Noam Chomsky on Identity Politics, Free Speech, and China (from 2021)

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

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4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Noam Chomsky and Yascha Mounk discuss America and the world, past and present. Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has for many decades been one of the most prominent critics of U.S. foreign policy. In a conversation from 2021, Noam Chomsky and Yascha Mounk discuss the theory of universal grammar, whether identity politics can be left-wing, and how the world should treat an ascendant China. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields, and Brendan Ruberry Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion Youtube: Yascha Mounk LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:25.0	Thank you so much for tuning in to The good fight over the holidays. Today we are
1:30.7	rerunning an old episode to give our team a little bit of a break between Christmas and
1:37.7	New Year's. And to showcase how broad a range of guests we have had on the podcast over the years, I thought that I would share
1:46.4	with you once again my conversation with Noam Chomsky. As you will see throughout the conversation,
1:55.0	there are some things on which Chomsky and I agree. There's also many things on which we
2:00.0	fundamentally disagree.
2:02.2	Nevertheless, I thought this was a very civil and interesting conversation.
2:07.7	I hope you enjoyed as much as I did.
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