Chomsky’s response to the Epstein files release indicates 100% he knew and participated.
https://www.insider.com/noam-chomsky-mit-wsj-wall-street-journal-jeffrey-epstein-2023-4
Renowned academic Noam Chomsky told The Wall Street Journal that his meetings with Jeffrey Epstein are "none of your business"
Oh, yikes. Even if that's meant simply as standing on principles of personal privacy, that's... tone deaf and not good optics, at the very least.
its okay he is synthetic left this is to be expected
I have a hard time respecting Chomsky because of his comments regarding post-modern philosophy. You'd think he would have a cogent criticism where he defends structuralism and Marxism. But no, it's just a bunch of conspiracy minded "they just say that because they're getting paid" nonsense you would expect from Ben Shapiro or Jordan Peterson.
He actually had the nerve to criticize Foucault for using unnecessarily esoteric language to explain simple things. Chomsky said that....ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE!
That was actually one of my earliest exposures to Chomsky. On one hand, I feel like "Postmodernism is fake because I can understand complex things but I can't understand this" may have prematurely soured me on him. On the other hand, considering his horrific takes on imperialism and atrocities that are committed by non-Western powers, perhaps being soured on him from the start isn't such a bad thing.
It's a completely valid criticism of Foucault. There's nothing I hate more than obscurantist Parisian bullshit.
If I remember correctly, Chomsky is neither a structuralist nor a Marxist, and has said that he has not studied Marxism in much detail. Foucault was (sort of) a structuralist, and I think Zizek is a Marxist.
Chomsky like Greenwald really licking the tit of Kremlin propaganda.
White hot take: All the "leftists" talking about how NATO shouldn't exist and is evil are the same morons who think Americans shouldn't vote for Biden on the grounds of him "not being left enough."
Like, yeah, NATO shouldn't have to exist, but we see what happens when smaller countries don't work together when near a larger/hostile neighbor. Same deal with voting for the (shitty) Democrats over Republicans: we know what happens when shitty people get into power, and it is painfully obvious they will do ANYTHING to keep power once in.
Sometimes, the best we can do is "stop things from getting shittier" instead of "making things less shitty."
It's kind of like in the prisoner's dilemma. That kind of leftist is only cooperating (which in a perfect world would be the best option) but because of that is easily taken advantage of. Conservatives mostly see stuff as a zero-sum game and always choose to defect and make sure they at least don't lose which in the long term is also horrible.
People 'just' need to accept that the world is not black and white and neither perfectly good nor completely bad either and that you achieve more with cooperation but can't be a pushover either...
Anarchism doesn't really have an option aside from siding with NATO, as politically expensive that is. Imperialism was bad in the 16th century, in the 18th century, in the 20th century and is bad in the 21st century.
As an anarchist I'm on the side of the Ukrainian people defending their homes and resisting imperialism. The fact that NATO is on the same side is just a coincidence.
Based Zizek
We can support Ukraine and even NATO without using the Bandera colours. He was a fascist.
Edit: I can't tell diagonal from horizontal.
Red and black with diagonal division is usually regarded as anarcho-communist. 'Anarcho-NATOism' is a common joke in some circles.
Oooh, right. Diagonal vs horizontal also.
Carry on.
No worries! I understand the trepidation. No fascist-sympathies here, though, I promise you.
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