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.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it’s hardly a traditional political party anymore.
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There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.
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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
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It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
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The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa’s major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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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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That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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