I mean, to say it in a sentence, he describes elections as occasions in which groups of investors coalesce and invest to control the state.
NOAM CHOMSKYI don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
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They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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