So well said---on several levels.

One level is that Dr. Chomsky should run for public office--if his ideas are that great. But it is so much easier to sit in the chair of a university office--and compalin about politicians and their bases and vested interests. Another way to say this is that it is much easier to say there is a magic wand thot needs to be waved than to admit these changes take a lot of effort.

Another level is how many democratic skills and attitudes we have lost in the past generation. So many of us can no longer move on after being on the losing end of a community/workplace/political vote. We will have to regain this skill.