Noam Chomsky is an eminent American theoretical linguist, cognitive scientist and philosopher, who radically changed the arena of linguistics by assuming language as a uniquely human, biologically based cognitive capacity. He suggested that innate traits in the human brain give birth to both language and grammar. The most important figure in “cognitive revolution” and “analytic philosophy”, Chomsky’s wide-ranging influence also extends to computer science and mathematics.
http://www.famousscientists.org/noam-chomsky/
What is the American Dream?
the idea that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work determination and initiative.
Describe each of the 10 principles used for the wealthy to consolidate their power.
1. Reduce Democracy - the new constitution would need to protect the wealthy from too much democracy.
2. Shape Ideology - the over engagement of young people with civic life and the idea that young people are just not receiving proper "indoctrination." Meaning that young people weren't getting enough teaching and therefor were engaging in acts that were considered wrong.
3. Redesign the Economy - deregulation has produced wealth concentration and economic crashes, followed by anti-capitalist bailouts making for more wealth concentration. Offshore production has reduced workers' pay. We need to reassure workers of their employment and start treating workers as equals instead of mules.
4. Shift the Burden - since the 1950's and 60's, we've seen the steady advance of what Chomsky calls the plutonomy and precariat, that is the wealthy few who run the show and get all the new wealth, and the precarious proletariat. Now, the poor are being over taxed while the rich aren't being charged significantly. The capitalist country we are living in are making the low wage workers over work themselves while the rich just acquire more money and have little to no care in the world.
5. Attack Solidarity - the U.S. of the 1950's was able to make college essentially free with the G.I. Bill and other public funding. Now a much wealthier United States is full of "serious" experts who claim that such a thing is impossible (and who must strictly avoid watching Michael Moore). The America that we live in today are full of money hungry delegates who rather make Americans live in debt than provide them with free college. After all, America doesn't care about happiness, they care about money.
6. Run the Regulators - The 1970s saw enormous growth in the lobbying. It is now routine for the interests being regulated to control the regulators, which makes things much easier on the regulated. We now have more people standing in our corner for us to seek to influence a politician or public official on an issue. Keeping people in charge-who can actually change things-informed on the ongoing issues.
7. Keep the Rabble in Line - Here Chomsky focuses on attacks on organized labor, including the Taft Hartley Act, but one could imagine further expansions on the theme. Informing us that we need to change the law restricting us from power labor unions. This law was devised to limit the expansion of laborers.
8. Manufacture Consent - The goal of directing people to superficial consumption as a means of keeping people in their place was explicit and has been reached. That the idea of inhumanely overworking people and exacting your "authority" over them is inhumane.
9. Marginalize the Population - the marginalizing of people is cruel and need not continue any longer. Meaning the treating of someone or a group, insignificantly or minuscule because they share different views.
10. Dump Massive Funding into Military - we should stop the over excessive funding for the military, another problem in which lobbyist should and are bringing to the forefront. Funding for the military are being deducted by the obscene amount of taxes they take from the poor while the rich are barely effected by the reduction. It's unfair.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/noam-chomsky-wants-you-wake-american-dream
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