Noam Chomsky - Untouchable - Rebel Without A Pause

Noam Chomsky is one of the greatest intellectuals to ever live, and certainly the most important alive today.

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[ct91rs]

I believe you are being overly simplistic my friend. Private property and freedom of association can lead to any number of possible organizations.

Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad effectively gave corporations the same rights as persons (14th Amend.). This should be appalling to true conservatives who respect the constitution.

Corporations have become unaccountable tyrannies. Their leaders are not elected by the people, yet they wield massive political influence.

[RogerOnTheRight]

You make him sound almost like Superman. Truth, Justice, and the American Way!

I have read Chomsky off and on for forty years now. He clearly disapproves of "property rights" and corporate organization. This of course, flies in the face of the United States Constitution, so apparently he isn't too fond of that either.

Chomsky is the dancing chicken, where you drop a quarter in the slot and the chicken comes out and pecks at corn, in a dance-like fashion.

Entertaining to some, I suppose.

[ct91rs]

Whether you agree with him or not, his views are worth considering. If you have read him, you know he doesn't pander to any political party. He speaks truth to power, which is not a popular position.

A citation of his desire to abolish private property would be useful, but your cannot provide what does not exist. The structure of the modern corporation was provided by the Supreme Court, (Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific and Buckley v. Valeo) not the constitution.

[RogerOnTheRight]

Chomsky is very famous for being an anti-establishment intellectual, against almost everything, including private property and free markets.

Those of you who insist Chomsky has made your lives better, please tell me, what Chomsky is *for*?

[ct91rs]

Roger, you may want to read what Chomsky has actually written. He has never been against private property or free markets.

In fact, he has stated that Capitalism might be a good thing, if we ever tried it. Massive subsidies to corporations (welfare for the rich), and deregulation leading to huge monopolies doesn't afford much of a 'free market'.

What he for? Truth, justice, human rights, free speech, etc. You know, things the *right* supposedly stood for at one time.

[RogerOnTheRight]

The notion of the modern corportation, as we implement it here, derives from two things I can think off, offhand: 1) the concept of private property and 2) freedom of association.

I doubt I can find a quote where it explicitly says "abolish private property", but his writing is often sprinkled with phrases decribing property rights as "sometimes legitimate", and not much more. He seems to prefer collectivization to share ownership.

[happylittlehamburger]

He's really changed how I see our world. I think I'd be lost without him. Thanks, Noam.

[bluenote71]

I can honestly say that reading Noam's books, and listening to his lectures and interviews, has made my life better. Thanks for posting.