I think it’s worth making the distinction between a tankie and a campist.
Chomsky, legitimately, does not believe in the implementation of a Soviet-style regime, unlike, say, Michael Parenti.
It’s more that he shares one significant quality with tankies - namely, the quality of campism. “West bad, therefore, anything anti-West must be less bad because it damages Bad West”.
So he’s a tankie.
I think it’s worth making the distinction between a tankie and a campist.
Chomsky, legitimately, does not believe in the implementation of a Soviet-style regime, unlike, say, Michael Parenti.
It’s more that he shares one significant quality with tankies - namely, the quality of campism. “West bad, therefore, anything anti-West must be less bad because it damages Bad West”.
Close enough for me.
Neither does modern russia or the modern CCP.
That’s not much of an achievement.
Chomsky is pretty close to being a tankie IMO.