Summary of Noam Chomsky & C. J. Polychroniou's Optimism over Despair

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#1 The business classes, which largely run the country, are highly class conscious. They have achieved the results you describe. However, neoliberal policies are in shambles. They have come to harm the most powerful and privileged, so they cannot be sustained.

#2 Electoral campaigns are designed to marginalize issues and focus on personalities, rhetorical style, body language, and the like. And there are good reasons for this. Party managers read polls and are well aware that on a host of major issues, both parties are well to the right of the population.

#3 The world is in a tenuous situation, to say the least. The main funders, primarily China, Japan, and oil producers, might decide to shift their funds elsewhere for higher profits. But there are few signs of such developments.

#4 The United States has many advantages over Europe when it comes to investing. It has extensive internal resources, and its policies are applied to the entire country, rather than different countries in Europe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822509931

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The business classes, which largely run the country, are highly class conscious. They have achieved the results you describe. However, neoliberal policies are in shambles. They have come to harm the most powerful and privileged, so they cannot be sustained.

#2

Electoral campaigns are designed to marginalize issues and focus on personalities, rhetorical style, body language, and the like. And there are good reasons for this. Party managers read polls and are well aware that on a host of major issues, both parties are well to the right of the population.

#3

The world is in a tenuous situation, to say the least. The main funders, primarily China, Japan, and oil producers, might decide to shift their funds elsewhere for higher profits. But there are few signs of such developments.

#4

The United States has many advantages over Europe when it comes to investing. It has extensive internal resources, and its policies are applied to the entire country, rather than different countries in Europe.

#5

The new emerging economies in Asia have incredible internal problems unknown in the West. We know more about India than China, because it is a more open society.

#6

The war on terror was another component of Obama’s foreign policy. It was certain to stimulate terror, just as the invasion of Iraq did, and as resort to force does generally. It had to be overwhelming, and there were probably too many tentacles to wipe out the terrorist monster.

#7

The United States has a love-hate relationship with China. China's abysmal wages, working conditions, and lack of environmental constraints are a great boon to American and other Western manufacturers, but China also poses problems.

#8

China has been the most reserved country when it comes to the use of force. However, it is taking steps to gain access to energy and other resources around the world, which constitutes a threat.

#9

There is some potential