I heard about him in college via the "mathematical linguistics" stuff which was a pretty creative idea.
Like anyone else he also has defects, his more recent commentary on American politics is arguably worthless because he completely dismisses everyone to the right of him as "the most dangerous group on the planet."
I understand what you mean but Chomsky is actually very, very accepting of people to the right of him, given how far-left he is.
He's probably the only major earnest anti-capitalist that still supports the right wing of the democratic party.
But yes, if you pin him as a "Democrat" you might get that impression, in reality he's so far left that the Joe Biden administration has classified his beliefs as subversive and dangerous.
To be honest, I haven't read that many of his books (yet), other than smaller ones plus "Manufacturing Consent" and "Hegemony or Survival". These quotes I transcribed from interviews, and his talks and interviews I can absolutely recommend. They vary in (audio) quality because there's a gazillion of them, but seek and you shall find for sure. Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7bjZTmk0uU
I heard about him in college via the "mathematical linguistics" stuff which was a pretty creative idea.
Like anyone else he also has defects, his more recent commentary on American politics is arguably worthless because he completely dismisses everyone to the right of him as "the most dangerous group on the planet."