I'm not sure I would call him a "pseudointellectual", but he's definitely a pseudo-dissident. Real dissidents don't even get to have bank accounts, let alone tenure at MIT.
Compare how Chomsky is treated to how someone like Kevin MacDonald (author of Culture of Critique) is.
Chomsky's not a pseudointellectual at all. His politics simply encourage pseudointellectuals. Must come from the left who think they've acquired the knowledge of the universe because they heard someone who read something he wrote. There are some morons at thedonald who were thinking they're smarter than Chomsky because some lefty said something and referenced Chomsky. Those are also pseudointellectuals.
It happens on both sides. Some pseudointellectuals will appear and believe they are smart because they know a fraction of something they heard from someone they believe is extremely intelligent.
So many of them have no clue about anything, but they're circlejerking each other. So yeah, both sides.
I'm not sure I would call him a "pseudointellectual", but he's definitely a pseudo-dissident. Real dissidents don't even get to have bank accounts, let alone tenure at MIT.
Compare how Chomsky is treated to how someone like Kevin MacDonald (author of Culture of Critique) is.
Chomsky's not a pseudointellectual at all. His politics simply encourage pseudointellectuals. Must come from the left who think they've acquired the knowledge of the universe because they heard someone who read something he wrote. There are some morons at thedonald who were thinking they're smarter than Chomsky because some lefty said something and referenced Chomsky. Those are also pseudointellectuals.
There was this weird circlejerk soon after I created an account: https://thedonald.win/p/GIO3gAFC/musk-just-said-chomsky-sucks-lma/
It happens on both sides. Some pseudointellectuals will appear and believe they are smart because they know a fraction of something they heard from someone they believe is extremely intelligent.
So many of them have no clue about anything, but they're circlejerking each other. So yeah, both sides.
OK I would agree with this. Howard Zinn would probably also be a similar personality in this regard.