Israeli intervention in US elections ‘vastly overwhelms' anything Russia has done, claims Noam Chomsky

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[–]useless_aether 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

n. c. is not to be trusted

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

More trusted than 99% of the rest of the media, and he definitely has a point here. Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater just because he's not brave on one issue

[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

i know you trust him, but in my eyes he is controlled opposition, not a baby. a very bad, very ugly, very evil baby perhaps.

edit, i am adding this for those wondering where i am coming from
https://www.corbettreport.com/meet-noam-chomsky-academic-gatekeeper-video/

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

No one is 100% correct. I think Chomsky is correct about everything he says before the year 2000 or so. He's very anti-establishment and anti-war, and he knows his facts, all attributes that I admire. But I think he was compromised over the 9/11 stuff, I think that's why he talks so much about the 60s-90s

[–]useless_aether 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

yeah, that era is his heyday. but what i also think is that for every sold soul there is a before and after partition of the timeline. the time when he was his own man and a time when not.

additionally the mit is known as an establishment institution. no academic can maintain a tenure, win grants, or just simply exist if going against the political will of the establishment. how come he managed?

and if you watch the video, you will see, that 9/11 is not the only issue where he showed his true colors.

i think he is a knight of malta, a papal knight, in kahoots with soros, the jesuits, the banksters etc

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

no academic can maintain a tenure, win grants, or just simply exist if going against the political will of the establishment. how come he managed?

Because such a thing was possible in the 60s, and he has tenure, but he's been contacted so he knows there's certain issues he shouldn't speak out on

You could be right, but I think he does far more to expose than to hide. His book Manufacturing Consent is a masterpiece.

[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

my last argument is that he is polarizing, both academically and politically, ( as a saidit user, he would be worse than most of us :-) and sowing division is the trademark of the roman empire.

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

That's decent point, but I also think anyone who tells the truth in an empire of lies is going to have an divisive effect

[–]useless_aether 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

oh that reminded me, he rejects the use of the word empire to describe the system for some obscure reason, but i think its because actually it hits too close to home. its too true, therefore dangerous.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That's interesting. He does call what the US does "imperialism" almost all the time though, not exactly all that different imo. Empire and imperialism have the same root