Joe Biden is the apparent winner of the 2020 election. Yet while Trump appears to have lost, the Democrats failed to materialize the blue wave some expected — and Trump fared extremely well despite the pandemic. In this exclusive interview, Noam Chomsky shares some of his insights about Trump’s continuing popularity and what the left needs to do in the years ahead, emphasizing that voting is never an end — only a beginning.
CJ Polychroniou: Malgre ke Biden te sanble genyen eleksyon an, Demokrat yo echwe pou pou konkretize yon glisman tè ble-vag, e li klè nou pral kontinye fè fas ak gwo echèl Trumpism. Etandone ke ou te trè ensèten nan biwo vòt yo depi premye jou a, ki sa ou panse ki te kontribye nan patisipasyon masiv pou Trump, menm lè Biden te wè yon patisipasyon menm plis masiv? Oswa, pou poze kesyon yo yon fason diferan, poukisa prèske mwatye peyi a ap kontinye sipòte yon lidè chalatan danjere ki gen yon pasyon lafyèv konsa?
Noam Chomsky: The very fact that someone could be considered a serious candidate after just having killed tens if not hundreds of thousands of Americans through a disastrous response to COVID-19 is an extraordinary victory for Trump — and a defeat for the country, for the world and for hopes for a decent future.
CJ Polychroniou se yon ekonomis politik/politik ki te anseye ak travay nan inivèsite ak sant rechèch nan Ewòp ak Etazini. Enterè rechèch prensipal li yo se nan entegrasyon ekonomik Ewopeyen an, globalizasyon, ekonomi politik Etazini ak dekonstriksyon pwojè politik-ekonomik neyoliberalis la. Li se yon kontribitè regilye nan Truthout osi byen ke yon manm nan Pwojè Entelektyèl Piblik Truthout a. Li te pibliye plizyè liv ak atik li yo te parèt nan yon varyete jounal, magazin, jounal ak sit entènèt nouvèl popilè. Anpil nan piblikasyon li yo te tradui nan plizyè lang etranje, tankou kwoasyen, franse, grèk, Italyen, Pòtigè, Panyòl ak Tik. Li se otè a Optimis sou dezespwa: Noam Chomsky sou kapitalis, anpi, ak chanjman sosyal, yon antoloji nan entèvyou ak Chomsky orijinal pibliye nan Truthout ak kolekte pa Haymarket Books.
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Noam Chomsky (fèt 7 desanm 1928, nan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) se yon lengwis Ameriken, filozòf, syantis kognitif, redaksyon istorik, kritik sosyal, ak aktivis politik. Pafwa yo rele "papa lengwistik modèn", Chomsky se tou yon gwo figi nan filozofi analitik ak youn nan fondatè yo nan domèn syans mantal. Li se yon pwofesè loreya nan lengwistik nan University of Arizona ak yon pwofesè emerit Enstiti nan Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), epi li se otè plis pase 150 liv. Li te ekri ak bay anpil konferans sou lengwistik, filozofi, istwa entelektyèl, pwoblèm kontanporen, ak patikilyèman zafè entènasyonal ak politik etranjè Etazini. Chomsky se yon ekriven pou pwojè Z depi premye kòmansman yo, epi li se yon sipòtè san pran souf nan operasyon nou yo.
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I believe from a lifetime’s observations and experience that the current situation is every bit as dark as Noam describes. The question is whether there are enough ready and able to face the demands that lie ahead of us. The fact that nearly half of the electorate voted for Trump after four years of disastrous leadership and malevolence raises doubts that cannot be disregarded.
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I believe from a lifetime’s observations and experience that the current situation is every bit as dark as Noam describes. The question is whether there are enough ready and able to face the demands that lie ahead of us. The fact that nearly half of the electorate voted for Trump after four years of disastrous leadership and malevolence raises doubts that cannot be disregarded.