> Chomsky starts from the position that the general population is ignorant of history and politics and can be programmed by the elites to what ever worldview.

> Chomsky starts from the position that the general population is ignorant of history and politics and can be programmed by the elites to what ever worldview. Oh right, that they are a blank slate that one can just write things on? Except that’s a thesis about human beings that he has specifically argued against. Typical “ignorant masses” projection by some vulgar Marxist interpretation. Speaking of skin in the game: Chomsky protested against the Vietnam War. A war fought in part by conscripts on the American side. How does that jive with your condescending theory that Americans have no skin in the game?