Comment by breppp
2 days ago
I said BBC because as the other poster added, this was a BBC reporter rather than Carlson
Chomsky's entire argument is, that the reporter opinions are meaningless as he is part of some imaginary establishment and therefore he had to think that way.
That game goes both ways, Chomsky's opinions are only being given TV time as they are unusual.
I would venture more and say the only reason Chomsky holds these opinions is because of the academics preference for original thought rather than mainstream thought. As any repeat of an existing theory is worthless.
The problem is that in the social sciences that are not grounded in experiments, too much ungrounded original thought leads to academic conspiracy theories
Imaginary establishment? Do you think power doesn't exist?
power does exist, however foucault's theory of power as a metaphysical force pervading everyone's actions and thought is a conspiracy theory
And yet even in this old forum, depending on what I write in the comment, I can be praised, shadowbanned or downvoted.
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Chomsky was not a foucauldian at all and his criticisms are super far from foucault's ideas. You can watch the very famous debate they had to see how they differ.
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