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Noam Chomskylinguist, intellectual and leftist activist, referred to the manipulations to which “capitalist propagandasubordinated the workers, convincing them that their maximum “the aspiration in working life is to
Noam Chomskylinguist, intellectual and leftist activist, referred to the manipulations to which “capitalist propagandasubordinated the workers, convincing them that their maximum “the aspiration in working life is to be the servant of one’s masters.”
In a dialogue with filmmaker and activist Ken Loach, broadcast at the Troisi cinema in Rome, the North American veteran reflected on the challenges of neoliberal ideology, media manipulation or lies spread by the US governmentin your opinion.
“Before, the idea of having a permanent job was unbearable. People did not want to obey their master all their working lives, and now. This is one of the greatest achievements of capitalist propaganda,” Chomsky said.
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The debate between these two referents of the left thought was fully concerned with the critique of the liberal economic system, which for both is based on the apparatus of ideological influence, it “alienates” the working class more and more.
For Loach, the capitalist system was responsible for limiting the access of the general population to culture, turning it into a commodity sponsored by large companies that provide knowledge through their “generosity”.
“Capitalism claims equal freedom. The freedom to use yourself to work, to have people sleep outside or stay in the biggest hotel if you have enough money,” Loach said.
“All the gains made over the centuries were lost in a matter of decades because of this capitalist ideology. Little by little, we are approaching a planet on the verge of collapse, which will only recover with the formation and return to agitation and collective organization” added the director.
To build on the lack of critique of the economic system that both activists find in today’s societies, Chomsky and Loach point to an indispensable capitalist ally: MASS MEDIA.
For example BBC (UK public television), says Loach, “is one of the more sophisticated propaganda tools for the powerful because it is a completely independent professional organization, but the reality of the media is that they accept the agenda and discourse of the rich and privileged.”
In this sense, Chomsky wanted to show how Western mediawho usually criticize propaganda from countries like China or Russia, also for hiding information from citizens.
“Eat information that is better covered on Arab television, such as Al Jazeera than in the American media,” the thinker lamented, pointing as a recent example to the recent journalistic coverage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, through which Russian fuel was sent to Germany through the Baltic Sea. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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