The Voter’s Dilemma (7)

Chomsky’s advice is that we should vote for Biden if we live in a “swing state.” The advice is based on the LEV strategy, which, in turn, is based on the ethic of responsibility. The problem, however, is that different individuals starting from the ethic of responsibility do not necessarily reach the same conclusion as…

The Voter’s Dilemma (5)

When Chomsky was asked about the “Never Biden” position by Mahdi Hasan, he began by saying that the question brought back memories from the early 1930s. At the time, the German communists refused to form an alliance with the social democrats, which—eventually— allowed the Nazis to take power. Chomsky’s purpose in recounting that episode was…