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The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.

Noam Chomsky

Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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Deal Exactly Nicaragua Problem Right Terrorism Way
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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Essential Existence Freedom Human Idea Phase Possible Survival Value
You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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Cannot Consumption Control Distract Population
The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it’s hardly a traditional political party anymore.
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Anymore Become Extreme Hard Overwhelmingly Party Political Republican Tradition
Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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Aggression Common Death Develop Frighten Genital People Sense
Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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Civil Disobedience Fun No
A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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Country Disaster Ulter War
Sometimes I lose my temper.
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Lose My Sometimes Temper
The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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Big Extremist Gave Invasion Particular Shot
The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control – ‘indoctrination’, we might say – exercised through the mass media.
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Among Control Democrat Ensure Industrial Nation System United
If you’re working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that come from being flooded with television from age one, and associations have declined, people end up hopeless, even though they have every option.
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Aspiration Associate Children Decline Hope Hour Income Kind People Wek Work
For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of distortion and misrepresentation, ideology and class interest, through which the events of current history are presented to us.
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Current Facility History Leisure Lie Minority Present Training Truth
It could be – and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don’t like it – that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track.
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Argue Coul Like Neuroscientist Plausibly Rather View
While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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Among Destruction Divine Most One Powell Rich Society Try
When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual.
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Between Corporation Distinguish Individual Institution Look Owner Slave
In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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Basically Business Democrat Function One Party Republican

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