Assessing the Crisis and How We Got Here w/ Noam Chomsky

On this edition of Parallax Views, America find itself in tense times and a moment of multiple crises. From coronavirus/COVID-19 to the protests sweeping across the nation after the police killing of George Floyd, the United States has been dealing with a great deal of turmoil. But how did we get here? One of America's foremost public intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, joins us in an attempt to answer that question and provide some hope in regards to how we can respond to these interesting times. Dr. Chomsky likely needs no further introduction. He is one of the most astute and noted critics of neoliberalism and one of Democracy's most ardent supporters. In this conversation we discuss why democracy matters (and why some hate it), the crisis that he refers to as "The Neoliberal Plague", Edward Bernays and the power propaganda exerts on our thinking, and more. SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWS ON PATREON! FOR BONUS CONTENT AND ARCHIVED EPISODES! AND CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR: FAILED STATE UPDATE A NEW PODCAST FROM JOURNALIST JOSEPH FLATLEY