Noam Chomsky, Haaretz, November 10:
"...Elections are carefully contrived so that they are like selling toothpaste. In fact, they're run by the same people who sell toothpaste. I mean when you turn on an ad on television, you don't expect to get any information. You expect deception. That's the point. Only economists talk about markets. Business can't tolerate markets. They don't want markets in which informed consumers make rational choices. What they want is deluded consumers who will make irrational choices. That's what hundreds of billions of dollars in advertising are spent on. You don't get any information about the product."
A fascinating interview, read the whole piece.
"...Elections are carefully contrived so that they are like selling toothpaste. In fact, they're run by the same people who sell toothpaste. I mean when you turn on an ad on television, you don't expect to get any information. You expect deception. That's the point. Only economists talk about markets. Business can't tolerate markets. They don't want markets in which informed consumers make rational choices. What they want is deluded consumers who will make irrational choices. That's what hundreds of billions of dollars in advertising are spent on. You don't get any information about the product."
A fascinating interview, read the whole piece.
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Noam just now discovered this? And you think this bromide is fascinating?
No wonder people think Noam is over rated.
He should stick to his antisemitism. It appears that it is his forte.
Ah ibra,
your cluelessness continues to amuse.
look, an anti-semite under the bed. and look, another one, over there, everywhere. they're taking over. what you doing do?
And why did you come out from under the bed? Noam is a well known antisemite. He should stick with it rather then venture out into areas where he is pretty clueless, like you.
This latest is old news.
Eddie - Noam has never actually stated that he hates Jews? You have to be Hitler, the Mufti of Jerusalem, or Lincoln Rockwell before you can be label as antisemitic?
What is profound about addamo is his ability to stop before he gets to the actual point. It appears that the drug company wanted a fair platying field, at least in the advertising arena.
Eddie, supply the quotes that prove you actually read the reply to your previous asinine comment.
If you can't, then you simply prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are a straight up-&-down idiot.
Addamo - you just proved my accusations of antisemitism are of consequence to everyone, because the goalposts have never moved.
Disconnect from reality? Your friend? You are the one suffering from delusions. Cumpulsive use of the word "everyone"?
Your very comments betray your sickness. But I don't care what you suffer.
Perhaps now you can get back to the post instead of straying toward inane personal comments.
Anyway concerning Chomsky's non-semitic contributions to modern thought. They are vast.
Much of what he says I disagree with eg what he said about US bombing causing Cambodians to kill Cambodians was crap.
But his ability to raise the level of political and intellectual debate in the US is all too rare and should be cherished.
In reference to eddies question, he did not ask for quotes proving Noam's antisemitism. And that has nothing to do with the article.
My initial statement is that the entire story was on old ideas. Nothing new to contribute, and that Noam's forte, antisemitism, is more interesting than old economic theory. But neither are actually worth discussing.
My reluctance? Or eddie's lunacy? There is no need to answer a lunatics question. Indulge yourself.
Perhaps if you'll reread eddie's asinine challange?
And you still have proven and offered nothing in the way of credentials.
Addamo - let me repeat the prvious post since you find it so difficult to read on your own. Imagine this being spoken to you loudly and slowly so that you might understand it.
"In reference to eddies question, he did not ask for quotes proving Noam's antisemitism. And that has nothing to do with the article."
Eddie, my duty is fulfilled. You have been proven to have antisemitic leanings. All here now know. They may do what they wish with the knowledge.
Addamo, as you haven't the wit nor education to suspect, your deduction is meaningless.
And the last thing a fighter of antisemitism requires is an antisemite trying to tell him his duty.
LMAO. As if anything you've concluded actually has any meaning.
Edward has trouble counting his toes. Funny how addamo apes eddie. Could they be the same?
So eddie has changed his tune? He no longer asks the original question? The stupid question wherein he was blown out of the water?
And addamo, whose credentials were exposed is his backup?
Results 1 - 10 of about 17,000 for chomsky antisemite. (0.18 seconds)
Results 1 - 10 of about 23,000 for chomsky antisemitic. (0.21 seconds)
Results 1 - 10 of about 79,900 for chomsky hates Jews. (0.24 seconds)
Do your own reading. Come to whatever screwed up conclution you wish to. I'm not here to educate you, just expose you.
And that has been done.
Danny, I'm suggesting that the tag-team idiots read for themselves. I'm not here to work for them, especially when Eddie keeps changing the question.
Seems you lied there - Results 1 - 10 of about 677 for "illegal occupation of the west bank".
But here's this tidbit - Results 1 - 10 of about 1,850,000 for there is no illegal occupation of the west bank. (0.21 seconds)
Here's another for our "16 million" man.
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,840,000 for legal occupation of the west bank. (0.20 seconds)
Legally occupied? By it's owner, Israel. Go figure. Just like I occupy my home.
Avoiding what? When you lose, you change the question. I'm not playing that game.
Run? Run where? Run to an area where retards attempt to formulate questions prior to reading a post?
Whatever you did, eddie did not ask that question at the beggining of the thread. Perhaps you'll reread what he wrote.
Perhaps you'll pull your head out of your ass. Who knows? Perhaps the horse will talk.
Didn't ask the question right away? He didn't ask the question you are asking at all! And the question he asked was answered with another question. Which he failed to answer.
If you wish to be a dog who laps up his master's mistakes go for it. But don't bother me with the scraps.
You have to go back to his first question, and then the answer he was given.
And Chomsky is a well known antisemite.
What pathetic effort and what debate? You've done nothing but show your ass. The only question you were actually asked was left unanswered.
A simple question that required a simple answer. Nothing to do with opinion or subtleties. It was asked when you presented your phony credentials.
Are you gone yet? Good.
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