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I rarely agree with Noam Chomsky yet he made a bold statement in an interview with Russell Brand that caught my attention. He claimed that we are now living in a kind of totalitarian system that is worse than the former Soviet Union. Chomsky cites the coverage of the war in Ukraine as an example. Not a word can be said that deviates from the dominant narrative or the person who utters it is smeared and canceled. But the dominant story about that war regularly is seriously incorrect. ...
Censorship appears primarily as self-censorship. Man is a self-censoring creature. He wants to be loved, admired and desired; he weighs his words because he shivers and trembles at the thought of rejection and abandonment. That fear alone sews his mouth shut.
However, “real” censorship is also rampant in our society. The CEO of the Flemish public broadcaster imposed a gag order at the beginning of this year—staff may no longer publicly criticize the broadcaster, under penalty of dismissal. And a few months later, the prime minister of Belgium imposed a similar gag order: ministers who publicly criticize the government will be forced to resign.
Chomsky and his ilk have always had their "principles" vacillate widely depending on where their mother ships - CCCP and CCP - are standing. There is no daylight between him and Pukin/Xi-Pingpong. When Pukin was against Iraq war - Chomsky was against it, blamed the US and demanded full withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Now when Pukin does exactly the same (except worse) in Ukraine - Chomsky is very understanding, does not demand any withdrawal of Red Army war criminals from Ukraine and ... wait for it ... is blaming the US.
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