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These quotes are good food for thought. I've never read anything from Chomsky. Any books in particular that you would recommend?
by zeroego 5y ago
These quotes are good food for thought. I've never read anything from Chomsky. Any books in particular that you would recommend?
- swiley 5y agoHe's pretty awesome. Here's his website: https://chomsky.info/ https://chomsky.info/ I heard about him in college via the "mathematical linguistics" stuff which was a pretty creative idea. Like anyone else he also has defects, his more recent commentary on American politics is arguably worthless because he completely dismisses everyone to the right of him as "the most dangerous group on the planet."
- sudosysgen 5y agoI understand what you mean but Chomsky is actually very, very accepting of people to the right of him, given how far-left he is. He's probably the only major earnest anti-capitalist that still supports the right wing of the democratic party. But yes, if you pin him as a "Democrat" you might get that impression, in reality he's so far left that the Joe Biden administration has classified his beliefs as subversive and dangerous.
- howaboutnope 5y agoTo be honest, I haven't read that many of his books (yet), other than smaller ones plus "Manufacturing Consent" and "Hegemony or Survival". These quotes I transcribed from interviews, and his talks and interviews I can absolutely recommend. They vary in (audio) quality because there's a gazillion of them, but seek and you shall find for sure. Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7bjZTmk0uU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7bjZTmk0uU