Comments by "" (@indonesiaamerica7050) on "Noam Chomsky: We Must Confront the “Ultranationalist, Reactionary” Movements Growing Across Globe" video.
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"The core of traditional Marxist thought is dialectics and Marxist theory, and Chomsky almost never uses the former and rarely the later. "
Nonsense. He has his own distinct lexicon but his dialectics involve the same Marxist- materialist analytical paradigms. He uses Critical Theory jargon and framework for the most part so that it sounds like he's applying his own distinct critical thinking but he's not.
"Neo Marxists are steeped in the postmodernist tradition, which Chomsky actively critiques."
LOL. Infighting. They're "tribalist" Neo-Marxists thanks to the likes of Dawkins.
"It’s why he doesn’t get along with famous Marxists like Zizek."
It's inherent to Critical Theory to strive chaotically to come up with the best "survival of the fittest" answers while never quite expecting to be able to fully explain why their ideas are "fittest" or "the best." Political power is the only "proof" that matters. That's where "Selfish Gene" starts and finishes.
"Even the most “moderate” Marxists at least use Marx’s critiques of capitalism as a starting point."
Those that choose to approach "disparity" from that angle do. Those that choose more oblique attacks, as in Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, all choose different starting points with all of the same assumptions. Marxists try to explain disparity and the cognitive dissonance of how incompetent people can be poor or "disenfranchised" without being personally responsible. Their victim status is taken for granted. They're victims of "the system" or "status quo institutions" and so forth. If you specifically offer evidence based criticism against something that can lead to ordinary critical thinking and constructive problem solving. If you reference paradigmatic institutions like "capitalism" or "patriarchy" or "neo colonialism" or any of that collectivist garbage you are highly affected by Critical Theory, which is basically Marxist excuses for why the international workers' revolution didn't bring about "Communism" or at least a clearly organized "dictatorship of the proletariat."
An "Anarchist" by identity that relies on all of the institutions that he critiques...wtf is that? An actual anarchist works to become independent of any form of coercive social structures. Does he do that? Are you kidding me? He also identifies as "Libertarian" while attempting to explain human sentience as a hard materialist along the lines of Richard Dawkins. The man is very confused. Putting him on a pedestal doesn't do anyone any good at all. His entire lexicon is mendacious, at best. Also, anarchists would be supportive of natural property/liberty rights, not condemning "corporations" that form under the doctrines of free will and don't break the law. Anarchists are not against other people forming their own cooperative organizations. Everything Chomsky says is all about his POV as some wannabe messiah that is attempting to explain "disparity" and "injustice" of the "demos" that don't fall in line with his incoherent doctrines.
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