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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-historyBy Isaac Chotiner
October 30, 2020
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You mention a bunch of dictators that the United States has cozied up toand not respecting arms-control treatiesbut those are things youve written about in the past. Im interested that you say that you think the Trump Administration is a break with the past. How do you think its different in some way?
Well, having an arms-control regime is different than not having one. Thats a break, and its a break on one of the two most significant issues in human history. Weve been living for seventy-five years under the shadow of possible nuclear destruction. The arms-control regime thats been slowly built up over the yearsEisenhowers Open Skies proposal, the Reagan-Gorbachev I.N.F. treaty, and other pieceshas mitigated the dangers. Trump has been tearing every piece of it to shreds. The only thing thats 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 itnot 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. Its 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
If it ever came out that Cheeto in fact released this on China, then DEFINITELY yes
sandensea
Oct 2020
#5
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)2. He nails it, as you'd expect.
KICKING and bookmarked
pfitz59
(10,198 posts)3. Great interview
standing by his beliefs.
Botany
(70,291 posts)4. I agree the installation of Trump into the White House..
.... was the biggest crime in American history.
sandensea
(21,529 posts)5. If it ever came out that Cheeto in fact released this on China, then DEFINITELY yes
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)6. And the most prolific mass murderer in U.S. history
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)7. Noam is a national treasure.
Danascot
(4,664 posts)8. Noam Chomsky is a legend
This is another reason why.
Auggie
(31,061 posts)9. Worse than Hitler ... that's a statement!