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> "They see corporations as evil entities that spontaneously emerged from the ground to usurp the state" This is the problem in an HN culture where commenters
by calibraxis 11y ago
> "They see corporations as evil entities that spontaneously emerged from the ground to usurp the state"
This is the problem in an HN culture where commenters don't support claims with cites. Chomsky frequently explains that corporations are creations of the state, and they share the same interests to a first approximation. You can find it in the book I referenced, or google for sources.
This comment seems to paint him as a liberal who favors the state (blaming everything on corporations), when of course he's an anarchist who sees both state & its corporate creations as illegitimate top-down power structures.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoIn an interview, he clearly states that he favors maximization of state power in some narrowly defined "short term," and largely believes that the only alternative to a state is anarcho-syndicalism. He's relying on it withering away. [1] I know full well he isn't a liberal and never implied that he's one (in the modern Galbraith sense). Nonetheless, most analyses by the revolutionary left are definitely slanted towards a picture of painting the issue as being primarily one of corporate hegemony. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiqPCRtzOBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiqPCRtzOBw