On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:13:31 GMT, Glen wrote:

Other than Chomsky's writings on linguistics, about which he is truly
gifted, I would not waste my time reading anything he either writes or
wrote. His views and perspectives on politics, especially socialist
politics, turn my stomach. In his view, Cuba, Viet Nam and China are
free societies, and our society is one of repression in comparison.


Except for himself. Despite his proclamation of how disinterested he is
in material things and his hatred of the military-industrial complex, he
has amassed a fortune, a significant portion of that came through Pentagon
research grants. While denouncing capitalism, he is himself a capitalist,
occupying that eeevil top 10% tax bracket (he's actually in the top 2% in
terms of wealth) and is worth millions. He has money in the stock market
he denounces and money in at least one tax shelter that will enable his
heirs to avoid paying the inheritance taxes that he so vigorously claims
that everybody else should be paying. He owns a home worth over $850k and
a vacation home in Wellfleet, MA valued in excess of $1.2M.

Is there anything wrong with someone having this amount of wealth? No,
but for someone who vigorously preaches an egalitarian, socialist society
in which wealth is evil and disparities in income an indication of racism
and inequality and further denounces the evils of capitalist society and
then turns around and utilizes the same institutions he denounces to assure
he has a high standard of living compared to those around him is the very
definition of elitism. The best way to remove the hypocrisy from these
people statements is to add the phrase, "for me" to all of their radical
statements. Basically, he advocates a true two-tier society, the leaders
such as himself who will be entitled to the wealth and prestige that come
with such a position based upon their obvious superiority to the rest of
us, and the rest of us, the benficiaries of their utopian society. No
thanks.



Glen




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