Over the years, leftist author and political activist Noam Chomsky has been vehemently critical of both the GOP and the Democratic Party. But in recent years, Chomsky, now 93, has been stressing that at least the Democratic Party still believes in democracy — while the Trumpified Republican Party has been moving in a dangerously authoritarian direction. And Chomsky had no kind words for the GOP during a recent appearance on Al Jazeera's "UpFront."
"UpFront" host and fellow Philadelphia native Marc Lamont Hill, noting all of the voter suppression laws being pushed by Republicans in 2021 and 2022, asked Chomsky, "Do we have a real democracy here in the United States?" And Chomsky responded, "We have a mixed form of democracy. In some respects, the United States is quite advanced. I don't think there's any country that protects freedom of speech to the extent that the United States does."
