Well, he wrote in defense of the Kamer Rouge in the 70s and 80s.
All because Pol Pot claimed to be communist.
The man lived in luxury while starving, and murdering, his people.
Which is how every single dictator pretending to be communist has acted since Lenin betrayed the revolution and appointed himself king while killing the actual communists of Russia.
But the point here is that Chompsky has always fallen for this line of bullshit.
If someone feeds him a story and claims that the CIA or some capitalist corporations did it, then Chompsky will buy it. If someone claims to be “of the people” he’ll buy that too.
Well, he wrote in defense of the Kamer Rouge in the 70s and 80s.
All because Pol Pot claimed to be communist.
The man lived in luxury while starving, and murdering, his people.
Which is how every single dictator pretending to be communist has acted since Lenin betrayed the revolution and appointed himself king while killing the actual communists of Russia.
But the point here is that Chompsky has always fallen for this line of bullshit.
If someone feeds him a story and claims that the CIA or some capitalist corporations did it, then Chompsky will buy it. If someone claims to be “of the people” he’ll buy that too.