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That's my point: I hear him criticizing the military industrial complex, but I haven't heard of him penning a letter to the MIT Board of Trustees, soliciting th
by lr4444lr 11y ago
That's my point: I hear him criticizing the military industrial complex, but I haven't heard of him penning a letter to the MIT Board of Trustees, soliciting the support of current and emeritus faculty to join him as the undersigned, to divest from Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and the like.
If I've missed it, do point me to it and I'll recant.
- avar 11y agoI don't think he's done that, but what possible use would that be even if it work? Talk about raging against the smallest possible cog in the machine. He objects to the present practices of the US military industrial complex, if he managed to make MIT not take their money someone else would and nothing would change. Trying to do this via MIT's budget would be a pointless distraction to achieving his stated goals.
- Mikeb85 11y agoFair enough. Noam Chomsky says a lot of things, I would have figured he'd have criticized his employer at least a few times. A quick search finds he has criticized universities for various things...