Re: MD Noam Chomsky

From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 03:53:08 BST

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    Hi all,

    I wouldn't mind swinging this thread back toward the MOQ. Anthony's
    original post (seems like forever ago) was made because he had just
    heard a Chomsky lecture and thought he caught the aroma of the
    Metaphysics of Quality in the man's thinking.

    I think so too. Here's a Chomsky quote about freedom, from an
    interview conducted in May 1995 by Kevin Doyle. It sounds kinda
    MOQish to me:

    "I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of
    authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to
    challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they
    are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of
    human freedom. That includes political power, ownership and
    management, relations among men and women, parents and children, our
    control over the fate of future generations (the basic moral
    imperative behind the environmental movement, in my view), and much
    else. Naturally this means a challenge to the huge institutions of
    coercion and control: the state, the unaccountable private tyrannies
    that control most of the domestic and international economy,
    and so on."

    Thoughts? Comments? Or, rather, thoughtful comments?

    Best to all,
    Mark Steven Heyman (msh)

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