19:00 Transfer of power of the state
22:00 Development of democracy in middle and south america
25:30 Haïti
40:30 American democracy
47:50 Free flow of capital/liberalisation and virtual senate
49:30 Wage labour
1:10:00 Saddam Hussein
1:54:30 East West Europe

this guy is so smart.. I wish he could live forever..

Having listened to lots of loooooooooooong Chomsky lectures on the net over the years, this is one of the best and is still as relevant as the day it was made.

Lol all the arguments against Chomsky in the comments are super dumb. They call him an anti-Semite for criticizing the crimes of the state of Israel (even though he's Jewish), they call him anti-American for criticizing US imperialism. They obviously didn't actually listen to a word he said about free-market capitalism, because they never address a word he says... It's weak, you guys. Sigh.

It's just amazing that he gave this lecture when I was only a couple of months old. Since I discovered him a year and a half ago, I've been just thirsty for the knowledge. Someone once said that a good teacher is someone who inspires you to be hungry for knowledge.

"I'll quote them", looks down and recites a Foreign Affairs article from memory without faltering (5:56). God I wish I was more like him...

i figure that if I start watching this like once a week, eventually it'll start to stick

17:10 A half billion dollars for his favorite local charity "Lockheed Martin". Rofl

The essential message here is 1) We don't have capitalism in productive industry or trade, just in the speculative sectors 2) The rich and wealthy don't really have confidence in it but hail its virtues anyways 3) Free markets are imposed on the poor for manipulative purposes

That point about the "global senate" is just devasting; as it seems the power of global capital really is going to burn us to death

Noam Chomsky sheds light on the dark corners of human activity and is an awesome lesson in the potential of humanitarian thinking. Star.

What he says may seem obvious now, post 08 crash and occupy Wall Street. But man, he filmed this over 20 years ago!!

The lengths people go with their tyrannical greed and lust for power is overwhelmingly sickening, the Human race could've created a perfect utopian exsistance for a fraction of that effort, Prof. Chomsky majestic as always,
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One of the most intelligent public thinkers of the last 60 years.  His ability to clearly sift through information and retain knowledge with such an elegant sense of the value of humanity is incredible to behold.  Truly a hero among men for voicing such powerful messages of good against a system that seems to function against it.

Corporations can be seen as "dictatorial" in the undemocratic, top-down way they are internally organized and the "violence" aspect you are looking for would be in that if you don't obey your boss you are fired.

Chomsky encapsulates our better nature, which ensures he will always be relevant.  I wish he could live another hundred years just for the books.

As a non native english speaker I find hard to follow thru Noam's low voice tone, Ive to turn the volume up, and hear the background noise…. but anyways I always enjoy the Chomsky lectures.

Without a state there's nothing stopping them from sending thugs to your house... They have every right to do whatever they want with you. Or with the products they sell. They could sell infected water or milk without you noticing it in order to save money (more profit). Without any officials to check their products for virus or what not, they could be doing that forever, as long as you didn't notice. If such stuff happen in a lawful society imagine what would happen in a lawless society.

Check out the Bill Moyers interview with Chomsky,
or the Chomsky vs. Richard Perle debate,
both available on YouTube.
Both those presentations are very easy to follow.