Has anyone noticed that the set of folks decrying the primacy of money intersects quite strongly with the set of folks who can't seem to figure out a way to get any money? Of course, the opinion leaders of the losers bitching about the primacy of money, they know how to make money — by rousing that rabble, of course. An hour of Chomsky's time to yammer on at the local U to tell future Starbucks baristas about how the rich are screwing them? That'll be twelve thousand smackers, fuck you very much. (At least, that was his rate in 2006 when we still had the illusion of a strong dollar.)
You'd think such an important anti-capitalist message as Chomsky's should be delivered free of charge, wouldn't you? But no, Chomsky values his labor many dozens of times higher than my labor, while denouncing me as an exploiter, and hundreds if not a thousand times higher than the labor of the rabble he rouses.
Did you know that most of Chomsky's (and his wife's, as she is a professor at Harvard) academic work has been funded by the Pentagon? That's right: Chomsky works for the war machine. Chomsky grew rich working for the war machine. He owns not just one home in a wealthy enclave, but also a vacation home in an even more wealthy enclave. What do you suppose Harvard and MIT professors get paid? Why does he not teach at a community college where he can help more of the oppressed?
Did you know that Chomsky has moved most of his millions into irrevocable trusts, to keep the assets away from the tax man. But, but, isn't Noam Chomsky one of the leading voices demanding a more progressive system of taxation? Didn't he say that April 15 ought to be a day of celebration where citizens rejoice over doing their part for the commonweal?
What a fucking phony. Always it is thus with the vanguard of the proletariat.
Actually, I did know chomsky worked for MIT which was primarily funded by the pentagon, it's right in the above video you stupid asshole. and he talks about his wife doing research for he pentagon as well in another video. You're a little lose with the facts on that one as it was pretty common practice for universities being required to claim a technological or scientific research project had some kind of military application even it was completely bogus, a lot of their funding required that. Interesting as you seem to completely miss the irony that the pentagon is virtual socialism funding almost all the technological advancements we have had which eventually ended up in the free market, amazing what you can do with unlimited tax payers r&r when you don't have to worry about the market, I thought that was called EVIL SOCIALISM. As far as chomsky's going rate for lectures, you could have even made him look even worse if you pointed out the claim (one I've seen leveled on right wing blogs, might be true, might be bullshit) about him more than doubling his asking rates after 911. Feel free to call the man a hypocrite.
You see you're engaging in what is known as genetic fallacy, and it's not a way to make logical refutations of arguments. I can make some more for you if you like. Marx lived off his wealthy relatives. He fucked his maid and got her pregnant. He would get drunk and try to knock the hats off of british bobbies. with snow balls (even you have to admit that's pretty cool) and he called Lasalle a Jewish N igger or some such thing........If we're going to play this game it's no different than bringing up the fact Thomas jefferson called the indians mercillis savages or fucked his slaves or the founding fathers really didn't give a shit about the average man every time some dumb shit hick or talk radio idiot wants to start opining with almost religious reverence about the founding fathers..or that Ayn rand was a chain smoking tweeker who idolized a child murderer and suckled on the tit of socialist american medicare on her last days.........not to mention an extremely shitty writer.
We shouldn't even really having these arguments. After all we're
Americans by the grace of God and we should stand united.
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