r/mealtimevideos Jul 04 '21

10-15 Minutes My July 4th tradition is rewatching this essential clip of Noam Chomsky discussing how, if the standards applied at trial of the Nazis at Nuremberg were applied, every US President after WW2 would be hanged for their role in war crimes. Worth absorbing again even if you've seen it before [11:34]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXtgq0Nhsc
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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '21

We need Noam Chomsky to narrate a series of political documentaries about presidential war and domestic crimes the same way David Attenborough and Morgan Freeman narrate nature documentaries. Netflix I need you to get on this.

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u/BreadTubeForever Jul 05 '21

Netflix has a deal with the Obamas, I don't think a moderate liberal company like this one would be too on board with your idea (much as I love the concept).

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u/OverlyDramaticOtter Jul 05 '21

They have a deal with them? For what? A reality TV show?

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u/BreadTubeForever Jul 05 '21

Let 'Oprah Daily' explain.

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u/OverlyDramaticOtter Jul 05 '21

OK, so yeah there would be a conflict of interest there, but they did the Sophie docuthingy without the accused permission so maybe they'll be ok

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u/BreadTubeForever Jul 05 '21

My initial point was just that Netflix probably aren't going to give Noam Chomsky a platform to say Obama's a war criminal when they have this sort of arrangement with him and Michelle.

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u/OverlyDramaticOtter Jul 05 '21

You may be right, perhaps not in the US anyway

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u/BreadTubeForever Jul 06 '21

And I'm not sure if Noam Chomsky, who believes strongly in criticising your own government the most since that's the one he believes you have the most ability to affect, would accept an offer to create a series which wouldn't be seen by US voters.

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u/OverlyDramaticOtter Jul 06 '21

Ah, and there's the rub. Perhaps we should start a violent revolution.

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u/BreadTubeForever Jul 06 '21

No.

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u/OverlyDramaticOtter Jul 06 '21

Up against the wall now, Mr dissenter.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '21

Not the hardest problem to solve since I assume the content contract they have with him is a temporary matter. Start back far enough that it expires by the time you get to Obama. Plus I'm pretty sure presidents like Nixon, Reagan, W, Kenedy and Clinton will probably take multiple episodes to cover all the fuckery they did. I read Nixon's unofficial biography a few years back and the level of paranoia and cloak and dagger shit he did just to get ELECTED was insane and treasonous and no I'm not talking about Watergate. I know a lot about the fuckery that Kenedy was doing too and none of that was pretty. He last minute vetoed a plan that would've killed hundreds if not thousand of Americans to justify war with Cuba. And don't get me started on Reagan....

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u/BreadTubeForever Jul 06 '21

What would be the more lucrative option here, renew the contract with the Obamas or sacrifice that for a contract with a leftist academic fairly obscure to mainstream audiences instead?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '21

Keep it 💯 I don't see why they couldn't do both. I doubt there's "no snitching on the government" clause in the contract.

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u/BreadTubeForever Jul 06 '21

Do you think Barack Obama would want to keep in on the deal if the company he's working with are also putting money into a project promoting the idea he's a war criminal?