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”.
Neither does modern russia or the modern CCP.
That’s not much of an achievement.
Chomsky is pretty close to being a tankie IMO.
Close enough for me.