> … Chomsky is not inconsistent … when he claims to be both a libertarian and a socialist. His socialism poses no particular problems: it is about the need for and the way in which humans organise and live together collectively as individuals. The values of freedom and equality are not mutually exclusive. Chomsky’s views on human nature lend his particular position on libertarian socialism greater authority. Liberty and equality are not only interdependent and progressive values, since, in Chomsky’s view, they are also necessary to or preferable for the healthy development of the human condition. Chomsky’s evidence for such a necessity is far from concrete, as he admits. However, … Continue reading >Alison Edgle