“Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell”
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It’s fashionable to dismiss virtually all of Chomsky’s work now, but I wonder if even he anticipated someone like donnie eventually just saying this kind of shit out loud on the very flimsiest of pretenses?
Chomsky called all of this in the 70s by spelling out the neoliberal plot and insisting both parties answer to the same masters. He called controlled opposition. That being said, his judgement is clearly suspect given his behavior.
Counterpoint: he had the inside scoop
I think he didn’t come up with the quote “The United States is also a one-party state, but with typical American extravagance, they have two of them” but he sure loved stealing the idea.
I was also shocked that apparently that isn’t actually a Soviet quote but from the first president of Tanzania.
I hadn’t heard it