Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Noam Chomsky On Bernie Sanders Ending His Campaign" video.

He was never all there. He is what he is, very excellent in his field and ignorant everywhere else. People just give him a voice because he sounds smart but isn't.
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He looks like a guy who never interacted with the common man.
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@Name-jw4sj Bernie did not fail. He is now richer after all of this. People are not going to support his ideas but Bernie fans are the most irrational people out there and are willing to spend their money like fools.
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How so? Up until the virus the working class was fine. That is why Bernie is losing so badly along with people who support his ideas.
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@jman75234 there haven't been a "million other Bernies" created as Bernie fans make up a small portion of the overall population. The vast majority do not want his ideas as seen in that almost everyone that ran on his ideas lost. Look at how badly Cenk did in his election?
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@jman75234 , I have seen the polls. Here is the issue with polls, they are vague questions on complex issues being asked to non experts. When more information is given opinions change. And as prof Andrew Gelman said, polls are a snapshot, not a forecast. And the same exit polls Kyle points to suggests that democrat voters support a public option over M4A. Plus, 13 million out of 260 million voters is around 5%.
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Joe Average , then why did he lose? And why do so many candidates he endorses lose?
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@JP-xg6bv Trump ran on sticking it to current politicians. He said it himself that over the years politicians became richer while everyone else did not see their lives improve. Even Bernie became a millionaire. He ran on limited government giving more freedom to people. That as opposed to democrats running on raising your taxes and making you depend on them. That was Trump's strategy. It isn't so much about policies, I agree, but too much policies will turn people off, especially when you don't have an actual plan like Bernie did.
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@scottharrison699 Chomsky represents the far left. Out of touch people living off of welfare. He has tenure and tenure is academic welfare. He just sits back and do what he wants and not have to worry about getting fired. That is why the far left worship him, he is everything they want to be. Lazy and collecting a check while producing BS.
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@JP-xg6bv how is the US racist? I hear this all the time but with little evidence. The US is strong in many ways. When you say "fair pay for work" it shows how little you know. Define "fair". You can't.
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J Leicht how many of those seventy percent have poor money management skills?
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J Leicht the issue of wage stagnation is arguably a myth. People who cite it look at average wages and CPI inflation which has flaws. It is also the inflation method that has the highest rate. But there are other methods of inflation that are respected as well such as PCE and GDP deflation. Read the following two papers "Fifty Years of Growth in American Consumption, Income, and Wages" by prof. Bruce Sacerdote "Did Wages Reflect Growth in Productivity?" by prof. Martin S. Feldstein As for factory jobs, they have been disappearing because of technology. That is the evolution of the economy. Tractors took away farming jobs and no one complained. People just have to adjust and go after different careers.
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Just like how Cenk ran and did so well.
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Prophet again, not me. How is the "revolution" going?
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@confusedarmchairphilosopher Chomsky is great in his field, outside of it he is very ignorant. When he discusses politics, statistics and economics he is highly ignorant. The issue is that he sounds smart and write well so it blinds people. Also, writing many books does not automatically make you an intellectual. Being an intellectual is checking your ego and admitting that you could be wrong, especially on issues outside of your field. He does not.
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@confusedarmchairphilosopher and he does lack knowledge and awareness outside of his field. He has said that corporations are coercive when never, in the US recent time (even when he said that comment) has a corporation held a gun to people's heads and force them to do things. He has called Republicans "the most dangerous organization in human history". So more dangerous than the Nazi party? And how are they dangerous? Chomsky called Trump dangerous for asinine reasons. He talked about climate change and how it is a threat claiming that half of republicans deny it (with zero evidence by the way) when actual climate scientists like Myles Allen and Mike Hulme have been very critical of these fear mongering talking points. He is all around ignorant outside of his field. He is completely wrong on many cases and shows a complete lack of understanding on the issues. On his book Manufacturing Consent, from what little I read it appears he is ignoring the nature of the US culture. I watch a youtuber that produces little content but what he does is great. He feels that capitalism is the best system we have as it generally does a good job at getting people what they want. There is also a flaw. That is that it does a good job at getting people what they want. Having a McDonalds on every street corner is not good for our obesity rate. With the media people what appeal to emotion talking points. That is how humans act. We are driven on emotions a lot. As in what that youtuber said, there are many videos out there of experts giving hour long presentations on complex issues. There are also top ten videos and stupid cat videos. The latter two get way more views. People don't want to sit there and listen to experts go into details on complex issues. You see the same with far left content like Kyle's show or TYT, they just go on appeal to emotion rants and talking points. No actual discussion and details on the complex issue. Chomsky is lost in his own little world. He has no clue what reality is as he never actually interact with reality. As for my definition of an intellectual. I am a PhD candidate myself. In my field I am confident that I know what I am talking about. I do have opinions outside of my field. When I give them I try to cite experts in doing and I admit that I am not an expert myself. Here Chomsky talks about climate change and does not admit he not an expert and that everything he is saying is true when, in fact, it isn't.
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@confusedarmchairphilosopher so yes, he is very ignorant.
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@confusedarmchairphilosopher I have not. I am referring to his interviews. Again, him saying climate change is a threat is not what scientists are saying. Him calling republicans the dangerous organization of all time is showing a high level of ignorance. So they were more dangerous than the Nazi party? At this point you are ignoring all the legit comments I am making showing how ignorant he is. Why?
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@confusedarmchairphilosopher I laid out many ways he is flat out wrong and you response is "read his books". Why don't you address the issues I brought up?
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@confusedarmchairphilosopher "and yes, a large majority of the scientific community does view climate change as a threat" Not a major threat. Myles Allen, who works for the IPCC, is critical of the fear mongering. So is Mike Hulme who recently wrote a Nature Climate Change paper entitled "Why setting a climate deadline is dangerous" Nature is one of the best journals to publish in so his peers respect him. So Chomsky is ignorant on that topic. Only people saying it is a threat are politicians and a 17 year old girl from Sweden. " corporation holds economic power and most of all they hold power over the employee because the employee is dependant of the job" Again, never seen any of them hold a gun to people's head forcing them to do things. I have never seen Walmart hold a gun to someone's head and force them to give Walmart money. " the definition of coercion is persuading someone to do something by using force or treats." No one is forcing those people to work there. So there is not coercive activity by the corporations. " But thats the problem with libertarianism. It gives you the freedom to submit to the power of the corporation as Chosmky sais." What? You just contradicted yourself. You first said "Now, the libertarian argumnt here would be, noone is forcing you to do the job." And that is the point. There is no force there. "And its funny you should mention Kyle as a person only doing emotional rants because if you spend more time listening to him than trolling in his comments (ive seen it) you would know his argument about the false choice in the public option which relates to this issue." I watch Kyle often, he is way too emotional. Look at how he acted on Twitter this past week. He had a meltdown. Look at how he acted in the debate against Kirk. All he did was curse and walk around. "And lets be real, obviously he doesnt believe that the republican party is the most dangerous party i world history. Exaggeration promotes understanding." So he is not an intellectual because intellectuals can make a point without an exaggeration. But how are Republicans and Trump dangerous?
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he did not bring any ideas. That was the problem. When pushed he just resorted to talking points as he has no actual plan.
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@robertstewart4953 , cited in his field. Again, he is great in his field, I do not deny that. Outside of it he is ignorant. He points to polling data in a way that will make any stats major cringe. He views on economics will make many economists cringe. He is a guy who writes well and speaks well, and as a result people are blinded by that. But look past that he does not know what he is talking about. Mainly because he did what you said he does, just write books. How often has he actually interacted with the common man? This is actually quite common with those in academics as they become so indulged in their field they lack insight on everything else. Take this video for example. Chomsky claims that Bernie started something. If so why do many Justice Democrats lose? Why did Cenk only get 5% of the vote?
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@robertstewart4953 plus, you played an appeal to authority there. If someone in the field of physics is cited a lot does that mean they understand economics or financing well?
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Logically progressive ok, whatever.
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Logically progressive what success do far leftists have? Your golden boy Bernie showed he is the establishment. He made his millions.
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@eddietheberniebro5503 and the economy improved under Trump. Actual success.
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Monkeys on Wheels Noam saying that Trump is the biggest dangers we've ever faced shows how ignorant he is. How is Trump dangerous? I still have yet to hear legit reasons why.
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@ugeofaltron5003 , I have 5 peer reviewed papers. Also, writing a book is not the standard. Bill O'Reilly wrote a book. So based on your standard Bill is an intellectual. Also, how am I economically and politically illiterate? Remember, you are on the losing side.
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@eddietheberniebro5503 so no actual counter argument?
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Greatest living intellectual? Really?
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In his field he is strong. Outside of it he shows he has no clue what he is talking about. That is why people don't know much about him, he does not represent them. What has he done outside of academics? Nothing. He is lost.
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Monkeys on Wheels that is the problem. How is Trump dangerous? What I find to be funny is that many on the left call Trump a fascist. However, during this time he can very easily use this pandemic as an excuse to expand his powers. Instead he left it up to the states. So again, how is Trump dangerous? This is why Chomsky is a fool.
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Joe Average I suggest you put forth effort to see that Chomsky is not someone to excited about. Saying Trump is dangerous, really? How so? Chomsky is out of touch.
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