Re:Pardon Snowden
by yodsanklai on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @02:02PM
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I tend to agree with Chomsky's views, but sometimes I feel he's too extreme and that makes him lose credibility. Maybe it's my misunderstanding, but he often sounds like there is a bunch of people, "the elite" that plan together how they are going to control the rest of the world. I see this instead as a natural, non-coordinated phenomenon caused by various powerful people trying to serve their self-interests.
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Re:Pardon Snowden
by wry_discontent on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @04:07PM
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If you read more of what he says, you'll find Chomsky says exactly this.
So you might summarise Chomsky's book as "some people are more persuasive than others"
Does he also say that these people may be powerful because they are persuasive?
I think it's more along the lines of they are persuasive because they are powerful. The golden rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.
Well of course they're persuasive because they are more powerful. That's the main theme (as I understand it) and agree.
I was suggesting the other way is true too.