tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8994102237155620629..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Noam Chomsky: What's Wrong with LibertariansRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75820072462039257972014-06-21T00:00:19.810-04:002014-06-21T00:00:19.810-04:00How can someone believe that it is wrong for a sta...How can someone believe that it is wrong for a state to initiate force on another state yet believe that it is perfectly fine for a state to initiate force upon an individual?<br /><br />His logic is perfectly consistent as long as you don't look too deeply into the confused depths. <br /><br />Chomsky is a tool. RDF2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14340534647561133098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89128574472761265682014-06-20T23:32:47.842-04:002014-06-20T23:32:47.842-04:00Luke, you aren't right, you're so not righ...Luke, you aren't right, you're so not right you aren't even wrong! Your limited understanding of liberty, social systems, linguistics and reality makes me wonder how you can even breathe without someone telling you how to do it. RDF2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14340534647561133098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53444217286948439322014-06-20T23:29:37.945-04:002014-06-20T23:29:37.945-04:00Chomsky's linguistic contributions are being h...Chomsky's linguistic contributions are being heavily debated and criticized today. His legend is far greater than his actual contributions. RDF2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14340534647561133098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9977025063016049812014-06-20T20:40:46.228-04:002014-06-20T20:40:46.228-04:00I guess libertarians have more faith in humanity t...I guess libertarians have more faith in humanity than leftists and think that humanity could handle itself just fine without a violent, coercive monopoly dominating society.Shane Trejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001841704976575455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25769019645427874522014-06-20T19:21:52.680-04:002014-06-20T19:21:52.680-04:00Exactly.
Exactly. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934140328875086701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89038054686154109932014-06-20T19:20:58.484-04:002014-06-20T19:20:58.484-04:00Noam Chomsky never claimed to be a pacifist. He is...Noam Chomsky never claimed to be a pacifist. He is a brilliant linguist, I don't care what you say. I doubt any of you have even read anything he's written. His logic is perfectly consistent. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934140328875086701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62481160003282073032014-01-13T17:30:38.812-05:002014-01-13T17:30:38.812-05:00Luke: I love this: "anarchy means "no ru...Luke: I love this: "anarchy means "no ruler" (from ancient greek - the "an-" prefix means "no" and "archy" means "ruler") whereas libertarian means "no rules""<br />sixtiessmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690402553239759342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36003432354195057852014-01-01T13:23:28.249-05:002014-01-01T13:23:28.249-05:00"Libertarianism is about the lack of coercion..."Libertarianism is about the lack of coercion.In a libertraian society no one would have to deal with any private entity that they did not want to deal with, unlike a government where taxes and regulations are forced on us."<br /><br />How would you achieve that? What would stop that private power from FORCING you to deal with it, if its bigger than you are? For example, under a Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277404737116296858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89458460492075764832013-08-28T02:50:34.653-04:002013-08-28T02:50:34.653-04:00His linguistics is rubbish? You should be sorry. Y...His linguistics is rubbish? You should be sorry. You have no idea what you are talking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10829995641444832882013-05-30T00:09:41.874-04:002013-05-30T00:09:41.874-04:00I interpreted the quoted text as saying that we ca...I interpreted the quoted text as saying that we can use the current government structure against itself (as it has some public influence) to slowly minimize it and eventually remove it. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but how is that contrary to libertarian or anarchist philosophies? I'm all for "dropping the reins" but all that looks like to me is a proposal for a pragmatic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22530377637008918632013-05-29T23:52:16.521-04:002013-05-29T23:52:16.521-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33048548516245303922013-05-29T22:59:16.820-04:002013-05-29T22:59:16.820-04:00Chomsky is the most overrated intellectual ever. ...Chomsky is the most overrated intellectual ever. I just don't get the fascination with him. He has never impressed me. An "anarchist" that calls for increasing the power of the state, a "pacifist" whose research was funded by the Pentagon, and an academic that tries to squash scholarly dissent to his cockamamie universal grammar theories. Really impressive.Ed Ucationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375062362847706272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20343283838940815322013-05-29T22:46:06.250-04:002013-05-29T22:46:06.250-04:00His linguistics is rubbish as well. Sorry.His linguistics is rubbish as well. Sorry.Ed Ucationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375062362847706272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-87661766416748906772013-05-29T19:15:07.655-04:002013-05-29T19:15:07.655-04:00Spot on Robert, Chomsky is very confused. Rather a...Spot on Robert, Chomsky is very confused. Rather amazing for a guy whose whole career is based on providing very clear definitions for the symbols (i.e. the words) used in communication .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41630252913392468192013-05-29T18:19:02.424-04:002013-05-29T18:19:02.424-04:00To be an responsible anarchist in good standing at...To be an responsible anarchist in good standing at a university, one must believe in coercive control by the state.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254728148882930531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75909262623485313292013-05-29T17:28:27.030-04:002013-05-29T17:28:27.030-04:00Like a lot of people who talk about dropping the r...Like a lot of people who talk about dropping the reins, they just can't quite bring themselves to do it. He thinks in terms of 19th century robber barons and the horrors that they brought when he talks about Libertarianism. Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41848841590888588342013-05-29T16:40:00.320-04:002013-05-29T16:40:00.320-04:00I find that his work in linguistics is quite good....I find that his work in linguistics is quite good. Sure, politically he's a hack, just like Pinker. But both of them are very good when they stick to their academic discipline. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30682550894760544332013-05-29T15:59:29.948-04:002013-05-29T15:59:29.948-04:00I've never understood the scholastic fascinati...I've never understood the scholastic fascination with Chomsky. I've read some of his work and what I've read has been underwhelming.<br /><br />I've also always laughed when he refers himself to an anarchist and he's done so many times before. In fact, the very cognitive dissonance that allows him to refer to himself as such is a pretty good indicator of the quality of much ofNick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.com