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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:14 AM Original message |
What do you guys think about Noam Chomsky and Libertarian Socialism? |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. For it! |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You seem to know something about this stuff |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Collective ownership of drug manufacture and distribution would |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, there ya go - you answered your own question really, to wit: |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. I am an anarcho-socialist. It's possible provided there is education. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. I Don't Know Exactly What Chomsky means by "libertarian socialism" |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Chomsky has a different definition of libertarian socialism |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. He, Vidal, and Rorty were 3 pillars of American intellectualism. Now there are only 2. |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. And Chomsky is damn near 80 years old |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I see America being up intellectual shit creek. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. And without a frontal lobe for a paddle... |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Chomsky advocates for a system that provides full and universal access to health care and so on. |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I have not attributed anything to Chomsky that he has not said |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Do more reading, as you suggest you intend. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. The "Left-Right" and the "Authoritarian-Libertarian" lines by themselves, |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. I don't think Spanish anarchists were very "libertarian." |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Your description sounds more like that of the communists supported by Stalin than CNT-FAI folks |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I don't agree with that description. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 05:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. From what I've read, imposed collectivization was rather rare but did happen. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The left was successful when unified, not when it wasn't. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. I'm not sure it was a good thing. Stalin was not supporting the Spanish communists out of good will. |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Can you recommend any good books on the period? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. "Libertarian socialism" |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'm a Radical Populist -- is that close? n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. Anarchism was founded as an non-violent intellectual movement |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. i wish i could recommend your reply. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. it could work on a community level...the mechanism to enforce it is already in place |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. i understand your position -- but my experience as a gay person |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. Most anarchists don't think he's a "real" anarchist |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
24. Excuse me...but did Noam Chomsky say this? |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. a string of words |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. There is actually a philosophy called libertarian socialism |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm mostly in agreement with him. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
27. Sounds a lot like pre-industrial tribal life... |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
31. It can't exist. The unions themselves would be the authoritarian system |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. I also enjoy Chomsky |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Thanks for all of the replies |
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