[aww_dang]

Doomsayers should understand that opponents hear the following:

"This time is different. The end is nigh. Our only hope is for heathens to ascribe to our morally superior political ideology and central planning. Heretic unbelievers must accept the gospel truths of technocracy and scientism!"

Make what you will of that, but there must be a more effective way to communicate. Doomsaying is not uncommon. Nor are ideologues seeking power while claiming the mantle of "collective good". Suspicion is not unwarranted.

Please don't read this as a denial of the existence of backward and regressive individuals. Thanks.

[guerrilla]

> central planning

If they hear that then they must not know that Chomsky has spent his life arguing against central planning and "technocracy." He's literally an anarchist. [1]

[1]. https://chomsky.info/19760725/

[aww_dang]

This lacks nuance for me.

>"CHOMSKY: Let me just say I don’t really regard myself as an anarchist thinker."

https://books.google.com/books/about/Internationalism_Or_Ext...

From the summary of: "Internationalism or Extinction", his new book.

>The introduction and accompanying interviews place these dual threats in a framework of unprecedented corporate global power which has overtaken nation states’ ability to control the future and preserve the planet. Chomsky argues for the urgency of international climate and arms agreements, showing how global popular movements are mobilizing to force governments to meet this unprecedented challenge to civilization’s survival.

He's an anarchist who doesn't regard himself as an "anarchist thinker". He's against central planning, but laments the state's failing ability to "control the future and preserve the planet". He argues for supranational governance to protect civilization.

The proposed solutions seem at odds with the assertion that he is against central planning. I'm not sure if it is fair to define him as an ideologue within narrow political terms. Perhaps it is a case of pragmatism overtaking ideals?

[tome]

Yes, most likely most people reading that would not know that about Chomsky.

[brodouevencode]

Don’t follow what he claims, follow how he acts.