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Chomsky is a member of the Intelligentsia with celebrity giving him unique access to the upper echelons of society far above what would otherwise be "his station" even when his expressed political beliefs are in opposition to what they believe.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 3 points 2 hours ago

It's noteworthy that it's not Chomsky's system either. It's not Derrida's, Foucault's, Zizek's, or Deleuze's system. Yet the people who have power don't mind letting in these guys, who are ostensibly radicals and critics of power, to the boys' club and they're allowed to share that power a little bit. But when you think about intellectuals who do similar work and aren't anticommunists, none of them are household names. So is the intelligentsia just a thing that exists that has a vague unspecified connection to the ruling class, or is the process of knowledge production just as important for the capitalists to coopt as any other arena of economic and social intercourse?

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 9 hours ago

Why are MLs specifically outside of the western intelligentsia? Can you think of one that's in the Epstein files?