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Chomsky has always taken the anti-American side on any conflict America has been involved in. That is why he's "edgy". He's an American living in America always

Chomsky has always taken the anti-American side on any conflict America has been involved in. That is why he's "edgy". He's an American living in America always blaming America for everything.

b112 1y ago
Isn't that a popular, trendy way to think/act now in the US?
- saagarjha 1y ago
  No.
- serf 1y ago
  if you think that Chomsky's opinions are the popular/trendy opinions of the US as a whole then might I suggest you do a bit more research. US pessimism might be on the rise -- but almost never about foreign policy. Almost always about tax-rates/individual liberties/opportunities/children . things that affect people here and now, not the people from distant lands with ways unlike our own.
  - b112 1y ago
    Maybe we're discussing different things, but endless Americans talk about failed foreign policy, how this and that was a mistake, how even if the US gets attacked in some way, it's somehow always the US's fault.
code_for_monkey 1y ago
I mean, its because for the last 80 years America has been the belligerent aggressive party in every conflict. Are you going to bat for Iraq? Vietnam? Korea?
- twoodfin 1y ago
  Korea?!
- gadders 1y ago
  >>last 80 years Good job in picking your sample size.
  - contagiousflow 1y ago
    Think about this for a second, when was Noam Chomsky born, and and what age can you start having substantiated opinions?
  - Epa095 1y ago
    Noam Chomsky is 96 years old, so 80 years ago he was 16. I don't think choosing a time span which is his adult life is unreasonable.
  - code_for_monkey 1y ago
    yeah I purposely picked a sample size to include the modern order established after ww2 because its largely so different than what came before it and includes basically all of chomsky's lifespan.
    - gadders 1y ago
      I'm not sure you can put 9/11 in that category, even if you do choose that time period.
- laughingcurve 1y ago
  In every conflict ? Or just in a lot of them

Chomsky has always taken the anti-American side on any conflict America has been involved in. That is why he's "edgy". He's an American living in America always blaming America for everything.

b112 1y ago

Isn't that a popular, trendy way to think/act now in the US?

saagarjha 1y ago
No.
serf 1y ago
if you think that Chomsky's opinions are the popular/trendy opinions of the US as a whole then might I suggest you do a bit more research. US pessimism might be on the rise -- but almost never about foreign policy. Almost always about tax-rates/individual liberties/opportunities/children . things that affect people here and now, not the people from distant lands with ways unlike our own.
- b112 1y ago
  Maybe we're discussing different things, but endless Americans talk about failed foreign policy, how this and that was a mistake, how even if the US gets attacked in some way, it's somehow always the US's fault.

code_for_monkey 1y ago

I mean, its because for the last 80 years America has been the belligerent aggressive party in every conflict. Are you going to bat for Iraq? Vietnam? Korea?

twoodfin 1y ago
Korea?!
gadders 1y ago
>>last 80 years Good job in picking your sample size.
- contagiousflow 1y ago
  Think about this for a second, when was Noam Chomsky born, and and what age can you start having substantiated opinions?
- Epa095 1y ago
  Noam Chomsky is 96 years old, so 80 years ago he was 16. I don't think choosing a time span which is his adult life is unreasonable.
- code_for_monkey 1y ago
  yeah I purposely picked a sample size to include the modern order established after ww2 because its largely so different than what came before it and includes basically all of chomsky's lifespan.
  - gadders 1y ago
    I'm not sure you can put 9/11 in that category, even if you do choose that time period.
laughingcurve 1y ago
In every conflict ? Or just in a lot of them