Noam Chomsky: “Every Time We Build Up Our Military Budget, We’re Attacking Ourselves”

[basquebromance]

he's not certifiably insane as most anti-war liberals are.

Noam Chomsky, one of the greatest contemporary philosophers, called the blocking of Russian sources insane. “Why can’t we know what they are saying? Why am I forced to look for statements made by the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the Al Jazeera website?"

Noam Chomsky: “Every Time We Build Up Our Military Budget, We’re Attacking Ourselves”

In a new interview, Noam Chomsky discusses the hypocrisies of US empire and why if we really wanted to build a decent society, we’d immediately slash the massive military budget.

jacobin.com

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Noam Chomsky is a long time communist. For years.

 

[BackAgain]

Noam Chomsky is a long time communist. For years.

He’s a highly respected stupid asshole. Can’t stand that cockbite.

 

[Oddball]

A brilliant linguist, who has wasted his talents with horribly misguided political commentary.

That he swerved into a self-evident truth here doesn't mitigate the fact that he's a statist lunatic.

 

[MaryL]

McNamara or Oppenheimer. I lost all confidence in "intellectuals."

 

[fncceo]

Chomsky has made a multi-million dollar living hating the country that pays him so well and the system that gives him tenure.

What would you expect him to say?