喬姆斯基：川普為什麽會崛起？

喬姆斯基當年就是我的偶像，偶像現在還活躍著，這次他又對美國大選接受采訪，發表感慨。在他看來，川普之所以會冉冉升起，並可能最終成為共和黨的總統候選人，乃是因為“恐懼”和“社會的分解”，因為人們在新自由主義時期感到孤立、無助並成為無可理喻無法駕馭的強權的犧牲品。他把現在的政治環境跟上世紀三十年代的大蕭條時期相比較，認為現在的貧窮和痛苦比那時有過之而無不及。那時，即使在勞苦大眾中，也還有希望，而這正是現在所缺少的。

Chomsky: Trump's rise due to 'breakdown of society'

By Nolan D. McCaskill

02/24/16 10:35 AM EST

MIT professor and intellectual Noam Chomsky attributes Donald Trump’s success in the Republican presidential primary to “fear” and a “breakdown of society.”

In an interview published Tuesday, AlterNet’s Aaron Williams asked Chomsky for his thoughts on Trump’s “surprising progress.” After a second-place finish in Iowa, the billionaire has stormed to consecutive double-digit wins in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.

“Fear, along with the breakdown of society during the neoliberal period,” Chomsky responded. “People feel isolated, helpless, victim of powerful forces that they do not understand and cannot influence.”

Chomsky compared the political environment that’s allowed Trump to flourish to the 1930s, when the U.S. was in the Great Depression. “Objectively, poverty and suffering were far greater,” Chomsky said. “But even among poor working people and the unemployed, there was a sense of hope that is lacking now, in large part because of the growth of a militant labor movement and also the existence of political organizations outside the mainstream.”

Trump and Hillary Clinton are leading in their respective primaries, but Chomsky demurred when asked who he thought would win the White House.

“I can express hopes and fears, but not predictions,” he said.

Chomsky has contributed to Bernie Sanders’ campaigns in the past but said he would “absolutely” vote for Clinton over the Republican nominee if he lived in a swing state.

In an interview last month, Chomsky praised Sanders but said the Vermont senator didn’t have “much of a chance” due to “our system of mainly bought elections.”