I partially credit Chomsky with development of my conservatism.
I saw him speak in college, twice. I decided the crowd thought he was “intelligent” because his ideas were complicated, rube-goldberg hairballs of conspiracy theories. Because Chomsky’s theories of the whys and wherefore’s of American policy and history were beyond comprehension, yet seemed to support what they believed, the leftist students lapped it up.
>> Chomsky’s theories ... were beyond comprehension
Is that to say his perspective has technical merit? And that’s an honest question.