Noam Chomsky -U.S.’s greatest intellectual

Noam Chomsky dismisses the two-party system as a mirage orchestrated by the corporate state, excoriates the liberal intelligentsia for being fops and courtiers and describes the drivel of the commercial media as a form of “brainwashing.”

The liberal elite in the press, the universities and the political system serve as a smoke screen for the cruelty of unchecked capitalism and imperial war. Chomsky exposes their moral and intellectual posturing as a fraud.

The liberal intellectuals, the ones who portray themselves and perceive themselves as challenging power, as courageous, as standing up for truth and justice. They are basically the guardians of the faith. They set the limits. They tell us how far we can go.

If you pursue truth and justice it will always mean a diminution of power and privilege. If you pursue power and privilege it will always be at the expense of truth and justice.

“I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions,” Chomsky said when asked about his goals.