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Originally Posted by pure_mercury
Noam Chomsky is about as biased as it gets. Have you ever read Rogue States? He was basically making shit up. Really, you should seek out a more eclectic set of viewpoints.
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I found Chomsky exciting and fun. Particularly as he is so consistent in his attitude.
I have tried to understand him but failed. This I find interesting in itself.
But moving towards understanding I can see that on the surface he is a principled dissident.
And he also strikes me as a quintessential American who lives in our near New England. So I put him in the box of New England dissident.
This makes some sense as America was founded by New England dissidents. So is this why he resonates so strongly?
But why would he resonate with me? I live on the other side of the Earth and am the creature of a different history.
But Chomsky does ring bells with me - a big bell.
And that bell is paranoia.
I've always been attracted to paranoia. It is emotionally involving. It provides a reason for everything. But most of all, it takes the moral high ground.
Paranoia appeals to all my predilections.
But beware!
Paranoia not only provides a simple solution to a complex problem, paranoia is also psychological preparation to attack.
And paranoia is ultra rational. In fact ultra rationality is the psychological defence of the paranoid.
So Chomsky slyly invites you to defeat him on rational grounds - knowing he is undefeatable. So he sets up a brilliant hypnotic loop from which we can't escape.
Chomsky is a true darling.