The smugness with which he spoke of AES is the same smugness he responded to people who asked him about his Epstein connections as if it was stupid of them to even question it. Honestly not surprised about this.
Chomsky is adopting the polar opposite of a prison abolitionist position here. I make this same point about figures like Beau of the Fifth Column.
Yes, they may have served time.
Was is enough time?
What rehabilitation did they undertake during this time served?
What degree of restorative justice was undertaken during the serving of this sentence and what has occurred since?
Have they shown remorse for their crimes or did they seek to minimize and conceal their crimes?
But most importantly - do you agree with the notion that the current bourgeois judicial-carceral system dispenses justice and rehabilitation?
If you believe that the judicial-carceral system dispenses justice and rehabilitation then go burn your leftist credentials because you have absolutely no credibility. I’m 100% sure that Chomsky has written about the injustice of the judicial system and how the carceral system does not provide rehabilitation nor restoration to victims but I’m not gonna go digging to find quotes. Strange how he sings an entirely different tune when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein. Almost like he considers him as part of an in-group who gets special treatment? Hm.
The smugness with which he spoke of AES is the same smugness he responded to people who asked him about his Epstein connections as if it was stupid of them to even question it. Honestly not surprised about this.
An example I had on hand if anyone is morbidly curious.
youtube link in case nadeko isn’t working: https://youtube.com/watch?v=166857p5R6Y
You know how they accuse us of “Whataboutism”? Well this is some real “public-intellectual”-grade whataboutism for ya.
Worth highlighting a point here:
Chomsky is adopting the polar opposite of a prison abolitionist position here. I make this same point about figures like Beau of the Fifth Column.
Yes, they may have served time.
Was is enough time?
What rehabilitation did they undertake during this time served?
What degree of restorative justice was undertaken during the serving of this sentence and what has occurred since?
Have they shown remorse for their crimes or did they seek to minimize and conceal their crimes?
But most importantly - do you agree with the notion that the current bourgeois judicial-carceral system dispenses justice and rehabilitation?
If you believe that the judicial-carceral system dispenses justice and rehabilitation then go burn your leftist credentials because you have absolutely no credibility. I’m 100% sure that Chomsky has written about the injustice of the judicial system and how the carceral system does not provide rehabilitation nor restoration to victims but I’m not gonna go digging to find quotes. Strange how he sings an entirely different tune when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein. Almost like he considers him as part of an in-group who gets special treatment? Hm.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: