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> So, if you think socialism works, then yeah, you'll find this very persuasive. From my POV, though, it's a deluded fantasy which 100 years of disastrous polic
by andrekandre 5y ago
> So, if you think socialism works, then yeah, you'll find this very persuasive. From my POV, though, it's a deluded fantasy which 100 years of disastrous policy catastrophes have disproved.
(not to bring up a no true scotsman-type argument) but maybe chomsky has a different understanding of what "socialist principles" mean compared to most contemporary people (and those who implemented those disastrous policies)?
- andrekandre 5y agohonest question, can a downvoter try to explain why you are downvoting? note im not approving or disapproving of his stance, but merely stating a fact chomsky has many times stated his beliefs and they are quite different what someone like say, stalin or lenin would espouse [1] i dont really think im making a controversial statement am i? [1] https://chomsky.info/1986____/ https://chomsky.info/1986____/