Noam Chomsky's statement on killing of Osama bin Laden

[Richard Ryan]

It's good to have contrarians like Chomsky around - and its especially
good to live in a society in which contrarians are tolerated and even,
as is the case with Chomsky, celebrated.

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> Clearly Chomsky is rallying some people or h wouldn't sell books etc. World wide, there are a lot of socialists/progessives/Liberals/ anarchists/tribal shamanists etc. who want a more peaceable, sustainable, and economically just planet. For many Chomsky is an eye opening thinker.
> On May 16, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Paul Mackin wrote:
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>>> 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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