Chomsky: Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change & the Undermining of Democracy Threaten Future of Planet

Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh Attack: Revival of Hate Is Encouraged by Trump’s Rhetoric

Chomsky on the GOP: Has Any Organization Ever Been So Committed to Destruction of Life on Earth?

Noam Chomsky: Trump's Victory Recalls Memories of Hitler & Fascism's Spread Across Europe

Noam Chomsky: Trump's Climate Change Denialism Will Accelerate Global Race to Destruction

From Climate Change to Nuclear War, Noam Chomsky Warns of Literal Threats to Our Survival

Chomsky: Today's Republican Party is a Candidate for Most Dangerous Organization in Human History

Noam Chomsky - Rightward Shift of US Politics

Noam Chomsky "Public Education and The Common Good"

Noam Chomsky: Who Owns the World?

Noam Chomsky: Who Owns the World?
"If you study international relations theory, there's what's called the ''realist'' school, which says there is an anarchic world of states, and those states pursue their ''national interest.'' It's in large part mythology. There are a few common interests, like survival. But, for the most part, people within a nation have very different interests. The interests of the CEO of General Electric and the janitor who cleans his floor are not the same. Part of the doctrinal system in the United States is the pretense that we're all a happy family, there are no class divisions, and everybody is working together in harmony. But that's radically false."

Noam Chomsky: Obama Would Have Been Called a ‘Moderate Republican’ in Recent Decades | Alternet

Noam Chomsky: Obama Would Have Been Called a ‘Moderate Republican’ in Recent Decades | Alternet
"The professor argues Dems function as moderate Republicans and the GOP so extreme you can barely call it a political party."

Noam Chomsky on Workplace Democracy

Noam Chomsky on workplace democracy and workers' self-management.

Noam Chomsky Slams America's Selfish Ayn Randian Elites | Alternet

Noam Chomsky Slams America's Selfish Ayn Randian Elites | Alternet
"Noam Chomsky argues that people who have the most privilege owe the most to society. "The more privilege you have the more responsibility you have," says Chomsky, "It's elementary." 

Asked why the opposite seems to be true in America, where many wealthy people refuse to give up their time or money to help those in need, Chomsky replies that the lack of public responsibility among many elites makes sense; after all, if you've devoted your life to enriching yourself and wealth is what you value the most, you don't care as much about other people. But it goes beyond that, argues Chomsky. "It's also institutional. In its more pathological form, it's Ayn Rand ideology: 'I just don't care about anyone else. I'm only interested in benefiting myself. That's good and noble"."

Noam Chomsky: The Responsibility of Privilege