Interview with Noam Chomsky
Posted on January 15th, 2006 in activism and
Noam Chomsky speaks to power:
There’s basically two principles that define the Bush administration policies: stuff the pockets of your rich friends with dollars, and increase your control over the world. Almost everything follows from that.
…in this interview on alternet.org. I’ve seen Chomsky speak before, and he’s brilliant of course, but his analysis and critique are always so sharp as to be overwhelming. However, what keeps us from sinking into a paralyzing despair is his genuine optimism that things can change for the better if only we do the work:
What gives me hope actually is public opinion. Public opinion in the United States is very well studied, we know a lot about it. It’s rarely reported, but we know about it. And it turns out that, you know, I’m pretty much in the mainstream of public opinion on most issues. I’m not on some, not on gun control or creationism or something like that, but on most crucial issues, the ones we’ve been talking about, I find myself pretty much at the critical end, but within the spectrum of public opinion. I think that’s a very hopeful sign. I think the United States ought to be an organizer’s paradise.
