like most leftist I started with Chomsky, but most people who stick with leftism move beyond Chomsky, he's basically a radlib. The final time I took Chomsky seriously was listening to an interview he did with Robert McChesney (prof who used to be the editor of oldschool Marxist mag Monthly Review). McChesney asked Chomsky what he thought of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chomsky celebrated it, called it the greatest victory for world Socialism. Not surprising coming from "anarchist" Chomsky. McChesney followed up with a question about which country came closest to Chomsky's version of Socialism. Chomsky answered the U.S.A. lmao.