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No logical error, but your idea that education or anything else gives you better political views is silly.
But then again - you seem to be making judgements about stuff without having knowledge in that field. How does it work out for you?
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Your idea that you can be ignorant of a place's history, culture, and past politics, and still make good judgements about current events there, is quite outstanding.
But then again - you seem to be making judgements about stuff without having knowledge in that field. How does it work out for you?
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King Arthur: Well, we all are. We are all Britons. And I am your king.
Foucault: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
Chomsky: You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class...
Foucault: Oh, there you go bringing class into it again.
Chomsky: Well, that's what it's all about! If only people would...
King Arthur: Please, please, good people, I am in haste. Who lives in that castle?
Foucault: No one lives there.
King Arthur: Then who is your lord?
Foucault: We don't have a lord.
Chomsky: I told you, we're an anarco-sydicalist commune. We take it in turns to be a sort of executive officer for the week...(\__/) Save a bunny, eat more Smurf!
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Originally posted by Straybow
King Arthur: Well, we all are. We are all Britons. And I am your king.
Foucault: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
Chomsky: You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class...
Foucault: Oh, there you go bringing class into it again.
Chomsky: Well, that's what it's all about! If only people would...
King Arthur: Please, please, good people, I am in haste. Who lives in that castle?
Foucault: No one lives there.
King Arthur: Then who is your lord?
Foucault: We don't have a lord.
Chomsky: I told you, we're an anarco-sydicalist commune. We take it in turns to be a sort of executive officer for the week...
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I love that scene.
Chomsky has a lot of interesting stuff to say, but he has a lot of uninteresting, facile analysis as well. Everything always has to fit within a specific political framework without much nuance. I liked him a lot more when I was 15..."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Smartness isn't the only criterion for good political type person.Originally posted by Kidicious
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That why I hate Postmodernist fools like Foucault.Originally posted by Darius871
What I find funny about those videos is that Foucault falls all over himself to show how notions of justice/decency/etc. are socially conditioned and thus have no discernable essence, but then at the same time is engaged in a debate about how to build a "just society."
If anything, the works of Foucault are more of a justification for detached cynicism than an actual blueprint for change. As much as Chomsky was pwned, at least he offers a remotely practical plan instead of mere "observations."Comment
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Some of Chomsky's political stuff is good, some of it is annoying "it's all the fault of the West, especially the US" nonsense.Comment
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It's mostly the fault fo the west, because that's where the power is. To say anything else is nonsense.Originally posted by Odin
Some of Chomsky's political stuff is good, some of it is annoying "it's all the fault of the West, especially the US" nonsense.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Oh what a bunch of crap. Now he's gone from not being an expert to being ignorant. Why do you think this sort of stuff is going to have any effect?Originally posted by Sirotnikov
Your idea that you can be ignorant of a place's history, culture, and past politics, and still make good judgements about current events there, is quite outstanding.
I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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It is beyond me to explain to you the wonders of education, or the incredible importance of knowing the facts and theories behind issues you talk about.Why do you think this sort of stuff is going to have any effect?
You've driven yourself into the silliest corner ever.
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You would do much better to tell us where he has his facts wrong then to just claim that they are wrong because he doesn't have the particular emphasis in linguistics.Originally posted by Sirotnikov
It is beyond me to explain to you the wonders of education, or the incredible importance of knowing the facts and theories behind issues you talk about.
You've driven yourself into the silliest corner ever.
I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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nahOriginally posted by Sirotnikov
Especially if I can usually handle a serious discussion with Heresson
"I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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the frog-lord returns!
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thanks for welcoming me
"I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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Not only that, I can usually pwn you on anything not relating to SyriaOriginally posted by Heresson
nah
While I don't have a degree, I had several courses, and my knowledge in that is beyond the average layman
edit: oh, and welcome back
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