The Problem with Chomsky

matt hogan matt.hogan at mailcity.com
Fri Dec 17 11:26:53 PST 1999


Fred Woodworth summed up the problem with Chomsky as follows:

"Chomsky's publishers and introduction writers seem to have no trouble, at least, weaving a fabric around his speeches and writing that can glisten with Socialism to Socialists, and glimmer with Anarchism, in the sight of Anarchists whose vision is dazzled by celebrity. Leftists, in general, encounter in him a diffuse leftism, and the great attraction a public figure exerts in a culture so permeated by spectacle and media...lead(ing) many to see what they're looking for, whether it's there or not"--from "The Match!", Summer 1999 issue

Libertarian. Socialist. Anarchist. I wish Chomsky would make up his mind.

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