> But whenever I hear him speak outside his niche his points are stupid (like this one) or harmful (like his Ukrainian takes).
Chomsky was always like this. He is an unapologetic hypocrite, constantly criticizing the U.S and "the west" while defending "socialist" country for the exact thing, and often even worse, than he was criticizing the U.S for. Even going as far as denying the existence of genocide during the Yugoslavia civil-war.
Manufacturing Consent was a very good book, but for me it won't change the fact that Chomsky is a genocide-denier tankie.
Chomsky was always like this. He is an unapologetic hypocrite, constantly criticizing the U.S and "the west" while defending "socialist" country for the exact thing, and often even worse, than he was criticizing the U.S for. Even going as far as denying the existence of genocide during the Yugoslavia civil-war.
Manufacturing Consent was a very good book, but for me it won't change the fact that Chomsky is a genocide-denier tankie.