... because idk why
few / none
seam able to comment wrt
the observations / analisis in the
'Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World'
many simply dismiss chomsky

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I might agree with him. I never claimed (not fan) = disagreement.
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I'm just not a fan of him. Mainly because of disagreeing with him on certain things probably unrelated to the thing you linked to.
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But because I'm not a fan I'm not motivated to find out what I think, if I agree, on this issue.
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My main points of disagreement revolve around what he's done in linguistics and his general stance towards academic pursuits.
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So I'm not dismissing him here, I'm just really not bothered because I'm so done with him.
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I'm open to him being right about stuff. Just like I think the Chomsky hierarchy is useful. But I'm not reading a transcript.
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I actually think the Chomsky hierarchy might be the best thing he did in the field he used to run, even though he did no further work on it.
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It's interesting to me how he was essentially the dictator of an academic field. Doubly interesting that field might cease to exist outside
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psychology in many cases.
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His views on politics kind of bore me. I have seen him give a talk in Cyprus on politics. It's amusing he's retreated to politics since he's
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been dethroned in the field he actually has training in.
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That's what I'd be interested to hear about, but I'm not sure who cares outside my field.
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