The Post-Partisan Emporium

 This is the second installment in a series.  The first part can be found here ... Did Noam Chomsky really “revolutionize linguistics”? by  winter oak by  Crow Qu’appelle I’ve got my work cut out for me today. My goal today is to convince you that Noam Chomsky has been part of the U.S. propaganda machine for the entirety of his long career. To do that, I will need to explain that his theories about linguistics are totally wrong, and have been from the beginning. Today’s episode is the second in a series. If you want to start from the beginning, please check out  Chomsky, Epstein and the CIA .  CHOMSKY’S MAIN IDEAS Most of you have probably heard that Chomsky “revolutionized” linguistics, but I doubt many of you are aware what his brilliant ideas actually are. I remember learning a bit about Chomsky at university and wondering what in the hell all the hype was about. I figured that there must have been something that I wasn’t understanding, because nothing I...

  Chomsky, Epstein and the CIA by  Crow Qu’appelle Oh, how the mighty have fallen. We now know that Noam Chomsky, the venerable Dean of the American Left, was controlled opposition all along. I know, I know, it’s tough to believe. Didn’t Chomsky write  Manufacturing Consent , which exposed the American propaganda machine? Well, yes, he did… but it now seems his true purpose was to establish the exact boundaries of what it was acceptable for a professional Leftist to say in public. As the quote often attributed to Lenin goes: “The best way to control our opposition is to lead it ourselves”. I don’t know whether Lenin ever said these exact words, but there’s a reason that this quote has circulated so widely. Controlled opposition has been part of the statist toolkit for a long time. CHOMSKY, EPSTEIN AND EHUD BARAK On April 30, 2023,  The Wall Street Journal  revealed that Epstein’s private calendar listed multiple meetings with Chomsky in 2015 and 2016. These...