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Chomsky is a liberal? ever since when?

> that there's no deep value the world gets from US hegemony, crumbling though it may be.

Jesus effing christ, this guy actually supports US hegemony... Kissinger, is it you?

In the USA (re-)definition of the word, yes.

He refers to himself as an anarchist, first and foremost. He has what would be seen as very “liberal” as in “progressive” views in US political terms.

I’m not American, I felt the word liberal referred to an American democrat party, centre-left line of thinking more so than classic leftist views - is that wrong?

That’s how Americans use the term, yes. It’s original meaning (still in partial use by the rest of the world) is shorthand for “liberalism”, which is a well defined political and economic philosophy that is actually somewhat conservative and center-right leaning in modern American political terms.

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