Noam Chomsky's statement on killing of Osama bin Laden

[Joseph Tracy]

I'm not talking about toppling it. I'm talking about accepting narrower limits of power for our own and others good. No one is a parent forever. Soon enough the job is done and the relations change dramatically.
On May 16, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Paul Mackin wrote:

> On 5/16/2011 11:57 AM, Joseph Tracy wrote:
>> My question, as far as the isms issue is whether there is substantial evidence that Chomsky ascribes to some grand ism. I have never gotten that sense from reading him over the years. He seems to be a pragmatic socialist with a strong commitment to basic freedoms and the equal application of law. Is it "utopian" to think we can have a world without a dominant empire that steals most of the resources?
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> The problem would be in getting from here to there.
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> The Empire wouldn't go willingly.
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> Don't think Chomsky will be much help in rallying "the people," who have other, more immediate concerns.
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> I advise making the best of the empire we have now  because to topple it would require an even more powerful and bloody one.
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