Apocalypse Near, Noam Chomsky interviewed by Merav Yudilovitch

Apocalypse Near, Noam Chomsky interviewed by Merav Yudilovitch

Reading Chomsky is always a good way to start seeing the big picture again. We are constantly bombarded with changes in the world, and decoding it all takes a great deal of effort. Chomsky is clearly a master at this, and by looking at the world from his broad, rational worldview you quickly see that the seemingly random events in the news are anything but. Political action is always to a certain extent predictable.

Realizing this, one must question most of the common rhetoric coming from all sides of the political spectrum. Political stances are always based on a mixture of ideology and self-interest, and rarely consistent or without hypocrisy. For every argument for a particular political actor is an argument against, based on different assumptions. Decoding arguments for their true meaning requires analysis of both the argument (figure) and the assumptions (ground).