People can be wrong, monstrously wrong, sometimes, and yet not even the stupidest and most evil.human is wrong all of the time. People can be capable of heroic deeds, and yet they still are flawed.
Believing that conspiracies explain the world is as misguided, unproductive and silly as believing that heroes or gurus can explain it to you. Of course, there are conspiracies, but it's plain lazy to think they provide a useful explanation of how the world works. That is Chomsky's point. Do the work. Why does the CIA exist? Who sponsors it? Why does it have the role and powers it has? What lines did JFK cross? Chomsky has the useful answers to these larger questions that help us understand the significance and likelihood of conspiracy theories, proven or unproven.
People don't have to be perfect in all areas to be very good in one area, Chomsky was the pundit of US foreign policy. He was the best. But you might expect him to be god. He thought the unvaxxed should be sent to camps. Still he was the best at explicating American foreign policy.
Chomsky was never that great. He believes in the conspiracy theory that JFK wasn't killed by the CIA.
I suggest treating no living human as an oracle.
People can be wrong, monstrously wrong, sometimes, and yet not even the stupidest and most evil.human is wrong all of the time. People can be capable of heroic deeds, and yet they still are flawed.
Believing that conspiracies explain the world is as misguided, unproductive and silly as believing that heroes or gurus can explain it to you. Of course, there are conspiracies, but it's plain lazy to think they provide a useful explanation of how the world works. That is Chomsky's point. Do the work. Why does the CIA exist? Who sponsors it? Why does it have the role and powers it has? What lines did JFK cross? Chomsky has the useful answers to these larger questions that help us understand the significance and likelihood of conspiracy theories, proven or unproven.
He's greater than you. Much greater. You? You're just a cynical little whiner.
People don't have to be perfect in all areas to be very good in one area, Chomsky was the pundit of US foreign policy. He was the best. But you might expect him to be god. He thought the unvaxxed should be sent to camps. Still he was the best at explicating American foreign policy.
Agree 100% he was a fraud from the get go.
Prove it.