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Originally posted by ConspiracyNut23
Thanks KT.
Originally posted by ConspiracyNut23
It's not easy criticizing a personal hero. As you can see the arguments against him are weak. (a net worth of $2 million for an international book bestseller and MIT professor seem quite moderate, IMO)
Originally posted by ConspiracyNut23
I think it is the same pic you have on your living room wall. The last page was drawn well over a year ago. I think I simply added the all-seeing eye in the background.
When I challenged Chomsky about his trust, he suddenly started to sound very bourgeois: "I don't apologize for putting aside money for my children and grandchildren," he wrote in one e-mail. Chomsky offered no explanation for why he condemns others who are equally proud of their provision for their children and who try to protect their assets from Uncle Sam. (However, Chomsky did say that his tax shelter is OK because he and his family are "trying to help suffering people.")
Originally posted by ConspiracyNut23
Although i disagree with the claim that Chomsky "condemns others who are equally proud of their provision for their children and who try to protect their assets from Uncle Sam". Chomsky rarely condemns individuals for being capitalists, rather he usually condemns the capitalist system itself and seeks change in institutions themselves, not individuals within these institutions.
Originally posted by KilgoreTrout
If Chomsky attacks only the institution, then perhaps he is a gatekeeper.