"Basically, we want more people who believe in what we say to be involved." His official stance was that the people who got involved with the far right had leg

"Basically, we want more people who believe in what we say to be involved." His official stance was that the people who got involved with the far right had legitimate concerns but latched on to a 'solution' that was bad for them (and us) and the left should have done a better job of co-opting them to their cause. I don't know if you've talked to many among the far right but they're often pretty stupid so pretty amenable to being guided one way or the other depending upon who talks to them first. "Chomsky is pretty virulently anti market and anti capitalism. His linguistic genius does not give him authority when commenting on policy." What would make one an authority? "Basically, he praised Venezuela" He praised Venezuela cutting extreme poverty from 25% to 7%, which attracted a lot of criticism in America. A few American corporations lost a lot of money in Venezuela thanks to that diversion of funds ^^.