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Noam Chomsky is a socialist in spite of all available evidence of the atrocities committed by most socialist states against their people. His career as a lingui
by AbrahamParangi 3y ago
Noam Chomsky is a socialist in spite of all available evidence of the atrocities committed by most socialist states against their people. His career as a linguist is respected. His career as an economist or as a political commentator is of no worth at all.
- TeaDrunk 3y agoi don't know if its fair to conflate an economic system with a political one
- jkhdigital 3y agoPolitics and economics are virtually inseparable. There’s a reason the field of economics used to be called “political economy”.
- klik99 3y agoScience and math are in practice virtually inseparable. Math can be studied independently of science, but science can't be studied independently of math. Similarly economics can be studied independently of politics, but good luck understanding politics without mentioning economics.
- asdfgionion 3y agoAh, yes, he's one of those famous authoritarian anarchists. I'm all for criticizing Chomsky, but let's do it with a little more sophistication. He would agree with you wholeheartedly that the USSR, China, and so forth are repressive dictatorships. He rejects the use of violent revolution.
- AbrahamParangi 3y agoNoam Chomsky is so anti-US intervensionist that he is willing to give anyone who is opposed to the US the benefit of the doubt. This alone is not a criticism but a fact. The criticism comes when we look at who falls into that category. Famously starting with the Khmer Rouge, he claimed that we shouldn’t believe the refugees escaping the killing fields. After evidence emerged he also famously never admitted he was wrong. He denies the Bosnian genocide, and most recently he has said such charming things as: “we should give Putin the benefit of the doubt” (regarding the Ukraine war).
- status_quo69 3y agoShould the opposite should also hold true then, we should dismiss staunch capitalists that continue to believe in that economic theory in spite of the atrocities perpetuated by most capitalist societies against people in adverse conditions? Seems a bit knee jerk to dismiss things wholesale.
- imtringued 3y agoI don't think there exists a country that isn't socialist under your broad definition.