“The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern.”

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This reads as a blunt political criticism, arguing that one party has neglected a major social group by not treating economic concerns as central. It can be read as a complaint about priorities, and it lands in debates about who speaks for workers and who is left out of that conversation.

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About Noam Chomsky

American intellectual, philosopher and linguist

Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. He is widely known for his work in modern linguistics, and is sometimes called the father of that field. He has also played a major role in analytic philosophy and is regarded as one of the founders of cognitive science. Chomsky has held academic posts at the University of Arizona and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is institute professor emeritus. His work spans language, philosophy, politics, and social criticism, and his writing often reflects those wide-ranging interests.

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