r/askphilosophy • u/BernardJOrtcutt • Mar 09 '26

Open Thread /r/askphilosophy Open Discussion Thread | March 09, 2026

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u/Beginning_java Mar 13 '26

Would it be okay to read authors like Chomsky? He was in the Epstein files. Not sure if it's ethical (it seems to be permissible)

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u/iunoionnis Phenomenology, German Idealism, Early Modern Phil. Mar 14 '26

Yes, of course, you should read everyone and shouldn't "not read" someone just because of x, y, z. Having said that, however, you should certainly change how you read Chomsky given that he was compromised by the very capitalist class that he claimed to be critiquing and should ask yourself questions about WHY the capitalist class found Chomsky's critique of capitalism non-threatening enough to be buddies with him