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James Hurst
James Hurst
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1 week ago
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#media #advertising #ManufacturingConsent #EdwardSHerman #NoamComsky

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David Scott Moyer
David Scott Moyer
@farbel.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
5 months ago
Brooks hits the nail on the head. Although | was much more sympathetic with Occupy than he (Tucson, where | lived, had the longest lasting encampment), | agree that what both lack is a vision for what comes next. Towards the middle of the Occupy movement, Noam Chomsky spoke at the University of Arizona. After his talk, people lined up to ask questions. An Occupy participant thanked him for his "support", which he hadn't explicitly given, and then asked what they should worry about coming from the government. Chomsky, in classic fashion, did not directly address the question. Rather, he complimented Occupy on what they had accomplished, exposing the failings of capitalism and Wall Street and the inequalities that they perpetuated. Then he hit them with the truth bomb. "Now you have to decide what to do next," he said. "You have achieved your goals. Now you have to set new ones, and make a plan going forward." (I paraphrase.) This is my issue with so many on the left (and, it appears, on the right) who advocate "tearing it all down” because it is broken. They have no plan whatsoever for what comes next. From visionless revolution, inevitably springs dictatorship.

Brooks hits the nail on the head. Although | was much more sympathetic with Occupy than he (Tucson, where | lived, had the longest lasting encampment), | agree that what both lack is a vision for what comes next. Towards the middle of the Occupy movement, Noam Chomsky spoke at the University of Arizona. After his talk, people lined up to ask questions. An Occupy participant thanked him for his "support", which he hadn't explicitly given, and then asked what they should worry about coming from the government. Chomsky, in classic fashion, did not directly address the question. Rather, he complimented Occupy on what they had accomplished, exposing the failings of capitalism and Wall Street and the inequalities that they perpetuated. Then he hit them with the truth bomb. "Now you have to decide what to do next," he said. "You have achieved your goals. Now you have to set new ones, and make a plan going forward." (I paraphrase.) This is my issue with so many on the left (and, it appears, on the right) who advocate "tearing it all down” because it is broken. They have no plan whatsoever for what comes next. From visionless revolution, inevitably springs dictatorship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/opinion/no-ki... #NoKings #DavidBrooks #EJDionneJr #RobertSiegel #NoamComsky #OccupyWallStreet #NYT

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