![]() Chomski himself says that the doctrines (ideological base) of Zeigeist are likeable, but turn out to be wrong/false on analysis. Third, assuming that the reply and quote is accurate, there is this: " - a very passive movement that is misled by doctrines that have a pleasant sound, but collapse on analysis." So N. We all know how quotes can be twisted - the mainstream media is a good example of that. Second, there is no guarantee that the quote in the ""s is 100% accurate. First, there is always the chance that the claim may just be fake - a common thing on the internet. Chomsky and had received the quoted response. also its 5:37am and i really cant sleep so this couldnt really have come at a better timeīy your quote I gather that an anonymous person replied to a conspiracy thread and claimed that he had contacted N. but this has been the biggest boost in confidence i could have imagined and now i couldnt care less what the crappy zeitgeist movement or its members think.Īnyway i dont mean to sound petty but like i said i was really starting to waver there for a moment but now i just cant stop smiling. i was really starting to believe that maybe i just didnt get it or that i was uneducated. Im sorry guys i dont mean to sound really petty but i have been arguing these points with those guys a lot. and then i find someone truly credible actually saying the same thing. i said what i said from the heart in that thread i made. The fact is my views werent influenced by him or anyone else because i said it first. oh well Noam Chomsky agrees with me so what do you think about that That has literally become my ultimate ace in the hole for any argument now. is he uneducated? does he just not get it? now that literally he is saying the same thing as me almost word for word that i said in my original thread. now that arguably one of the greatest political minds and one of the greatest political activists of our time agrees with me. now my ideas dont look so crazy after all. It is not leading towards change, but is undermining it by encouraging passivity and withdrawal from engagement, and offering a false sense that some real alternative is being proposed, except in terms so abstract and divorced from reality as to be virtually meaningless."Īnd now im all like HA. My feeling is that however sincere the leaders and participants may be, the movement is seriously misguided. Nothing could be more welcome to those with power. That means that we should withdraw into passivity. Among them is the idea that we should "stop supporting the system" and should not "fight it," that is seek to change and overcome it. Rather, it seems to me to be a very passive movement that is misled by doctrines that have a pleasant sound, but collapse on analysis. "I don't regard The zeitgeist Movement as an activist movement. I recently asked Noam Chomsky about the Zeitgeist Movement.
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