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Please pardon my taking shots at Noam Chomsky of all people. These glaring, even bizarre contradictions in his thinking have me vexed. (Not surprisingly, they arise in connection with his "positive" agenda moving forward.) The Left can claim great critics of capitalism, but few visionaries in the sense of articulating (and actually building) a better world.

Chomsky is an Anarchist... an Anarchist who supports strong centralized government... Now I understand that he sees government as a temporary bulwark against corporate tyranny, and that ultimately he envisions overthrowing the shackles of all authority -- corporate power, government power, etc. But how can I bolster government against the corporate form if I follow Chomsky's oft-repeated encouragement... NOT TO VOTE?

I'm asking... and rethinking all this lefty b.s.