Noam Chomsky and the Manufacturing of American Dissent: 2 videos

[Paul Rigby]

Why does ANYBODY care what Noam Chomsky thinks?

Jack

Good question Jack; but the cold hard fact is that they do. That Zwicker piece is spot on about the esteem in which he is held by the broad political Left. One of the few organisations I support financially (Media Lens) is besotted with his analysis of the way that the MSM is suborned to Establishment agendas - etc etc. He has achieved High Priest status for many who, in most respects are pre-disposed to distrust and oppose the established order. It is that status that makes him so dangerous to the prospects of real change and thus an obvious potential asset to those determined to prevent it.

http://palestinethinktank.com/2010/04/29...ment-16060

By way of illustrating Pete's point about Chomsky's influence:

Noam Chomsky has no significance beyond what foolish people of conscience accord him. I was once among them. And I say that with much angst, as Professor Chomsky was indeed my erstwhile teacher of the crimes of empire for most of my adult life – untill 911.

That's when I finally recognized what was always staring me in the face: Noam Chomsky is the epitome of manufactured dissent. From JFK's assassination to 911, Chomsky has always echoed empire's own core axioms, i.e., maintaining its presuppositions and core-lies in his vigorous dissent giving the illusion of imposing intellectualism: Lone gunman to Osama Bin Laden!

Noam Chomksy was cleverly fabricated for this role of controlling the opposition to empire by intellectually leading it. As I studied how it was done, it is a fascinating Machiavelli which spans the gamut from opposition to the lauded dissent chief by imperial chiefs to imperial organs of state actually knighting him as "Arguably the most important intellectual alive."

As I wrote recently in a letter to another up and coming manufactured dissent leader in the monetary/banking reform arena from MIT, former IMF Chief Economist, Simon Johnson:

"However, I will share with you a piece of general folk wisdom which often guides me in matters of political science: when empire's instruments give out awards to dissent chiefs, run like hell." (that letter can be read on my website). The realization that almost all notable dissent chiefs were/are actually working for empire, judging them simply by their axioms, has been a rude political awakening.