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[oldngray]

why are you skeptical. hes a legend.

look what happened to yoda in empire strikes back. hes a total rockstar and hes pushed to the margins. i think this is how our system works. nader got pushed to the margins too.

He is little more than a fringe activist.

 

[rickyb]

I am very skeptical of that "most cited" claim. But you can trust Google.

Can't you?

brave search

 

[rickyb]

He is little more than a fringe activist.

hes got a ton of books. on book tv the interviewer said ive never seen someone with so many books

 

[rickyb]

That Kim chic?

he couldve done way better.

 

[rickyb]

i watched the piers morgan interview with ye and his friend, and his friend was calling out the genocide in israel

some people will take israels actions and turn it into racism.

 

[Over70irregs]

i think hes cited comparable to socrates aka the greatest thinkers of all time.

Socrates studied in Kemet I believe and learned Imhotep and Aesops work.

 

[tourists24]

im talking about most cited living authors. i think chomsky was top 8 all time. why is political activism suspect? if you arent not politically active i think its more suspect than if you are

being a popular author doesn't make him the arbiter of truth. It means he gets read a lot by the educational community. His political activism is one of the left so his motivations come to act on his political ideology which makes it one sided.

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

brave search

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Spare change news is a very liberal looking philosophy blog.
Mindflash.com is a corporate training platform?
And MIT used to be the place to go for tech education.

Not good sources, except the MIT one, and that's a very liberal organization.

 

[tourists24]

why are you skeptical. hes a legend.

look what happened to yoda in empire strikes back. hes a total rockstar and hes pushed to the margins. i think this is how our system works. nader got pushed to the margins too.

Trump is a legend also. Just because a lot of people hate him doesn't make him less popular that Chomsky. He's also loved and followed. I'd say many more people know of Trump and his thoughts than Chomsky. And yet neither of them are the arbiters of truth.

 

[tourists24]

hes got a ton of books. on book tv the interviewer said ive never seen someone with so many books

So how does this make him arbiter of all truth?

 

[rickyb]

being a popular author doesn't make him the arbiter of truth. It means he gets read a lot by the educational community. His political activism is one of the left so his motivations come to act on his political ideology which makes it one sided.

i agree popularity is no arbiter of truth because taylor swift is popular.

 

[rickyb]

Trump is a legend also. Just because a lot of people hate him doesn't make him less popular that Chomsky. He's also loved and followed. I'd say many more people know of Trump and his thoughts than Chomsky. And yet neither of them are the arbiters of truth.

it might be true more people know of trump that chomsky

why do you think that is?

why did trumps empty podium get more air time than all of bernies stuff in 2016?

trump is definitely not an arbiter

 

[rickyb]

So how does this make him arbiter of all truth?

have you watched his videos?

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

it might be true more people know of trump that chomsky

There is no might.

 

[vantexan]

it might be true more people know of trump that chomsky

why do you think that is?

why did trumps empty podium get more air time than all of bernies stuff in 2016?

trump is definitely not an arbiter

Chomsky is known within certain circles, especially in the States. Trump is the most powerful man on Earth and billions are aware of him just as they are Xi and Putin. I have no idea why you would say Trump "might" be more known than Chomsky.

 

[vantexan]

have you watched his videos?

Anyone who advances Marxism, no matter how wise and sage they appear, is a fool considering how much damage that economic system has caused.

 

[rickyb]

Anyone who advances Marxism, no matter how wise and sage they appear, is a fool considering how much damage that economic system has caused.

you mean saying freedom is not a choice between following orders from a boss at work and starving?

 

[rickyb]

Chomsky is known within certain circles, especially in the States. Trump is the most powerful man on Earth and billions are aware of him just as they are Xi and Putin. I have no idea why you would say Trump "might" be more known than Chomsky.

yea i think their corruption is one of the reasons theyre promoted more.

 

[vantexan]

you mean saying freedom is not a choice between following orders from a boss at work and starving?

When has Marxism ever advanced freedom?

 

[tourists24]

it might be true more people know of trump that chomsky

why do you think that is?

why did trumps empty podium get more air time than all of bernies stuff in 2016?

trump is definitely not an arbiter

exactly. Popularity doesn't mean the truth. That goes for Chomsky also.