Jim wrote:
>since people like
>Kissinger or McNamara have much power on their side
>than do people like Kolko or Chomsky why shouldn't the
>perspectives of a Kissinger or a McNamara prevail over
>those of a Chomsky or a McNamara? I don't think it
>is all that surprising that Chomsky is one of the staunchest
>critics of pomo around. He realizes whats at stake if we abandon
>the distinction between science and ideology or truth
>and ideology since it is radicals that are going to inevitably
>suffer the consequences because the ruling elites have
>the means to "privelege" their perpsectives over those
>of anyone else.
Or in other words, there has to be such a thing as objective truth, because it would be so politically awful if there were not.
I can't work out whether this is a contradiction, a tautology, a very deep insight or a rather good joke.
dd
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