OK, Since I have almost directly been asked.    I would say that Chomsky
means 'the working class',  when he uses the  much vaguer term,
'people',  instead.

Chomsky writes from the US, where Marxist terminology is considered
totally outmoded and irrelevent.      More, Chomsky himself finds that
Marxists misuse this term 'working class' so badly, that it is often
better to just use a term like 'people', if you want to be heard at any
level.      But Chomsky does not reject, IMO, marxist methodology.
Not at all.

There is a long marxist tradition itself in dlluting the punch of saying
'working class'.       Marxists have often substituted 'working people'
instead.      Or used phrases like, 'the peoples front'.

'Profit Over People' is not to say 'Profit Over All People'.     Because
some people are actively engaged in making profit off others.       So
the 'people' is a stand-in for the more maligned terms in America,  like
'workers' or 'working class'.

Chomsky is a master of using marxist methodology while communicating to
those that might consider themselves non-marxists.       Socialist
libertarian... does seem like a more polite way to label oneself in the
land of Joe McCarthy.     So let's talk 'people', too.

Tony
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William:
Do you have a question about what I asked?

You and others (Tony A.) on this list have read "Profit Over People:
Neoliberalism & Global Order"
If so what people is Chomsky refering?
F. Leon

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, William Meecham wrote:
Chomsky Readers:
When Chomsky writes and discusses "Profits over people," what people is
he discussing?

F. Leon