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Old 11-07-2007, 03:19 PM
Bill Haywood Bill Haywood is offline
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Default Re: Chomsky on Anarchism (sidenote; education)

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The closest example of the practical manifestation of Chomsky's political "philosophy" is the former Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in the late 1970's -- which Chomsky, not surprisingly, supported.

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You don't know what you are talking about. Chomsky has always been bitterly critical of Leninism, of which the Khmer Rouge were an extreme example. If you read the above interview, you would find that he is hostile to socialist dictatorships, and with the same rhetoric he uses for fascists.

Chomsky once said very early that the evidence was not yet in on Khmer Rouge genocide. From that, mendacious types claim he supported them, despite his never having said so. It's one of the dumber lies about him, but spreads because dittoheads chant it long enough.
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