20-08-2013, 10:42 PM
Chomsky goes to great lengths to sound anti-elitist. All of that is undermined, however, by his wholesale purchase of the fundamental assumptions that underlie Cold War, elitist liberalism, which he regards as the anti-christ.
Doc heal thyself!
WHY IS SO MUCH OF TODAY'S FOUNDATION FUNDED (IMO)- FAKE-LEFT UNCRITICALLY REFLECTING THE WORST ASPECTS OF COLD WAR, ULTRA-ELITIST LIBERALISM? "A large block of American intellectuals evolved an original theory of politics in reaction to McCarthyism.Many American intellectuals found McCarthy's roots in the agrarian radical tradition -- emerging from Populists, La Follette progressives, the non-Partisan League. The present study challenges the notion that McCarthy had agrarian radical roots. The book concludes by suggesting that fear of popular uprisings and radical protest has divorced political analysis from the specific issues around which protest forms. These issues determine whether mass movements will be dangerous or valuable. Ignoring the issues of politics, Rogin argues, leads to a reliance on established institutions unhealthy and unrealistic in a free society." http://www.amazon.com/The-Intellectuals-...ap_title_0
Doc heal thyself!
WHY IS SO MUCH OF TODAY'S FOUNDATION FUNDED (IMO)- FAKE-LEFT UNCRITICALLY REFLECTING THE WORST ASPECTS OF COLD WAR, ULTRA-ELITIST LIBERALISM? "A large block of American intellectuals evolved an original theory of politics in reaction to McCarthyism.Many American intellectuals found McCarthy's roots in the agrarian radical tradition -- emerging from Populists, La Follette progressives, the non-Partisan League. The present study challenges the notion that McCarthy had agrarian radical roots. The book concludes by suggesting that fear of popular uprisings and radical protest has divorced political analysis from the specific issues around which protest forms. These issues determine whether mass movements will be dangerous or valuable. Ignoring the issues of politics, Rogin argues, leads to a reliance on established institutions unhealthy and unrealistic in a free society." http://www.amazon.com/The-Intellectuals-...ap_title_0