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Mar 4, 2026
Noam Chomsky defended the Khmer Rouge while they were killing 25% of Cambodia's population. He kept his position at MIT. His reputation kept growing. His books kept selling. Thomas Sowell predicted...
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The thread argues that intellectuals like Noam Chomsky faced no professional consequences for defending the Khmer Rouge during Cambodia's genocide, while figures like Ayn Rand who never inspired atrocities remain academically marginalized. Thomas Sowell's observation that intellectuals lack accountability mechanisms—unlike doctors or engineers—explains why ideologies responsible for mass deaths (Marxism) retain academic respectability while capitalism's defenders are dismissed.
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