Chomsky Doc Film
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ALB wrote:Not than old bore again !
Not so much that but his quite often muddled, typically 'left-wing' pronouncements have a tendency to confuse rather than to enlighten…
It's not so much always what he says that I object to (except when he says Vote Democratic Party, as I'm sure he will again, odd for an anarchist) as the way he writes especially about foreign policy.
ALB wrote:…..as the way he writes especially about foreign policy.But it's not just about his foreign policy statements is it? Here are a few of his public comments on other matters over the years – there are many more; highly dubious at worst or ambiguous at best…
Chomsky wrote:I suppose that, at some point, the ruling class will simply strike back by force, and there has to be defense against that force, and that probably means violent revolution.Quote:But take China, modern China; one also finds many things that are really quite admirable… a good deal of the collectivization and communization was really based on mass participation and took place after a level of understanding had been reached in the peasantry…Quote:(speaking on Radio Hanoi) I would like to express the great joy that we feel in your accomplishments… Your heroism reveals the capabilities of the human spirit and human will.Quote:I see no anti-semitic implications in denial of the existence of gas chambers, or even denial of the holocaust.Quote:In comparison to the conditions imposed by US tyranny and violence, East Europe under Russian rule was practically a paradise.Quote:Jews in the US are the most privileged and influential part of the population… privileged people want to make sure they have total control, not just 98% control. That’s why anti-semitism is becoming an issue.Anarchist my arse!
Some may appreciate this article by Mickey Zhttp://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz290116.htmWe can all cherry-pick quotations…but more importantly is to put Chomsky's ideas into the context he uses them and he has over the decades been the intellectual promoter of voting the lesser evil electoral tactic. In this coming Presidential election he is voting Green Party but only because his state is not one of those swing states and where he does advocate a Democrat vote to keep out the Republican candidate.
alanjjohnstone wrote:…..and he has over the decades been the intellectual promoter of voting the lesser evil electoral tactic.Ha ha, you mean a kind of thinking woman's Russell Brand? I think we can safely dispense with 'friends' like these…
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