>B. wrote:
>
>>Also, there is a suspicion of success among the left,
>>and that has sometimes-unfortunate counterparts in the
>>punk community. When a band becomes too popular, folks
>>start jumping ship. The band MUST have done something
>>to sell out to get as popular as they did. There's a
>>similar dynamic with Noam Chomsky. He's "too popular,"
>>which is a bizarre problem in the left. Better-knowing
>>folks have "moved beyond" him. Someone gets too
>>popular, fuck'em, they have sold out somehow. A ohase
>>to go through before getting to the *real* stuff. Yes,
>>there are things maybe Chomsky, et. al., could do
>>better in their personal lives. Yes, he owns a
>>vacation home and isn't vegetarian, which some folks
>>dislike. Etc. But focusing on that sort of stuff is
>>really weak, unless it's something glaring, like he
>>invests 10% of his portfolio in Lockheed. There are
>>always things everyone, including you and me, could
>>probably be doing better.
>
>B. is really spot on here. What Chomsky does with money earned from
>his salary and book sales is his choice. It's not our business.
And don't forget part of his MIT salary comes from the Pentagon! He's a ruse by the Establishment to distract attention from the truth, e.g. the *real* story behind 9/11!
Doug