• Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      122·
      1 year ago

      Basically his only major pockmark is his accelerationist stance in 2016, a stance he has functionally rolled back. Otherwise, he is among the most prominent voices extending Marxist ideology to a postmodern framework, while rejecting the simplistic cold war ideas of Communism vs Imperialism which absorbs so much oxygen in many leftist spaces.

  • limonfiesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
    144·
    1 year ago

    Who is Chomsky?

    Oh, nevermind, I remember. He’s one of the guys who enjoyed hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein for “financial advice” and definitely not to abuse any of Epstein’s underage trafficking victims.

    • Mammal@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      1 year ago

      Who is Chomsky?

      He’s the guy mainstream media ignore most of the time but then trots out every four years because he always ends up supporting the corporate approved Democrat.

      • limonfiesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        1 year ago

        The irony here is that I actually know a good deal about Noam Chomsky, but you apparently do not.

        Mainstream media is NOT a fan of him, as they’re his primary target of attack (Manufacturing Consent), and he’s NOT a supporter of corporate Democrats by any stretch.

        You can criticize him, and dislike him, but don’t lie about him.

        • Mammal@lemmy.worldEnglish
          61·
          1 year ago

          Corporate media is not a fan of his. That said, he mysteriously gets a lot more screen time every 4 years as he explains to people why they have to hold their noses and vote for the most recent corporate approved Democrat.

          Do a quick Google search. This happens every 4 years like clockwork. It’s not like there’s some vast conspiracy paying Comsky to do this, it’s just that he allows Democrats to make the case that leftists should feel bad about not blindly voting for them.

          “You don’t want to vote for _______???!!! Why here’s a clip of Chomsky explaining why you must! You are clearly not a very good leftist if you’re so far out there that even Chomsky doesn’t agree with you!”

          Two quick examples, but you will find that he comes up every four years to explain why this particular election is the most important election ever and you must hold your nose and vote for the democrat.

          https://www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/etext/elections/chomskyforkerry.html

          https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/noam-chomsky-supports-hillary-clinton-218192