Noam Chomsky: The Green New Deal Is Exactly the Right Idea

Supporters of the Green New Deal are launching a nationwide tour Thursday to build support for the congressional resolution to transform the U.S. economy through funding renewable energy while ending U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. Democracy Now! spoke with Noam Chomsky about the Green New Deal and the lessons of the old New Deal in Boston last week.

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[FiscallyIrresponsible]

The day we lose this man will be the loss of a bright light of truth in a world of lies

[anandamide]

Noam Chomsky is a treasure past, present and future, thank you for your insights.

[Kormac]

90 yr old and this sharp, Chomsky is a true genius. He's a true role model of moral clarity.

[Aleksamson]

Steal everything and get rid of them? And the audience is applauding.

[winnieblews]

The mere fact Chomsky is twice as old as most politicians and can retain this much information is a phenomenon of this world.

[staatsfeindlich]

Noam Chomsky is a real human being, a real Mensch. He would reject political office and gives us so much hope for resisting power.

[BKMcl]

I have nothing but total respect for Noam Chomsky, and I am so grateful to him for Truth. I have always said that a business and it's employees must be a symbiotic relationship because one cannot exist without the other. Therefore, treat all of your employees with respect and an ability to make a living wage. Noam is right, the democratic party has lost sight of the working party...and I find this heartbreaking. Wake up or we have 4 more years of being on the edge or in WW3.

[orionsimerl]

This is a clip of a recent talk Chomsky gave concerning the Green New Deal. He mentions there are people who have done work on how it could be implimented and says an economist has done work to show how it would be beneficial. I contend that largely unknown ideas scattered across the academic world does not constitute substance in regard to the GND, which is a list of generalizations like upgrading buildings and upgrading the grid, and goals like achieving zero emissions by 2030. I messaged one such person who I read an article from who has done work in the area of mass implementation of green technology, asking him about implimentation and I have received no response. How is as important as what, as how could be as simple as making mandates through regulation, which costs money, and would be passed on to rate payers. In that scenario people should know if they want a GND that might make their energy bill triple or if they prefer another mode of implementation. Beyond the mystery of implementation, if these ideas Chomsky is mentioning are the basis of the GND why doesn't the GND reference these ideas in the legislation? Clearly because then people would have an idea of what the GND actually is and have the opportunity to critque it. Or they are ideas constructed with no plan for actual implementation, in which case you can't cite work that explains this amount of energy is required, this renewable source produces this much energy, this area is good for this, this are is good for that, build transmission lines, battery storage, and change this power plant to this. Because it isn't a matter of the government spending money to upgrade these things and it happens. There are private owners involved in providing energy, who own buildings, who own land, and there are also the same private interests involved in shaping legislative policy, which speaks to feasibility not implimentation. You have no Green New Deal. Furthermore, you are basically taking the entire democratic platform and putting into a piece of legislation that can't even pass as a resoultion to create a GND. It's a joke. It's something to say to make activists feel good and to keep AOC in the headlines, and in office for years to come. But it is nothing of substance.

[Davemac]

I love Chomsky. He’s taught me a fair amount over a diverse range of topics, courtesy of YouTube. Couple years ago, I emailed him a question about language. He replied within hours. He didn’t need to respond to my somewhat foolish query so speedily; that he did so, however, was a kindness and of value to me. He’s the embodiment of truth, moral integrity and brilliance.

[jayrico]

I'd recommend the latest film Michael Moore produced..."planet of the humans" if anyone is interested in renewable energy

[prolaxbro]

Thanks Mr. Chomsky for making sure I don’t sound like a complete ignorant fool all the time

[bobb]

The Green New Deal can work, but the greedy jerks will need to be pushed aside. Also, the deal itself can be improved upon too. Let's make America great again.

[sentenialxmen]

Long live the professor. Live long and prosper.

[ktrigg]

Obviously we should be moving in the direction of a Green New deal philosophy but to implement that wholesale tomorrow would be an unmitigated disaster and loaded with so much corruption it’s hard to fathom.

[terryowens]

Why do people have this utopian view of socialism? I'm not sure people as a group can achieve this. I'm not saying we shouldn't work towards unity or that capitalism is better. It's just some people are shitty and manipulate others. They will gain prominence in a society running under that system. In Venezuela, it would seem Maduro cares about the people. That doesn't mean other people with weight behind themselves aren't taking advantage of disarray and hardships the people their are facing. Regardless of the system we use, we mainly have to start holding our representatives accountable.

[rogerdiogo]

"The left, there was never a *new* tax we didn't like"...

[MrSuperbluesky]

Did not mention going vegan immediately without any govt action as a meaningful first step . Power to the people

[pace]

So far, 52 vampires didn't like this clip and around 900 nice persons liked this clip... It means, Good people are 20 times more than evil people... Its refreshing... But It'd be much better if these good people don't scare of telling the truth about the crimes and especially about the war crimes that keep happening around the world.... By doing that you'd get endless blessings

[eugeniewaldteufel]

Does the Green New Deal put a stop to future nuclear power plants being built as the wastes from these plants take thousands of years to breakdown. Our environment is at risk especially when waste products could be released in earthquake prone areas or storage facilities are not secure as did happen in Northern Japan (re earthquake/tsunami).

[maelinjoli]

his knowledge is impressive maybe he has a photographic memory?