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To: chalu2 who wrote (15031)	6/3/2002 8:42:55 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

What neo-Nazi website did you pull that quote from? Here is the full quote: PILGER: OK. So your brand of libertarian socialism. Has that existed anywhere? CHOMSKY: Well, you know, it’s a bit like asking if democracy has existed anywhere. Bits and pieces of it, yes. I mean, if you look around the world, there are bits and pieces of democracy. In the United States there are elements of democracy - very limited elements - but real ones, so it’s an improvement over the 17th century, let’s say. The the American Revolution was equally flawed in many ways. In fact, if a third world country today were to promulgate the US Constitution, we would regard it as a reversion to Nazism. That constitution identifies a group of people as three-fifths human, for example. But nevertheless, in the context of the time, it was a tremendous advance. And the struggle for freedom is unending. You cross one bridge, you find other barriers. So there are bits and pieces of democracy, there are bits and pieces of popular control, there are new forms of authority and domination that we didn’t notice before. users.bigpond.com So, I can take one of two conclusions here. Perhaps you were not aware of the context, because you pulled it from some Judeofascist website (with no citation). Or, perhaps you read the full quote, and you think that blacks or Native Americans are only 3/5 of a human being. Tom