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Noam Chomsky

Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.

Art

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Noam Chomsky is saying that true popular culture comes from ordinary people creating art, like songs made by coalminers. He contrasts this with commercial or elite culture, emphasizing the authentic, grassroots origin of folk art.

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