Coup, is that a Noam Chomsky avatar you're flying?
Probably one the biggest hypocrites out there:
http://www.hoover.org/publications/h...t/article/6222
Quote:
One of the most persistent themes in Noam Chomsky?s work has been class warfare. He has frequently lashed out against the ?massive use of tax havens to shift the burden to the general population and away from the rich? and criticized the concentration of wealth in ?trusts? by the wealthiest 1 percent.
But trusts can?t be all bad. After all, Chomsky, with a net worth north of $2,000,000, decided to create one for himself.
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When I challenged Chomsky about his trust, he suddenly started to sound very bourgeois: ?I don?t apologize for putting aside money for my children and grandchildren,? he wrote in one e-mail. Chomsky offered no explanation for why he condemns others who are equally proud of their provision for their children and who try to protect their assets from Uncle Sam.
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Putting his name on a book should not be confused with writing a book because his most recent volumes are mainly transcriptions of speeches, or interviews that he has conducted over the years, put between covers and sold to the general public. You might call it multi-level marketing for radicals. Chomsky has admitted as much: ?If you look at the things I write?articles for Z Magazine, or books for South End Press, or whatever?they are mostly based on talks and meetings and that kind of thing. But I?m kind of a parasite. I mean, I?m living off the activism of others. I?m happy to do it.?
Chomsky?s marketing efforts shortly after September 11 give new meaning to the term war profiteer. In the days after the tragedy, he raised his speaking fee from $9,000 to $12,000 because he was suddenly in greater demand.
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Noam Chumpsky, what a guy.
