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Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by rayiner on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:16AM (#31457606)
Criticizing Noam Chomsky for not being sincerely anti-imperialist is a pretty remarkable.
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Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by kspacewalk2 on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:29AM (#31457703)
He's a very well known and consistent anti-US-imperialist. I'll gladly accept evidence of his wider anti-imperialism.
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Re:Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and Other Intellectuals) on ... by sidlls on Saturday May 21, 2022 @10:33AM (#31458249)
Noam Chomsky is anti-imperialist. He also prioritizes anti-imperialism lower than other things and justifies support for imperialist politicians (e.g. Obama, Biden) by proffering arguments from pragmatism and "lesser evilism".

So it's possible to say he's anti-imperialist, but not sincerely so and be correct.

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