[lbo-talk] mount veron manifesto

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Feb 18 12:19:58 PST 2010


On Feb 18, 2010, at 2:53 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:


> Chomsky discusses his libertarian socialist (anti-statist) vision in
> relation to political goals:
>
> ...My short-term goals are to defend and even strengthen elements of
> state authority which, though illegitimate in fundamental ways, are
> critically necessary right now to impede the dedicated efforts to
> "roll back" the progress that has been achieved in extending
> democracy and human rights. State authority is now under severe
> attack in the more democratic societies, but not because it
> conflicts with the libertarian vision. Rather the opposite: because
> it offers (weak) protection to some aspects of that vision...

In other words, we need the state now, but we won't later? Sort of Leninist of Chomsky, no?



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