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[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Where in the video did he say "Zionism is independent of a state"

He spent most of the video talking about how Israel isn't compatible with what he wants as a jew and how he feels zionism falsely speaks for jews as a whole.

He says he supported zionism back in the creation era of Israel, but now it's become simply an imperialistic Israeli nationalism ideology and he doesn't feel represented by it

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

He thinks the offical story of 9/11 is true.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah no one is perfect.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Where in the video did he say "Zionism is independent of a state"

He didn't. However, there is actually much more to this story.

As I understand it; at that time there was not a formal state of Palestine. No Palestinian military, etc. The ottoman empire was dismantled after ww1. Palestine was part of that empire and had been protected by it for centuries, so it didn't have any formal protection.
This made it an easier target for Zionism than most places, although other regions (such as the Patagonia region of South America) were considered by early Zionist.
There was also christian support for Zionism to this region.

Chomsky supported a Jewish Zionist return to that region, and infact moved there for some time to a kibutsin collective. Many would consider this certifiable Zionism.

He opposes the formal state of Israel, but he considers all state power and authority to be illegitimate. Chomsky is an anarchist, and lectures on anarchist thought, and philosophy.

Anarchism is a philosophy that requires all authority to justify itself. If it cannot, then it should be dismantled, and social structures rebuilt from the bottom up.
Rinse and repeat, with the next power structure, and so on.
I'm confident you're already aware of this, but the community may not.

Therefore, he is opposed to state power in general, and favors the bottom-up grassroots form of human social organization. Local groups, organized in federated associations, etc.

Infact, his first published article was in support for the Catalonian anarchist movement during the 1930's Spainish civil war. He is a well established anarchist.

He's a Zionist by statement, and action. He's also an anarchist, by statement and action.

Would not you agree that he is an anti-state Zionist?

Edit: My point was that there is more going on with Chomsky than is overtly stated.
I agree that Chomsky is a gatekeeper.

Although, I agree with much of what he says.
However, the Fed is an indefensible fraud.
It's suspicious that Chomsky supports it...

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Very interesting. So Chomsky's 1940s anti-state Zionism was moving to the region to live in communes but not to create a formal nation for the Jewish people? I wonder if that was a fringe belief at the time or not- he does say Zionism has changed a lot which I guess implies that the belief was not too fringe. I guess that means he was for and against the Balfour declaration, trying to have your cake and eat it too maybe.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can't say for sure, but I agree that there is something suspicious going on with Chomsky.

Heres a link to some credibility damaging source for Choam.