Chomsky on "theory" from Barsamian interview,was "no social science theories"

[Carrol Cox]

Leslilake1 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> From:  Propaganda and the Public Mind, Interview done 1998
> 
> DB:  You're not big on theories.  Why not?
> 
> NC:   He [Marx] had essentially nothing to say about socialism, a few scattered
> sentences here and there.

This _was_ Marx's core theory of socialism -- that it was undiscussable
(under capitalism) except in the most cursory way. That's perhaps the
main thing that distinguishes Marxism from liberalism -- Marx's disdain
of prophecy & promises.

Carrol