At 1:41 AM 12/25/1996, Anonymous wrote that Noam Chomsky said:
More than ever, libertarian socialist ideas are relevant, and the population is very much open to them. Despite a huge mass of corporate propaganda, outside of educated circles, people still maintain pretty much their traditional attitudes. In the US, for example, more than 80% of the population regard the economic system as inherently unfair and the political system as a fraud, which serves the special interests, not the people. Overwhelming majorities think working people have too little voice in public affairs (the same is true in England), that the government has the responsibility of assisting people in need, that spending for education and health should take precedence over budget-cutting and tax cuts, that the current Republican proposals that are sailing through Congress benefit the rich and harm the general population, and so on. Intellectuals may tell a different story, but it's not all that difficult to find out the facts.
Can anybody explain in what way Chomsky is an anarchist or a libertarian? Opposition to some government schemes but not others makes a Republican or a Democrat, not an anarchist or libertarian. Chomsky is a smart man. What's he up to? Sir Galahad
At 8:49 pm -0500 12/30/96, Bovine Remailer wrote:
Chomsky is a smart man. What's he up to?
"consent manufacturing" ;-). Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox, e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "The cost of anything is the foregone alternative" -- Walter Johnson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/
Bovine Remailer wrote:
At 1:41 AM 12/25/1996, Anonymous wrote that Noam Chomsky said:
More than ever, libertarian socialist ideas are relevant, and the population is very much open to them. Despite a huge mass of corporate propaganda, outside of educated circles, people still maintain pretty much their traditional attitudes. In the US, for example, more than 80% of the population regard the economic system as inherently unfair and the political system as a fraud, which serves the special interests, not the
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Can anybody explain in what way Chomsky is an anarchist or a libertarian? Opposition to some government schemes but not others makes a Republican or a Democrat, not an anarchist or libertarian.
There is something called a Rosetta Stone, i.e. a key to unlock the mysteries. In Chomsky's milieu, it's the JFK assassination. In Chomsky's words, "I can see no forces who would have wanted Kennedy dead" (quote approximate). Chomsky is funded by the military (I forget which branch, Navy perhaps). Since Kennedy, in the best opinion, was executed by the military, it kinda makes sense....
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