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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

His net worth is <$2M.

At that point in his career, Chomsky was getting invited everywhere because he was branded "the top intellectual in the world".

People would see him speak and not understand a damned word he said.

[–] bobzer@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

People would see him speak and not understand a damned word he said.

It's not like Chomsky understood anything he was saying outside of linguistics.

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

$2m is nothing to someone like Epstein. The private jet they're flying in cost $61m, for example