Noam Chomsky: Illegal but Legitimate: a Dubious Doctrine for the Times

On 22 March 2005, the renowned author, educator and linguist Professor Noam Chomsky delivered the third and final lecture of the 2004/2005 Gifford Lecture Series, Illegal but Legitimate: a Dubious Doctrine for the Times.

The Gifford Lecturers are recognised as pre-eminent thinkers in their respective fields.

The Gifford Lectureships were established in 1888. Adam Lord Gifford (1820-1887) was a senator of the College of Justice in Scotland.

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[Boomoutgothelights]

@olddouchebag This isn't boring for the intelligent.

[GHS948]

Chomsky is not rerflexibly against stattes. He feels all organizations, including states must continually justify their existence. If an organization, including a governmental organization or agency, proves its worth, then it is of service to the people and should continue to function. A libertarian might even like this attitude, although Chomsky is by no means a libertarian. Chomsky is devoted to democracy and government's purpose is to serve the people.

[olddouchebag]

@ericfeinberg28 Yes it took many months of deliberation. I must say yours is quite spiffing too.

[ericfeinberg28]

@olddouchebag your screen name is apt.

[olddouchebag]

@ericfeinberg28 Boo hoo my mind is so weak ;-( Help me please.

[ericfeinberg28]

@ehudnold9 enjoy your PhD from the university of sad pathetic dumbasses

[ericfeinberg28]

@olddouchebag only to the weak minded

[sphires]

@TheGodlessGuitarist Actually he does claim to be a libertarian by traditional standards but claims that the US's view of libertarianism is perverted by Ayn Rand radicals. Instead he views traditional libertarianism as "libertarian socialism".

[TheGodlessGuitarist]

@GHS948 "Chomsky is not rerflexibly against stattes"

He is not, however he is against concentrations of power, because they corrupt without fail, and thus hopes that states will disappear in time.

"Chomsky is by no means a libertarian."

Actually he is a true social libertarian, he is just not a neo-libertarian which is nothing more than a squad of numskulls cheerleading the religion of free market capitalism and deregulation for the rich, that goes by the name of The Tea Party.

[DirtyRatBastards]

@Boomoutgothelights

Touché

[arzoyan]

Capitalism is the wage slavery of humanity in a politically manipulated MARKET SYSTEM OF ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY ,a tyrannical,destructive system to perpetuate poverty and exploitation in the interest of the ruling class. Capitalism from its Genocidal killings of native Americans to the mercantile plundering and enslavement of African natives to its Millitaristic rise of European Powers to World wars and Financial serfdom of the world has been a DISASTEROUS minority imposition .