This documentary contains a lecture by Noam Chomsky where he delineates how the United States foreign policy in Iran, as well as the actions taken in the Middle East, actually act against the best interests of American business, but do fit in line with what he considers the "Mafia Principle," a theory that he believes explains how the United States desires obedience above all else. Perry Seibert, Rovi
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This documentary contains a lecture by Noam Chomsky where he delineates how the United States foreign policy in Iran, as well as the actions taken in the Middle East, actually act against the best interests of American business, but do fit in line with what he considers the "Mafia Principle," a theory that he believes explains how the United States desires obedience above all else. Perry Seibert, Rovi
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New. Mafia Principle of Global Hegemony includes the hour long DVD extra of Noam Chomsky conversing with Larry Bensky about the media, class, and right wing populism. Praise: ? Chomsky is a global phenomenon? perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet. ? --New York Times Book Review? ? one of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time. When the sun sets on the American empire, as it will, as it must, Noam Chomsky's work will survive. ? --Arundhati Roy, author of God of Small ThingsExerpt: "Ignoring the will of the population is normal. It happens all the time. What? s a little more interesting about the Iran case is that the United States is also ignoring the will of major sectors of corporate interest that have a special interest in the Middle East. energy corporations would be delighted to have the threats end and to be able to exploit Iranian oil but they? re being disregarded too and that? s a little more unusual. It happens but it? s unusual. It tells us something about how state power is exercised and why. In fact there is a state interest in isolating and undermining Iran that overrides the usual commitment to the interests of concentrated private power. It? s something you might call the Mafia Principle? a sensible principle. Disobedience can? t be tolerated."? Noam Chomsky.
