Reply #91: Hey Rich, that's exactly what I was talking about!

[IrateCitizen]

Chomsky's works are pages upon pages of dreary documentation that just gets you so upset and down at the state of the world -- but followed with the obligatory conclusion of somehow remaining upbeat in the face of all evidence to the contrary.

Johnson's work seems to be much the same, just lacking the rosy outlook on the future. It's basically, "Things are totally fucked right now, and they're only going to get worse."