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Rhiannon May 11, 2017 10:07:10

Replying to Captain Starlet

I do love Noam Chomsky. It's a wonder he hasn't met some Mysterious End considering the things he says. Not that he gets much airtime so most people wouldn't have heard of him. Plus we all know ignorance is as valid as intelligent thought these days.

Here's a little article from today's paper
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/10/labour-partys-future-lies-with-momentum-says-noam-chomsky

He mentions how anti-Corbyn the media has been. And how him being "quiet, reserved, serious, he’s not a performer" doesn't suit the current electorate. Which is funny really, because that makes him sound very British. But perhaps the British now watch too much X factor.

Also that Sanders in America and Corbyn are part of the reaction against the failures of 'neoliberal policies' just like the rise of Farage and Trump.

anyway there we are. nice to hear his take on recent events

Rhiannon May 11, 2017 10:18:01

Replying to Rhiannon

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/10/strong-and-stable-leadership-could-theresa-mays-rhetorical-carpet-bombing-backfire

ooh I thought this was very interesting

about the infuriating endless repetition of That Phrase (which apparently only 15% of the electorate are even aware of, curiously, you'd think it had got everywhere) - that although these things are made to sink into people's subconscious, they also run the risk of sounding totally inauthentic, which people hate.

I thought this was pretty amusing, that SNP’s John Nicolson called out Karen Bradley on it. She said “Who do the British public want to be leader, strong and stable leadership with Theresa May, or a coalition of chaos with Jeremy Corbyn?” and he said “Karen, you’re the secretary of state for culture, you’re supposed to be interested in language, you have to come out with better lines than that. Karen, those lines were written for you. ‘Strong and stable leadership’ and ‘coalition of chaos’, and it really … it’s like being with the Stepford wives, the way politicians from the Conservative party keep churning out the lines.”

jb lamptoast-morsley May 11, 2017 17:04:08

Replying to Rhiannon

Gotta love Noam. Great when someone of that stature takes an involvement.

Have you seen Requiem for the American Dream? Essential viewing

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