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Naming something after Chomsky, a difficult choice. Though I understand his reception has been largely uncritical in the US for some reason...

• marco_yolo 5y ago
  anarchy and libertarian socialism is particularly popular among the American left. Though I think OP is from UK. Either way as a individualist and capitalist, I rolled my eyes.
  • jesushax 5y ago
    Even among the right, I think anarchism and libertarian socialism are viewed more sympathetically than authoritarian leftist tendencies. Much like how the left is less vitriolic (in principle, at least) towards capitalist libertarians than they are to fascists.
• samvher 5y ago
  My impression is that he’s pretty controversial politically but that his contributions to linguistics/theory of grammars are generally seen as very impactful. And I imagine that in this case the reference is more related to the latter (?) Curious to find out more about critiques on his work though (in all spheres)
• thomassmith65 5y ago
  One reason is that his fame among culture warriors on youtube is related to his third act (or arguably fourth). His first act in Linguistics, back in the 1950s, is relevant to Computer Science (eg: "Chomsky Normal Form")
• zesterer 5y ago
  As the author of the library, I'd like to note that I consider some of Chomsky's views to be... questionable. The choice of name was largely down to his work in the world of linguistics and parser theory.