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Noam Chomsky discusses key issues in his book "Requiem for the American Dream" in an interview with Amy Goodman. He criticizes the Republican party's stance on climate change and gerrymandering. Chomsky also analyzes US foreign policy towards North Korea, Iran, Yemen, and Syria, asserting that US actions often exacerbate tensions. He argues modern democracies, including the US, are ineffective at solving problems because the political systems cannot generate meaningful change for most citizens. Chomsky claims the US system marginalizes communities and fails to represent the majority, instead prioritizing wealth and power.

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Reflection Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky discusses key issues in his book "Requiem for the American Dream" in an interview with Amy Goodman. He criticizes the Republican party's stance on climate change and gerrymandering. Chomsky also analyzes US foreign policy towards North Korea, Iran, Yemen, and Syria, asserting that US actions often exacerbate tensions. He argues modern democracies, including the US, are ineffective at solving problems because the political systems cannot generate meaningful change for most citizens. Chomsky claims the US system marginalizes communities and fails to represent the majority, instead prioritizing wealth and power.

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Reflection: Noam Chomsky: Requiem for the American Dream with Amy Goodman

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Noam Chomsky: Requiem for the American Dream with Amy Goodman

In this video, Noam Chomsky discusses his book and addresses key issues that have

defined the American foreign policy over the past few years. AT the beginning of the discussion,

Chomsky discusses the evils the Republican Party has been engaged in from his point of view.

His criticism of the Republican Party was on key issues that are of importance to Americans.

These include climate change and gerrymandering.

The discussion with Amy Goodman on issues of US foreign policy is based on five key

issues i.e., North Korea, Nuclear War, Iran, Yemen, and Taliban Attack. On the issue of North

Korea, Chomsky analyses how the relationship between the United States is the way it is. He

asserts that all the threats that North Korea has been posing towards the United States are based

on actions or threats of actions by the United States. Whenever the United States goes silent,

North Korea also disappears from the limelight.

In Iran and Yemen, the United States has operated on a specific policy where Iran is

treated as an adversary. The hostile relationship between the US and Iran, according to

Chomsky, is based on each country claiming to protect itself from the other. The same is the case

with Yemen. Chomsky also discusses the Syria with its leader Asad. Asad is described by

Chomsky as a leader of a murderous regime. Chomsky has doubts on who was responsible for

the chemical attack that happened in Syria. He provides different alternatives as to who might

have been responsible but fails to conclusively determine the culprit.

As Noam Chomsky discusses his book, I am drawn to the third principle where he

discusses how problems that countries like the United States could be solved if there was a

functional democracy. Crises have been handled poorly because the systems that exist are
incapable of generating change. One of the key takeaways from the discussion was the 2007-

2008 financial crisis that affected the United States. Chomsky asserts that before the crisis,

economists were enthusiastic that the economy was doing fine. At the time, wages were reduced

to the lowest they had been since 1979. The financial crisis occurred as a result of the system

that was in place failing.

Noam Chomsky asserts that modern democracy is not efficient in handling different

problems. In the United States, democracy is not representative of the majority of the population.

There is always anger directed towards government and elected officials. As a result, people are

unable to get any meaningful change from their government and if there is any, its only for

purposes of convincing the electorate to go to the ballot.

Another key principle from Chomsky’s book is about marginalization of communities.

Communities are often divided based on their identities in order to marginalize them.

Republicans, for instance, use people of color as perpetrators of violence and crime in inner

cities. This alienates them from the party. Democrats, on the other hand, promise the

marginalized communities changes but fail to change anything once they are in power.

Noam Chomsky’s discussion sheds light on key issues affecting democracies across the

world. From the discussion, one can easily understand the challenges that modern democracy

faces. The United States system of governance and society in general provide a synopsis of how

modern form of democracy is not effective. Modern democracy is mostly motivated by wealth

and power. This helps explain why the United States is interests in different countries across the

world. It is to increase wealth and power.


Reference

Noam Chomsky: Requiem for the American Dream with Amy Goodman (2017). Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlzODoqipT4

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