Noam Chomsky 2b Interviewed 2nite about Ron Paul and the Libertarian Movement

[Southerner]

I would not piss on Noam Chomsky if he was on fire.

 

[anaconda]

Yeah! Nothing like closing yourself off to differing opinions!

My point was he was saying some daft things and it caused me to evaluate the immediate opportunity cost of my time. So I went on to some other tasks. In all fairness to the man, I will probably listen to the whole posted interview segment at some point soon.

Really? Condemning an action would be interventionist? So if China nuked the shit out of Canada or Mexico Ron Paul would have to remain silent out of fear of being "interventionist"?

Approving or condemning an act is different than physically intervening. You do understand that, right?

I believe Chomsky said the Ron Paul "wanted" Israel to bomb Iran, or words to that effect. This was completely inaccurate. I was also covering for the contingency that there may have been some implicit reference to the air strike in the 1980's on the nuclear facility. I believe that Dr. Paul would agree that when the entire body of the U.S Congress officially proclaims condemnation, it is a deeply significant form of interventionism. Interventionism need not require physical intervention such as nuking or invading.

It wouldn't be cheaper and easier to focus on a smaller government than a larger one?

As I said, the factors of production would be free to migrate to the states with the best social welfare (in an economic sense). States would have to compete with one another. This fact seemed utterly lost on Chomsky.