Anti-Social Corporations & Government | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Harry Pasternak (Harry_Pasternaktvo.org) | |
Date: 07 Aug 1995 15:54:12 GMT |
Here is some information that relates to the notion that people are becoming more and more anti-social in the USA and Canada. Heres how Nom Chomsky sees this issue in a series of interviews published in Secrets,Lies And Democracy. The interviewer is David Barsamian- who originally did the interviews for a broadcast on Barsamians Alternative Radio series which is heard on a hundred radio stations in the USA, Canada, Europe and Australia. Barsamian: Im not quite clear about how to formulate this question. It has to do with the nature of US society as exemplified in comments like do you own thing, go it alone, dont tread on me, the pioneer spirit- all that deeply individualistic stuff. What does that tell you about American society and culture? Chomsky: It tells you that the propaganda system is working full time, because there is no such ideology in the US. Business certainly doesnt believe it. All the way back to the origins of American society, business has insisted on a powerful, interventionist state to support its interests and it still does. Theres nothing individualistic about corporations. Theyre big conglomerate institutions, essentially totalitarian in character. Within them, youre a cog in a big machine. There are few institutions in human society that have such strict hierarchy and top-down control as a business organization. Its hardly dont tread on me- youre being tread on all the time. The point of the ideology is to prevent people who are outside the sectors of coordinated power from associating with each other and entering into decision making in the political arena. The point is to leave the powerful sectors highly integrated and organized, while atomizing everyone else. That aside, there is another factor. Theres a streak of independence and individuality in American culture that I think is a very good thing. This dont tread on me feeling is in many respects a heathy one- up to the point where it keeps you from working together with other people. So its got a healthy side and a negative side. Naturally its the negative side thats emphasized in the propaganda and indoctrination. Harry Pasternak - sent via an evaluation copy of BulkRate (unregistered).
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Anti-Social Corporations & Government Harry Pasternak, August 7 1995
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