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Noam Chomsky Consent

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Journal on The Manufacture of Consent

In Noam Chomsky's film I have learned quite a few things about life in a

democratic society. This film has made think in a three dimensional way for whom is

really right, Noam Chomsky or those who he calls "Elites". I have come to the

conclusion that Noam Chomsky is right, for his claim is very convincing which is

that the media is controlled by the elites who determine what the public should

know. How exactly does Chomsky prove all this to make sense? Well, he

explained that the governments, corporations and the other elites manufacture the

consent of the public to serve their own interests.
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This is why the average

Joe will let the elites control on what they hear and how they will be controlled

through brainwashing.

Another thing I would like to talk about is that Noam Chomsky is a type of

person who wont let nothing get in his way, for example: It was said that he risked

his career and life for the sake of other people. This is one of the reasons why I

would respect him. He could have put his whole family down the drain, but

somehow he came out on top. I could tell he was a man who is not only itelligent,

but also a man of great courage and caring for those in need, like those of East

Timur. If it wasnt for him, I would bet that more than half the class would of

never heard about what was going on in East Timur. The reason why I believe he

made film was that he wanted to help the people of East Timur or else he wouldn't

have put it on the film. He wanted the viewers to see the tragedy of East Timur,

for he believed that the only way to work out problems was from the outside and

this I think, he meant us the viewers to spread the word for we are a democratic

society and we control the government and not the government control us.


For the final reason why I

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