A Warning from Noam Chomsky on the Threat Posed By Elites

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tl;dr

Chomsky and his sycophants often write excessively long treatises that attempt to tie everything together into one giant conspiracy.

While it is true that we are all connected, most of those connections are uninteresting, unintentional and unworthy of any news coverage whatsoever.

I've traveled extensively in Indochina and met people who lost their entire family to those 'uninteresting connections'. I'd love to see if you have the courage to say that to them.

I think the tl;dr of the article was that American policy has resulted in the most civilian deaths since 1945. No global conspiracy needed. Those number are out there for anyone who cares enough to research them.

Doesn't sound like you've read any Chomsky. His stuff is mostly backed by a litany of details rather than groundless conspiracy theory.

Don't get me wrong. I like Chomsky, but how is this new?

Better, how is this something in the past we shouldn't be discussing anymore?

Our last president basically redefined the concept of 'unjust war'. We obviously haven't changed much from Vietnam War era politics.

My only real comment is that the 1945 cutoff is arbitrary and unfair. American policy at the end of WWII was to bomb as many Japanese civilians as it could. But I'm sure those numbers get skewed when you add in the wholesale killing of civilians the world in saw in WWII by other powers.

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