Alex Jones is every skeptic's worst nightmare. His ideology centers around the monolithic evil conspiracy theory that an agency (called "them") control the world around us with an iron clad fist. I'm surprised Chomsky even went on his show. The debate starts out with some agreement happening between the two on how power is aggregated away from the public sphere into elite control. Chomsky disagrees with Jone's assertion that the public is largely unaware of this. The program breaks into absolutely ridiculous commercials for chemical filters for your shower and so forth. At 22:50, Chomsky tells Jones that the counter to government propaganda is to think critically and not take what people say at face value. Jones calls Chomsky a "New World Order shill" at 35:15, because Chomsky disagreed with Jones over gun death statistics. My loathing for Jones again rivals that of a Fox News pundit.
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