopig zullen de investeerders hun geld niet zomaar laten verdampen , de Oekraïne ,EU burgers en ook de Russische burger zullen lijden . De use hebben de Russen lang aan ‘t lijntje gehouden en ook respectloos t.o.v hen geweest. Weet zeker dat de Russen dit nooit hebben gewild maar wanneer je niet aan die WEF en al die andere sekte gekte mee doet, ligt men eruit en er zijn genoeg voorbeelden uit de geschiedenis.

[@marcialynne4737]

Wisdom is not one of Chomsky's attributes, he is an impressive linguist and philosopher. Nevertheless, he lacks the training required to correctly analyze the accuracy in climate change research where the NASA predictive models are in constant flux, which renders all conclusions drawn from the research invalid.

[@billy6pack887]

He's a piece of toast now. All things have their time.

[@hakimrenane5489]

Thank you Professor , how sad it is hearing youre words of wisdom knowing that these words could make such a change in Human beings , but those in power are NOT willing to make peace. There goal is trying to acheive more power and dividing the People... I will use Any time and opportunety to spread youre words and wisdome to my children, Famely and Friends . What a great Human being you are ❤🌠 I Hope you know the impact you have on me and many , many People. God is really showing off by making a Human being as you ❤. Youre wisdom will never die .

[@user-ih3ud4vh1f]

Far out norm I been following you all my mature life .. you looking old my good mentor.. still so sharp.. educational interview 😎

[@mysticgold1947]

Thank you for having Mr. NOAM CHOMSKY. A humanistic Genius..I understood so much about this absurd Rusian Ukranian War..!

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Well, yeah Russia is absurd. Putin is Evil and he knows it that's why he failed no matter what happens

[@vinm300]

Chomsky blames NATO and the US.
Forget the Bucha massacre, the West is to blame.

[@vinm300]

@@lorenzo6868 Thanks.
I'm able to be brief because I've been listening to Chomsky for four decades.
I've eard him end Saddam and his psychopathic sons.
He defends the fascist theocracy of Iran,
and the Russian dystopia - no mention of women protesters being beaten and sexually abused by the Russian police. Chomsky reserves his ire for the West.

[@TheMrakic]

@@lorenzo6868 considering they losing bad, they should. also seeing how people are pissed in eastern and southern regions about Azov treatment of their own. I believe there are going to be a lot of breakaway regions, not just Donbas

[@lucir1000]

@@lorenzo6868 I do think that Ukraine should be willing to give up land. That may be the price that Ukraine has to pay for letting the USA use it as a proxy. The US sits back and supplies billions of dollars in arms, all along cheering and encouraging it to fight a war for NATO- US expansion in the name of defending its sovereignty. It's not in the interest of Ukraine to join NATO, but it is in the interest of US-NATO expansion to encircle Russia.

[@TK-nc3ou]

I have a question - if there was an escalation in Donbas from the Ukraine (before invasion), then why Russia was not expected to negotiate and agree to some "ugly" agreement to protect Donbas people? If we follow the NC logic - the subject of aggression just needs to bend low enough to protect people, so why Russia is not expected to just bend, widthdraw to protect people? Why does it apply to Ukraine only?

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Excellent point. Putin needs to be gone. He's distroying Ukraine and he'd distroy the entire West if he could.

[@hess6wi]

The escalation of tensions running back years is not a simple case of aggression.

[@micll3229]

The 80% of us may think we are the wise ones in the room, but when Finland and Sweden want to do the same thing as Ukraine knowing the potential consequences, that’s something else.

[@donovan4222]

What do you mean “it’s something else” ? Finland and Sweden wanting something doesn’t mean that thing will prevent war or create good outcomes

[@micll3229]

I don’t live in Europe, I have no right to pass any judgement !
Albert Einstein - 'Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.'

[@josephschmidt9580]

My understanding is that a proposal was made to not extend NATO to the east, along with other proposals, including bringing Russia into NATO, but that was not negotiated into an agreement. Putin cherry picks historical incidents to justify his agenda. Like Trump, you cannot believe a word he says without independent corroboration.

[@Prosadko22]

The issue is that political leadership outlook in the White House and Kremlin are completely different. The promise not to extend NATO eastward was made by a Foreign Secretary but not in any way signed into existence, it was an informal agreement. Kremlin possibly viewed it as a much stronger commitment than it actually was. When the US presidential administration changed, the new Foreign Secretary had no idea about this agreement, or chose to pretend he didn't, depending how you look at it. Russia becoming part of NATO was simply unfeasible. It would have become too strong of an influence inside of the bloc. Besides, NATO was created to contain and combat the USSR, what would be the point otherwise? No sense to let in the USSR's successor state and throw the whole system out of balance. This whole thing has been horribly mishandled by both sides, sadly, and now ordinary Ukrainians and Russians are paying the price with their lives.

[@abdelouahabdebaba337]

If USA would be smart they should listen to this wise man, he is a universal treasure.

[@rattanlalhangloo4923]

He is the greatest minds we have in prest times

[@arturobandini4078]

He’s really leaning into the “wise old man” style, with that fantastic beard.

[@elizabethblakley2876]

Thanks for having Noam on as a guest

[@ernstgumrich5614]

Reaction from Germany: Definitely not putting your mind at ease, but probably necessary to counterbalance some of the misrepresentations and to lay open the stupendous logical fallacies of and in our Anglo-American-European position regarding the present war in the Ukraine. The muffled hurra´s of Lockheed Martin and the Exxon-Mobil, to name two, should make us think.
How wonderfully organized this 93 years old brain walks through this dense issue.

[@alexleibovici4834]

> How wonderfully organized this 93 years old brain walks through this dense issue.
No, the issue is crystal clear, dense is the 93 years old brain...

[@pigreco9199]

"However, I think it carries a very heavy burden of proof and the burden of proof is always on those who choose violence. Sometimes the burden can be met in my opinion, but its a heavy burden." (cit N. Chomsky)

[@MrEllis-gd8ny]

How is it possible to connect with Professor Chomsky, is there a website or email address for him?

[@ceciliaromia]

Long live Professor Chomsky! Thanks so much!

[@throughconversations]

Thank you for watching!

[@jotaere100]

Another brilliant intervention of whom without a doubt is the most important intellectual of these times.

[@danal81]

He so is not lol.

[@jotaere100]

@@danal81 Can you tell us why “he so is not”? Who is according to you the most important intellectual?

[@danal81]

@@jotaere100 His linguistic theory has been increasingly refuted and is considered outdated, his politics are so often plagued with tunnel vision-criticism of the US to the point he ends up whitewashing genocidal dictators.
I fail to see what would cause people to label him as “the most important intellectual of our time.”

[@edwardmurdoch5070]

I agree. He is a very rare wonderful person; a great intelectual with empathy. We had had only a few like him thru history... Epicurus, Spinoza, Russell and a few more. Most of the rest of the great thinkers stayed loyal with their respective establishment.
On another subject matter... aguante Boquita! :)

[@jotaere100]

@@danal81 Incorrect. Science works like that, his theories where groundbreaking and started a revolution in linguistics and they should always be questioned therefore advancing the science of linguistics. But that’s not the point.
Chomsky is the most cited current intellectual in the arts & humanities for decades on. The top ten are: Shakespeare, Marx, Aristotle, the Bible, Lenin, Plato, Freud, Chomsky, Hegel and Cicero.
Reading your erroneous assertions I realize that you don’t have an opinion of your own but repeat what it has been said for decades trying to systematically nullify Chomsky for his truthful anti-establishment critique that annoys the conformity and delusion to which you are subjected.

[@georgemalinov5876]

No words can describe this gentlemen! He is in the league of Einstein!

[@paifu.]

14:00
15:00 Escalation of the western side before the Russian invasion, OSCE Reports
29:00 INF treaty

[@vinm300]

Chomsky blames NATO and the US.
Forget the Bucha massacre, the West is to blame.

[@salesincu]

I wonder ... if Noam Chomsky were russian or chinese and he would have criticized Russia or China like that ... what would his "life expectancy" have been like !!! It's just a simple question ...

[@ubermensch8627]

Im sure he would have gone missing long time ago lol

[@henrym5043]

Many elites and fans of the US in China, criticize the government everyday, they have much better life than Noam.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Absolutely!

[@ssamd263]

You mean like Epstein committing suicide while in prison while on suicide watch or how the CIA was planning to assassinate Julian Assange who reported how the U.S. committed war crimes and there are plenty of whistleblowers that have been thrown in jail in fact Obama holds the record for jailing whistleblowers.

[@rocksvelte5760]

No, and he said that himself. That at least the US is not a totalitarian society, and that the people actually have the power to make themselves heard and affect change in their government.

[@martinkopera5170]

50 years from now the history is going to be written and non of this interview is going to be remembered. It will be erased! No doubt in my mind. The few that will remember this will be ridiculed. That’s how it works. I’m trying to figure out how Noam is able to talk about these issues and still walk this planet. You would think he would be silenced long time ago. Thank you so much for your dialogue.

[@jotaere100]

But he was silenced. Chomsky is the first cancelled person in history. The luminaire of his intellect has allowed him to prevail in intellectual circles otherwise we might have never known him. After he became highly controversial because of his sharp criticism against the system as we know it everybody in the media turned against him and was constantly mis-labeled, MIT refused to fire him and he was published by underground prints. But then the internet took care of the rest.

[@dudewaldo4]

Silenced by who?

[@robertenglish9838]

Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine. Ukraine is not committing war crimes in Russia. Just thought I'd point that out.

[@charlesmain9938]

Ukraine has been committing war crimes in Ukraine against Russian Ukrainians since at least 2014.

[@anthonyosullivan2626]

what a legend of a man 🙏🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@magdalenagarciapinto5334]

I want to hear Chomskys voice Im a linguist who studied Chomsky

[@pietrozanasi2891]

Hearing Chomsky’s take is always interesting! Too bad for the interviewer. He wasn’t even asking actual questions, just saying words to get Noam talking.

[@LeopoldBlooom]

It is a great pleasure to listen to Chomsky. So much wisdom. The world should listen to him.

[@pushkina4368]

Hello, Alex Levy,
I greatly appreciate your video and content.
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I sent a message to your channel's email address.
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[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

Brilliant conversation. I learnt a lot from this episode. Thank you very much! Keep these convos coming my man. 👍👏

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

And where does that talk lead you while people all over the world are suffering from war, starvation, at the hands of murderous authoritarian dictators? Nowhere. We must fight them.

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

@@sharondavid-melly1498 💭

[@barneyleseven2854]

Why would the US be responsible for negotiating a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine?
Also if anyone has a copy of this “agreement” where the US and NATO said they wouldn’t accept any new member states into the NATO alliance. Can someone Please produce it or send me a link where i can read it?
Finally did the US annex any territory of Iraq as the 51st state of America after the war ended? If not how can you compare the Russian invasion of Ukraine with the war in Iraq?

[@magdalenagarciapinto5334]

I cannot heaar thewords by Chomsky. Why?

[@C-Span222]

Thank you!😊

[@uince]

The interviewer should sometimes attempt to challenge the subject of the interview and not be praising nonstop. That would raise the level of the discourse and make it a lot more useful.

[@throughconversations]

I appreciate your feedback, will note for future interviews. Thanks for watching!

[@KathakaFilms]

great interview

[@bridgettedunagan8181]

I subscribed in .5 seconds

[@pauleger3874]

great discussion, but the politicians will unfortunately not understand, specifically the USA

[@throughconversations]

I appreciate your comments! Make sure to stay tuned in because Chomsky is coming back to the show for a third time-episode coming later this month.

[@kimsherlock8969]

What will happen without your work 😕
Love ❤ 😍 and blessing

[@benconover72]

A conversation has two participants, Chomsky is great.

[@jarrahdrum]

subscribed of course, thank you

[@andrestruus5475]

Really hard to hear, microphone output is so low. Otherwise very interesting

[@liangjianghong]

He didn't tell Jew to settle with Nazi by then?

[@rogerstaton2777]

Senility is truly a sad state to be in.

[@alukuhito]

Too bad half the US is senile - the Trump voters.

[@deaftears]

Hip Hip for Noam! Hip! Hip!

[@kavehafrasiabi8056]

astute as always. Noam's keen and nuanced analysis stands out in today's environment filled with crap analyses such as Mearsheimer, the latest American apologist for Putin's unjust war

[@dolgov84]

Too bad he can’t be interviewed at a local newspaper in our “free world”. They will not let him speak.

[@muckalucka]

237th like... I'm about that... Chomsky the geopolitical G.O.A.T.

[@ssake1_IAL_Research]

I thought Zelensky offered neutrality, so long as there was some kind of back-up. I can't speak for U.S. motives, and I don't have a background in political science. I do, however, have a background in psychology, and Putin, in my estimation, is a real psychopath. It means you can't negotiate with him in good faith. He will take advantage of any situation and any proposal, and his word is worthless. Therefore, I don't see any negoiations working unless from a position of strength. Basically, the answer is that he's going to have to be deposed from inside, which might happen if the war goes on long enough and the Russian citizenry gets tired enough of their sons coming home in boxes, that the propaganda stops working.

[@cheeto8960]

Zelensky offers neutrality but it is being blocked by his government and US government

[@wentadi]

Many injected by the safe and effective substance promoted vehemently by old Chom are finishing in those boxes and no harm is done to C1984 propaganda

[@susannemeyer7023]

Well, true, it might happen, but it might as well not happen.
Sure is that every hour of prolongation of this war will cost lives, wounded civilians, homeless civilians, disowned civilians, traumatized children. Thousands of fates are at stake. Who takes responsibility for these ordinary people? Who really takes about their suffering?
All this strategic thinking is seemingly so pure, clean and abstract, but has dire, very dire consequences.

[@SamadHayati]

I also have the same question. NC said that the Ukrainian president had offered naturality as a piece deal, but he did not elaborate on why Russia has not responded to his offer. He accused the US of opposing all peace deals but without any references. He also correctly criticized US oil companies to be so happy that they can now produce oil without any problem, but he did not say anything about the Russian oil industry.

[@olivetalk235]

Given his age, I am surprised by the amount of information his brain still maintains. Mine keeps forgetting everything almost.

[@Vinny141]

wow Noam Chomsky ! thanks for making it available! When did the interview take place?

[@President.GeorgeWashington]

I want to ask Noam why he believes Putin feels so threatened by Ukraine becoming a NATO member, even though Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have been NATO members since 2004. All three of these nations are former Soviet Republics along Russia's western border, and are even closer to Moscow than Ukraine is. As far as I can tell, NATO is not a real legitimate threat to Russian sovereignty. I also would like to add the US population is not the same as it was in 2003. No future US President is dumb enough to start a new war after the obvious failure of the War on Terror. I think pointing fingers at the US wars in Iraq, Vietnam, and Afghanistan is sort of pointless as it likely will not happen anytime soon. It would be political suicide. Now, non democratic countries like Russia and China, where public opinion does not mean a thing to the regime, those are serious threats to global security. They need to be kept on a tight leash and smacked whenever they get out of hand. I do however agree that Julian Assange needs to be released. His treatment is totally despicable and embarrassing.

[@valeriep6478]

North American hegemony is the greatest shame of our humanity. Military interventions since the United States of 1945 are an immeasurable disgrace. Believe me in Russia much more freedom than in USA and Europe

[@President.GeorgeWashington]

@@valeriep6478 "the greatest shame of our humanity" really? How Melo dramatic. This is just Great Power Politics, and it has been the way the world is run ever since the start of civilization. And no, there is not more freedom in Russian than there is in the USA....

[@ubermensch8627]

Love noam just tells it how it is

[@matheusazevedo9582]

Straightforward and powerful.

[@leebmac]

Grace… up.

[@leebmac]

Grace…

[@Sientodesilusionarte]

This man is a legend!! Thank you for this interview!! What a great job!!🔥💚🙏

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

This man is too comfortable in his own head. He's way out of reach

[@Vlad_the_Impaler]

Can anyone explain to me why American Imperialism is Bad and Russian Imperialism is Good?

[@charlesmain9938]

The obvious answer is that imperialism is bad, regardless.

[@Vlad_the_Impaler]

@@charlesmain9938 So why does Noam Chomsky hates American Imperialism and loves Russian?

[@charlesmain9938]

@@Vlad_the_Impaler bye, troll

[@Vlad_the_Impaler]

@@charlesmain9938 Legit question, not a troll.

[@alukuhito]

@@Vlad_the_Impaler What are you talking about? People let American imperialism go on, but everyone's all anti-Russia these days.

[@internacjonalista5881]

Chomsky is the best ASMR artist

[@axlslak]

I am having issues with the things the professor are saying. I wont make a super long post, but, the short version of it is whataboutism. He says it's a problem, yet it engages in it constantly. If you use a timer to count how much he criticize the US, it's much longer than any other actor, like Russia or China or anything else. And some of the criticism is valid, some I find less valid in light of recent events.
I'll just use one small example. Before that, I think a bit of background about myself is in order. I am a Romanian citizen. Prof Chomsky said: the armament industry and the patrol industry are happy they get to do more business. First of all, the way he described it. You would think he rubs elbows with them and sees them rubbing hands and laughing maniacally. Which I doubt that it's true. But even so, why wouldn't they be?
Let's take arms first. First of all, arms are used in 3 ways. To attack, to defend and to deter your opponent from attacking you. I suggest we take 2 perspectives into account. I will grant professor Chomsky the premise that the industrial military complex and war hawks like to sell more weapons and the chaos they create because they get to sell even more weapons. Basically leveraging the only use of the weapon, to attack. But, weapons are also used, again, to defend and to dissuade your opponent to attack you. Again, as a Romanian, I didn't think before the invasion, that my country economy can take such a large hit for defence, now I see it as mandatory. Russia cannot be trusted, and there's no other way other than defence. At least I don't see one. Am sure all the diplomats tried, including giving up to Putin's demands, and none of them worked. I guess prof Chomsky likes to ignore that bit, and blame the Americans for not "negotiating". What would the Americans have to negociate about Ukraine? And the very idea is: bleah.
And second point. Climate change and the petrol industry. Again, bizarre interpretation of events. So it's ok for Russia to take gas and petrol out of the earth and sell it and contribute to global warming. It just wrong when America gets to do it. Why, coz America grows richer, and Russia poorer? Or should the Europeans just freeze or turn off their economy?
Sounds to me like the typical "non-interventionist". Or you know, "neutral" position. That is actually helping Russia by inaction or by straight out fud. Fear uncertainty doubt.
America isn't perfect. Not the country. Not the people. Not the leaders. But its leagues ahead of others. They just have to find ways to not elect people like George Bush or Donald Trump. One because of the ilegal wars, the other for obvious reasons. And I could try at least to concede another point here to prof Chomsky about previous past crimes made by previous administrations. Prof Chomsky likes to go back to Nicaragua, and he's right, but they go way back. And they go back even further. It's hard in global politics to play "fair". Or "right". The cold war smeared the entire world. I have no illusion about geo-politics being a nice guy game.
But, America and the West wages economical war, cultural war and War war. But it doesn't annex stuff. And it doesn't engage in ethnic cleansing. You won't hear a US official, or a NATO official saying "that is not a country". You don't see journalists and political opponents jailed in the US or the West (although prof Chomsky is actively asking for just that ... like Bush in prison)... which is a slippery slope. I don't know. Anyway... you don't see people put in jail because they have a blank piece of paper. And you don't see as much refugees coming out of the US as we're seeing coming out of Russia. If Russia was such a great place to be and right in every way, why are their own citizens leaving the country?

[@charlieandoni3595]

I don’t think you addressed what he said nor understood the discussion.

[@axlslak]

@@charlieandoni3595 very helpful. thank you very much. 2 denials and an insult, 0 arguments. At least I tried to explain why and how and how.

[@axlslak]

@@travisbiko8990 Fair enough. Norway yes, but I doubt it will be Russia.

[@taniakol]

@@axlslak Right. Or China. Specifically Shanghai.

[@rocksvelte5760]

You misunderstood what he said about whataboutism. He wasn't saying it was a problem, he was lamenting that when he points out that the US has done the same or worse, that he gets accused of whataboutism in order to shut down any conversation that goes against the party line. I see many comments in here saying that he thinks Russia is a good country or that he would rather be in Russia, but he even said that at least America is not a totalitarian state, so the people can speak up and affect change in their government (unlike in Russia, etc.)

[@doubleslit3389]

Great interview, thanks.

[@throughconversations]

Thanks for watching!

[@SuperTonyony]

I would like to believe that if we sent Professor Chomsky to Moscow to negotiate with President Putin that a peace deal could be reached...but I think it's much more likely that Putin would simply shout, "This is Sparta!", and kick the Professor into a deep hole.

[@patrickpowers3850]

In a 2013 survey in the United States by Public Policy Polling, 4% believed that "'lizard people' control our societies."

[@philipwoodgate9555]

good interview, Noam gets some facts wrong, China does have missile capable nuclear submarines and is targeting Australia geopolitically, economically and to some extent now militarily, so Aukus is understandable but not desirable. Also his comments about European civilization is a bit extreme, if one looks through out history of human civilization just about all cultures have used violence and war, as soon as humans become civilized we then become extremely uncivilized. I really wish humans could change.

[@kurtwollermann2210]

if we soon dont smarten up then revelations and the tribulation will occur and we stupid humans will be extremely regretful

[@philipwoodgate9555]

@@kurtwollermann2210 I agree, but can humans change, built into our DNA perhaps

[@antokindness]

Thank you for this gem!

[@starsnstrife]

Chomsky lives in the most armed country in the world. Keep this in mind as he's telling you not to militarize or get nuclear weapons. Chomsky wants countries like Ukraine to be in perpetual danger of hostile states and not do anything to arm themselves. If the world was fair chomsky would be living in fear in Ukraine trapped without water or food.

[@ubermensch8627]

Shut up. He is calling out double standards & hypocrisy.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Excellent point. Ignore the refute to your comment.

[@Idkwhatsupwithyou]

Noam is no friend of democracy, and wastes no opportunity in degrading America. I’d love him to move on to Russia, it’s where he wants to be anyways.

[@jotaere100]

You didn’t get it

[@ubermensch8627]

@@Idkwhatsupwithyou why cuz he calls out the almighty American hypocrisy

[@arishanepofka7564]

это США тоталитарное государство и пытки в Гуантанамо, и мучения Ассанджа тому пример!

[@ritahafliger7170]

Ja, Kriegsverbrecher, Provokatöre!
AMERIKA WIR WOLLEN EUCH NICHT!!!!!
Russland und Europa schwächen 👎👎

[@DusanPavlicek78]

Did he say that the global south is the more civilized part of the world? 22:40
What does he mean by that?

[@charlesmain9938]

Sardonic?

[@jotaere100]

Can anyone tell me. What does Putin get out of this war?

[@dimitrigamkrelidze2804]

he expands russian territory... he's nazi...

[@valeriep6478]

when Biden and bad "actresse" Zelensky stop playing their bad roles

[@jotaere100]

@@valeriep6478 But seriously. What does he get out of this war?

[@sashavasilieva3049]

@@jotaere100 As a Russian, I am also asking this question. It led me to the topic of food security, seed export. Ukraine has valuable black soils, it seems that Russia want to control eastern farm lands and ports, which are being used for export. Otherwise, I don't see any logic why under the slogan of saving russians from nazis, we bomb russian-speaking cities.

[@jotaere100]

@Jason Hunt No, Putin is bombarding the Donbas without care (his specialty, like Aleppo) killing Ukrainian and Russian speaking Ukrainians alike so he is not stopping any “genocide”. The Russian economy is ruined and of course he envisioned this, so the question stands. What does Putin get out of this war?

[@ExiledGypsy]

EXPANDED VERSION: I am ashamed to admit that for a long time I used to be Chomsky's admirer until I studied Jung and revisited Nietzsche's writings and most importantly considered my own experiences in life.
It was then that I learned to repeatedly question my views (the eternal recurrence of Nietzsche) in my search to find my authentic self.
I also learned that empathy was not limited only to sympathy for others' pain but it required putting myself in other people's shoes, even embracing their pathology.
It was then that I understood that the paradoxical and the duality of human nature as described by Jung and repeatedly portrayed in Kubrick's films demand our examinations to include power dynamics along with our constantly evolving ideas of ethics and morality in the empathetic process. The operative word here is "dynamic" which is something Chomsky's ideas lack. For Chomsky time stood when he 1st appeared in front of the press cameras and introduced himself as an anti-war activist. That is it. In his mind, he still is the same young dashing intellectual standing in front of cameras.
If you have seen one Chomsky presentation/lecture then you can rest assured that you have seen them all. They haven't changed significantly since the 1960s. They are all repetitions of the same theme. So, at least with Chomsky, you know that you will never miss anything. His predictability and repetitions is is unrivalled in terms of monotony.
He is the same when it comes to linguistics. Once, he has said something there is no way to change his mind. I could give you an example that was arbitrated by the MIT computer science department simulated the issue and came out against Chomsky but he refused to accept it and he has such clout and idiotic admirers that even MIT people wouldn't say that he was wrong, just the data supports that conclusion. But that would take too long.
Therefore, it is a character flaw and has nothing to do with his politics. If you listen carefully he says that as an American dissentient his role is to criticise the U.S. regardless of the issue at hand.
Chomsky is as dogmatic as the Catholic Dogma. The passage of time and its consequential changes is absent as consideration in all of his work including his linguistics. He is like the frozen Narcissus (god of vanity) forever captured by his own reflection. He denies change in people, administrations, regimes, the evolvement of ideology and the development of individuals through time.
The prime example of this dogmatic approach that is often used by him and his "followers" about the history of Russia, is the phrase "not one-inch expansion of NATO" which is not true even in terms of the way that is phrased. NATO does not expand like some invisible liquid poured out of a vessel or fed into a pipe. Countries apply to join and NATO decides to accept or reject their application. Rejections are less frequent but they do happen as it did in the case of Georgia and Ukraine.
Furthermore, he disregards the fact that neither Baker nor Bush nor NATO ever committed such a promise into any written legal agreement that could bind their successors to follow the way he demands us to respect international agreements.
He also ignores that the promise was made to Gorbachev as the head of the USSR, soon disbanded by Yeltsin. The promise was not made to Russia and therefore it can legally be argued that the promise was null and void once USSR ceased to exist.
Chomsky also omits the narrative of how the USSR was disbanded and Gorbachev was removed by force. But that is another story for another time.

[@annov7500]

So according to Chomski countries can't apply for NATO membership because Russia is not happy about that??? What a nonsense... If Ukraine jointed NATO Russia didn't invaded...amen

[@ExiledGypsy]

@@annov7500 They apply for NATO membership because of Russians' backward paranoia.
This whole excuse of Russians and some western Geopolitical analysts about the flatness of the terrain to invade Russia is a deliberate excuse to keep the Russian population ignorant and backward so that a bunch of so-called elite can keep denying them cultural growth for their own humongous benefit. Why do you think the Oligarchy is so unbelievably rich? It is on the back of the peasantry who are held back very much like the black in the US.
All this crap about Hitler and Napoleon is again a misinterpretation of Russian elite practices of imposing scorched earth not against the enemy but their own for their own sake.
It is also again part of deliberate refusal that technology has rendered the old arguments redundant. Otherwise, Belgium would have been invaded by the Dutch several times by now because of the flat terrain of their borders. What a joke.
It is a comically stupid argument that the Russians must rule over 100 million souls just to "feel" safe,
A big F**k off is the only response to that argument and to Mr. Chomskey.

[@pstotto]

Whatever the talk, it is not a democratic war because the UK people were not asked if they wanted Ukraine in NATO.

[@greg1mcintosh844]

Ummm, Hello 💓

[@TohaBgood2]

What?! Has Chomsky gone completely mad? Why is the parroting Russian naZi propaganda? What the hell is wrong with him???

[@newreast3904]

whether that or it's just you.
i'd go for the second option.

[@lindencamelback2305]

After a minute, I see Noam is as crazy as ever.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Yep

[@jotaere100]

You just repeat bs. He didn’t say anything crazy.

[@ArtOlson2008]

While Noam grounds his "whataboutisms"in examples of pertinent ethical comparison aimed at providing insight that might provide solutions or proposals for the current crisis, wheras "whataboutisms" are more often regarded in as instances of cancel culture, where the arguments for action responding to a clear breach of conduct in a current case are deemed canceled by citing loosely connected historical examples.

[@hookbeak2321]

What an excellent guest ruined by ridiculously low sound levels.

[@matzbr5tw]

Oh for fuck sakes. Im not down at all

[@charliechapman7156]

Another major oversight from Chomsky is the analysis around Mexico. Why is the US-Mexico relationship possible in the way it is now? Because of the symbiotic economic relationship between them. US is beneficial enough to Mexico's economy that Mexico lacks the will to resist the US's influence on them. Mexico is economically beneficial enough to the US that the US is fine with Mexico setting the majority of it's own policies, albeit with the understanding that they cant step too far out of line.
Russia has not, and will not, offer Ukraine the same type of beneficial economic relationship. In fact, they've actively moved away from such a partnership over the last two decades. As much as we can point out the influence of NATO and the US in the Maidan uprisings, those movements received large support across the country, and more importantly, the elections that followed cemented the desire for autonomy.
Russia had the opportunity to court the new government in Ukraine, and instead, they threw a tantrum- invading Crimea and funding and arming separatists in the East of the country.
These actions, do not a symbiotic relationship make.

[@olgaakrylova9682]

Re symbiosis read up on gas supply

[@chandleraz5018]

What do you mean “they can’t step too far out of line” what things are out of line? Just curious.

[@charliechapman7156]

@@olgaakrylova9682 gas supply for whom?

[@charliechapman7156]

@@chandleraz5018 for Mexico? Too far out of line would be taking a militarily aggressive posture against the US, inviting a trade war, supporting direct, open enemies of the US, or outright trying to join an anti-US alliance.
US responses would likely scale up into invasion much more slowly than Russia, largely because the US has access to much stronger economic tools to enforce its will.

[@coursecorrection870]

@@charliechapman7156 Why would Mexico want to?

[@janab80]

Beautiful heart

[@alexleibovici4834]

All heart, no brains...

[@marianpalko2531]

20:15 Chomsky roasting

[@fazbell]

It's like Noam has x-ray vision. He sees through all the bullshit.

[@Marmite695]

Those who do not learn from history, are condemned to repeat it. So, please carry on being ignorant, oblivious and simply greedy and stupid. We all die in the end.

[@vladimiradamovic4363]

I usually listen very carefully to Chomsky, something I find truthfull, some not, but this part on Ukraine is a lot of nonsence. Russian army have nuclear weapons, and as weak as they are, they can simply blackmail tre rest of the world and they know it, thats why we have this war, same as war in Iraque , on american part. Thats why we have to support eastern european countries with weapons and troops. Unfortunatelly, Russian side started it. I dont want to live in Putins Gulag.

[@theazzi]

Russian's army can undergo a nuclear war that will probably lead to major world destruction, but it's not as strong as to conquer other nations and therefore you living in Putin's gulag.

[@ekaterinaekaterina846]

Путинский ГУЛАГ?)))) ну вам лучше лечь под запад и раздвинуть булки))

[@justgivemethetruth]

You have to put Chomsky on the Left side of the screen I guess! ;-)

[@aqk]

You mean just like the NY Times and WaPo? I doubt it.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Way over

[@pstotto]

If there were to be an end to humanity starting from this conflict then surely it would be a victory for Nihilism.

[@kurtwollermann2210]

considering what china has in its arsenal that they dont reveal in popular mechanics nihilism may very well triumph

[@pstotto]

@@kurtwollermann2210 Chomsky is partly responsible for this conflict as a Nihilist where the Northern Hemisphere will do anything rather than admit they've been had for 300 years by the desert tribesmen who control their financial markets as well as making prats of them all in the process from Freud onwards to Richard Alpert and beyond.

[@pstotto]

@@kurtwollermann2210 What pillock brain gave japan oil and metal after the war and allowed China to develop at all? Why put the world in cars to use the oil the Northern hemisphere needs?????

[@pstotto]

Chomsky is convincing in his conversation but it is a broken Plover wing conversation i.e. everyone sent in the wrong direction.

[@emanuele6619]

Professor Chomsky, great analysis. I am a CS student so i know a bit of your contribution to the field and so on. But there is a thing that you did not cosidered in your speech. Jens Stoltenberg said that all options are avaiable, ok, but there is a problem there. First, maybe he was trying to highlight a possible intervetion of NATO forces, instead of a nuclear response as u said. Second, did you ear lavrov's and putin declarations about nuclear attacks? I do, and as european, i found them really interessing, as you might say. So, dear professor Chomsky, why not to bring russia terrorist declarations into your evaluation? Thaaanks

[@conslin1147]

Maybe Noam Chomsky should do your course, because being universally recognised genius for 80 years has led him to overlook a couple of bullet points your professor put on his powerpoint.

[@emanuele6619]

I miss all your points, maybe because I am dumb, but surely beign recognized as a genius doesn't mean that you have good points in areas in which you are not competent (e.g. race claims by Watson, Enrico Fermi was a fuc**n freak with his family but surely he was a genius, even Einstein said 'God does not play dice' but turned out that maybe he plays them and maybe not just a pair).
We can assum that even geniuses say bull***t, for sure

[@conslin1147]

@@emanuele6619 I think it´s God who has all the points.. I suppose Chomsky just made his points.

[@emanuele6619]

@@conslin1147 u are a bot

[@conslin1147]

@@emanuele6619 Well to increase my vulnerability in the shadow of your named geniuses, as you mentioned ´race´ it was while sitting in a lecture given by Chomsky that I fully understood that he thinks on another level. After the lecture someone asked him about studies which indicate that different races seem to exhibit different IQ scores (statistically speaking)... I was curious as to how how would answer this difficult question. He said " Only in a racist world would that matter. Otherwise it´s about as relevant as studying the IQ of people over six feet tall compared with people under six feet tall." With that unprepared ad hoc answer to an uncomfortable question I understood I was in the presence of greatness.

[@TheVertigoFLY]

Fantastic!

[@throughconversations]

Thanks for watching!

[@egnielson]

The sign of a bad podcast = their closed captions talk about norm Chomsky

[@Valkyri3Z]

Intellectual dishonesty, thats all what I can say. I am even shocked that he compares level of violence between Iraq and Ukraine , as if not enough people have died in Ukraine , not enough people have been brutalized to make it worthy of condemning Russia. When intellectuals makes up excuse to enable an aggressor , it means they are compromised. Chomsky's denial of Russia's history of aggression against its neighbors is really shocking. Ukraine , Moldova , Georgia , Poland all these countries are spooked to death by Russia however only Russia's security concern must be respected. Did he say the same thing to Vietnam when they resisted US ? Did he say Vietnam should settle the conflict by talk and compromise ? No. Because in his world there is only one definition of victim - bombed by US. I dont see a SINGLE statement from Chomsky calling on Russia to stop the war. Shameful !

[@lassehaggman]

It is very apt to mention that the US has actually acted much worse than Russia. In Iraq, for example. Vietnam was much worse still. The US media won't say it.

[@Valkyri3Z]

@@lassehaggman err what is the definition of 'worse' ? I feel funny when leftists conveniently forget what USSR did in Afghanistan wiping off villages. There is no worse here just to suit the needs of your rhetoric.

[@lassehaggman]

@@Valkyri3Z Killing hundreds of thousands of innocents with bombs meets the requirements for worse. So do My Lai style massive massacres. You don't have to be a "leftist" to condemn them, just a decent human being.

[@gemeinschaftsgeful]

The problem is looking at the atrocities that are currently happening and then taking the Putin position of focusing on Iraq and Afghanistan. Saturation bombing and chemical bombing in Syria. Has Putin or Russian officials taken steps to be held responsible for the atrocities? It's a very one-sided argument.

[@legatron7299]

i am first

[@wachowski9525]

Chomsky got here before you 👿

[@rubengarcia8375]

The Lord God almighty is I AM.... only Him

[@abrahamsilva6054]

The guy that is interviewing does know nothing...

[@bsteele5287]

I listened to Chomsky and read the comments. I find it difficult to believe how his indoctrinated can't find bias, pessimism and inaccuracies in what he says. It is quite easy to pick many of his statements apart. THINK. There is a reason his beliefs are not mainstream among scholars. He should stick to linguistics.

[@charlesmain9938]

And "bias, pessimism and inaccuracies" are not "mainstream among scholars"?

[@milankaplan2166]

Well, I started listening and soon I realised that it would be what I expected it to be - but maybe, and probably, there is more. However, I am not sure whether Chomsky understands one thing. So called capitalist society, with abundancy of social benefits, is something that most people want to live in. It's a question of freedoms and prosperity - both in favour of that society, no matter how opressed certain people might feel in it.
Russia was not facing real danger of invasion from anybody. Its just that the people of Ukraine dont want to be under the umbrella of Russia, country of billionaires who often became rediculously rich in no time by just taking over part of the businesses and industries of former Soviet empire, a counrty of corruption, a county who sends its agents to kill its supposed enemies or traitors abroad (a few such cases in Britain), a country with rediculous court trials which supports another, even more rediculous dictatorship (Belarus). Living under Russian umbrella means poverty, nepotic centrism and many other bad things.
I think that difference between some traditionally west countries and former east blok in perception of Chomsky is that to many an Easterner, such as me, when you search for general remedies Chomsky offers, they smack to us too much of something that failed so badly in the East. To me, as an Easterner, I still wonder why Chomsky would be such a towering figure. Well, his contribution to linguistics? Yes, it is huge, but similarly as with Freud, Chomsky was too dogmatic and while he showed that the arguments he put forward were more logical (in the context he displayed them) and kind of self-explanatory, he also wanted to completely refute those positions that may still point to minor factors that however still play their role (some views of behaviorism etc.). Oversimplifying dogmatism, but maybe there was no way around it, that is the way of progress, I can fully understand why, e.g. behaviorism, could make Chomsky sick. On the other hand, he got great reputation out of that which was only enhanced when he opposed such thinkers as Foucault, who should be perceived as engaging provocateur with nihilistic tendencies rather than a serious thinker, and so Chomsky got an aura of incredibly wise man. And he also set to gather information about how the United States function and, lo and behold, there was a lot to critisize.
This is so-called Americano-centrism, while former eastern countries, perhaps with the exception of Hungary officially, see the war as the war between sovereign country of Ukraine, which just wants to go its way which is very different from Russian ways, and Russia who just decided to invade Ukraine because of that. The war in Ukraine really bears comparison to Second World War and lies of Adolf Hitler. Putin has been doing for decades what Hitler did, that is distabilize countries who had any Russian minority, often creating there puppet countries of resible sizes. in Gorgia, in eastern Ukraine, between Ukraiene and Moldova, as a preparation step for future annexion.
To put in bluntly: I don't care whether any of western countries could behave differently to calm Russia and basically let it detemine the fate of such countries as Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Finland etc. This is a just war, just on the part of Ukrainians and Chomsky is rather a meticulous hoarder of information than a visionary that would be putting forward a functional model of society in which everybody whould be happy: there is obviously no such model on one hand, on the other hand, many did much better than Chomsky. Yes, you Chomskians might think that you are improving that socalled capitalist society, while to us, eastern non-Chomskians, it sounds cheap and naive, more often than not. I dont care whether the West ever promised Russia to keep Ukraine out of Nato. The West has no right to tell Ukraine which militaristic alliance they should join. The reason why Ukraine wanted to join Nato is precisely the fear that Russia will either bully them to complete obedience or invade them.