Boy that was pretty *long

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Chomsky's on his last legs sadly. I read every book he comes out with, I follow him closely and although I disagree with some of his opinions there is no one in the world who has more sobering insights or analysis. He is well informed and can cite his sources better than anyone on the planet. I will be sad when he is finally gone.

Also I'd like a transcript of this...I have to CRANK my speakers because apparently he speaks are a certain tone that I just can't hear very well.

Yeah, @Yogi, you're not the only one who had to crank up the volume. It might be long, but this is definitely worth a watch.

Anarcho-Syndicalism at it's best!

*quality

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Shit. I hope he's just under the weather... he looks and sounds like he's about to drop dead. When Chomsky goes, I don't think there's anyone to really fill the vacuum.

The Top 200 Chomsky Lies

Chomsky isn't helping.

>> ^quantumushroom:

The Top 200 Chomsky Lies


I love how they label the nuanced statements of Chomsky as "The Lie" and their half-truthy reinterpretation of them as "The Truth".

Example:

The Lie: “I have never considered myself a ‘Marxist,’ and in fact regard such notions as
‘Marxist’ (or ‘Freudian,’ etc.) as belonging more to the domain of organized religion than of
rational analysis.”

The Truth: Previously, Chomsky had said: “in my opinion, a Marxist-anarchist perspective
[on politics] is justified quite apart from anything that may happen in linguistics.” He had also
declared: “I wouldn’t abandon Marxism.”


Here's the last quote in context, from a printed interview and thus easily cited out of context:
"[Chomsky:] [...] But I don't see any reason to abandon the notion anarchism just because it has some strange periphery that uses it [namely, the right-wing anarcho-capitalists].
[Interviewer:] Just as you wouldn't abandon Marxism.
[Chomsky:] Yes, like I wouldn't abandon Marxism. After all, we're not interested in making heroes and identifying ourselves with them, but of finding what's valid in various ideas and concepts and actions that have some use for us."

So, Chomsky says we can't abandon either anarchism or marxism as wholes just because of some extremist interpretations. How does that say he is a Marxist? It does not, of course, unless you are a paranoid anti-communist trying to discredit Chomsky by associating him with what you consider an Evil ideology.

Also, you must understand that being a scholarly discussion, Marxism is here strictly differentiated from Leninism, Stalinism, Trotskyism, etc. Marxism only refers to the initial political doctrine as expounded by Karl Marx.

As we can see, the cited text is taken out of context and made to imply much more that it actually says. Of course this is the typical modus operandi of the right, because let's be honest: their only arguments are those that appeal to our greed and selfishness. Better to demonize the opposition and thus appear angelic by default.

>> ^quantumushroom:

The Top 200 Chomsky Lies


Well that sure convinced me. Noam Chomsky's well thought out and articulated points are obviously inferior to your regurgitated propaganda copy/paste link. Why bother to attempt to refute a single one of Chomsky's numerous points when you have this deeply intellectual strategy to fall back on. Good show.