tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126505819071547839.post4179994569030831635..comments2023-09-14T08:16:53.465-07:00Comments on Lawrence Helm's Blog: Hofstadter and Chomsky - playfulness and pietyLawrence Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215801232171928120noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126505819071547839.post-37974488023309161222010-08-24T13:42:39.266-07:002010-08-24T13:42:39.266-07:00Well, I leave it to you to research and better gua...Well, I leave it to you to research and better guage the nuances of Chomsky's critique of intellectuals.<br /><br />You don't do it with this--but, I am assuming that you want to give as fair a depiction of the man's views on the subject as is possible.<br /><br />But, you know the wages of 'assuming'. LOL<br /><br />Far be it from be to get between an 'intellectual' and what 'he' believes. Right?<br /><br />Strawman caricatures substitute for sound and compelling argumentation. And I don't blame that on the internet.<br /><br />And, please, can't you analyze social phenomenon without resorting to view that strike you as wrong as being 'conspiracy theory'.<br /><br />No, no, elites throughout the ages have never 'conspired' to protect the status quo, divert the public's attention, dissimulate, obfuscate, etc.<br /><br />They only want what is absolutely best for the people below them on the social hierarchy.<br /><br />Assume the best.<br /><br />But, seriously, one only needs to look at the state of the world today and the human contribution to the despoilation of our ecological systems to conclude that the 'best' of human thinking is pure shit--or, it is seriously diseased and pathological.<br /><br />One can always count on the corporate media to put a nice little spin on reality so as to confirm the squalid nature of the 'best' human thinking and technological whizz-bang machines.<br /><br />Leave it to the smart guys--they are so smart, they can fix anything. (As long as those damned commies don't fuck with capitalism.)Slave Revoltnoreply@blogger.com