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Comment by code_for_monkey

1 day ago

I mean, its because for the last 80 years America has been the belligerent aggressive party in every conflict. Are you going to bat for Iraq? Vietnam? Korea?

>>last 80 years

Good job in picking your sample size.

  • Noam Chomsky is 96 years old, so 80 years ago he was 16. I don't think choosing a time span which is his adult life is unreasonable.

  • yeah I purposely picked a sample size to include the modern order established after ww2 because its largely so different than what came before it and includes basically all of chomsky's lifespan.

    • I'm not sure you can put 9/11 in that category, even if you do choose that time period.

  • Think about this for a second, when was Noam Chomsky born, and and what age can you start having substantiated opinions?