Noam Chomsky: In ‘Free’ Countries, Unpopular Ideas Can Be Suppressed Without the Use of Force

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Posted on Apr 2, 2015

In conversation with The Nation’s John Nichols at the Tucson Festival of Books in Arizona in March, Noam Chomsky discusses income inequality, media, democracy and activism, among many other topics. One of the highlights of the clip comes when the renowned linguist paraphrases George Orwell’s virtually unread introduction to “Animal Farm” to explain how listening to the media, which are owned by the wealthy, and receiving a “good education” can suppress free thought.

[mother earth]

1. K & R, TY for bringing this here, marmar.

[zeemike]

2. That was a great interview...loved it all.

Chomsky sees the game in our system and how it is played...but being a linguistics probably helps him because games played are revealed most often in language.

Kick and highly recommend.

[Overseas]

3. K&R. Great interview. Good to hear his comments about Iran too.

[KoKo]

4. K&R...