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Interviews over many years so there's a lot of redundancy. Chomsky is incredibly good on some FoPo issues, like basically all USA military involvement (Indochina, Central & South American, Israel), providing the details every leftist needs. But his positivism utterly lacks a real system. He can't abstract. It leads to an oppressive inability to articulate alternatives & a weak understanding of ideology.
Apr 19, 2024 07:55PM
Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian, 1984–1996

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Never read much Chomsky. I am reading a lot of interviews lately. The first chapter on propaganda is mediocre...Chomsky blames "the educated classes" of which he is a prominent representative and seems to think merely unearthing the truth does something. He admits policies are divorced from popular opinion...so why does popular opinion matter? The next chapter on Israel is much better, though.
Feb 04, 2024 10:06AM
Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian, 1984–1996


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