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Fri Oct 30, 2020, 04:36 PM Oct 2020

Noam Chomsky Believes Trump Is "the Worst Criminal in Human History"

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/noam-chomsky-believes-trump-is-the-worst-criminal-in-human-history

By Isaac Chotiner
October 30, 2020

excerpt:

You mention a bunch of dictators that the United States has cozied up to—and not respecting arms-control treaties—but those are things you’ve written about in the past. I’m interested that you say that you think the Trump Administration is a break with the past. How do you think it’s different in some way?

Well, having an arms-control regime is different than not having one. That’s a break, and it’s a break on one of the two most significant issues in human history. We’ve been living for seventy-five years under the shadow of possible nuclear destruction. The arms-control regime that’s been slowly built up over the years—Eisenhower’s Open Skies proposal, the Reagan-Gorbachev I.N.F. treaty, and other pieces—has mitigated the dangers. Trump has been tearing every piece of it to shreds. The only thing that’s left is New start. It has to be ratified by next February. If Trump wins the election or refuses to leave office, it will be gone by February.

The other major threat to human survival in any recognizable form is environmental catastrophe, and, there, Trump is alone in the world. Most countries are doing at least something about it—not as much as they should be, but some of them rather significant, some less so. The United States has pulled out of the Paris Agreement; is refusing to do any of the actions that might help poorer countries deal with the problem; is racing toward maximizing the use of fossil fuels; and, at the same time, just opened the last major nature reserve in the United States for drilling. He has to make sure that we maximize the use of fossil fuels, race to the precipice as quickly as possible, and eliminate the regulations, which not only limit the dangerous effects but also protect Americans.

Step by step, eliminate everything that might protect Americans or that will preserve the possibility of overcoming the very serious threat of environmental catastrophe. There is nothing like this in history. It’s not breaking with the American tradition. Can you think of anyone in human history who has dedicated his efforts to undermining the prospects for survival of organized human life on earth? In fact, some of the productions of the Trump Administration are just mind-boggling.

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Noam Chomsky Believes Trump Is "the Worst Criminal in Human History" (Original Post) swag Oct 2020 OP
I agree. CatMor Oct 2020 #1
He nails it, as you'd expect. Mike 03 Oct 2020 #2
Great interview pfitz59 Oct 2020 #3
I agree the installation of Trump into the White House.. Botany Oct 2020 #4
If it ever came out that Cheeto in fact released this on China, then DEFINITELY yes sandensea Oct 2020 #5
And the most prolific mass murderer in U.S. history dalton99a Oct 2020 #6
Noam is a national treasure. Evolve Dammit Oct 2020 #7
Noam Chomsky is a legend Danascot Oct 2020 #8
Worse than Hitler ... that's a statement! Auggie Oct 2020 #9
K&R Blue Owl Oct 2020 #10
He is! BeckyDem Oct 2020 #11

Botany

(70,291 posts)
4. I agree the installation of Trump into the White House..
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 06:56 PM
Oct 2020

.... was the biggest crime in American history.

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